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Book: Dev1at3

Author: Jay Kristoff

Book Series: Lifelike Book 2

Rating: 5/5

Recommended For...: sci-fi, robotics, dystopian

Publication Date: June 25, 2019

Genre: YA Sci-Fi

Recommended Age: 16+ (sex mention, language, death, cults, gore, violence)

Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers

Pages: 448

Synopsis: Lemon Fresh has seen better days.

After the climactic battle in Babel, she finds herself separated from Ezekiel and Cricket in the wastelands. Lemon’s abilities to manipulate electricity mark her as a deviate, and deadly corporate operatives are hunting her to use as a weapon in the war between BioMaas Incorporated and Daedelus Technologies. Instead, Lemon finds herself falling in with a group of fellow deviates—a band of teenagers with astonishing abilities, led by an enigmatic figure known as the Major, who may hold the secrets to Lemon’s past.

Meanwhile, Cricket finds himself in possession of the puritanical Brotherhood, a religious cult set for a head-on collision with the Major and his band. Searching for Lemon, Ezekiel finds a strange ally in an old enemy, and uncovers a plot that may see him reunited with his beloved Ana.

And inside Babel, a remade Eve hatches a plan to bring an end to the world.

Review: The second book did well to continue the momentum through the first book and in my opinion is much better than the first book. We have POV switches throughout the book, which helps the reader see what’s going on with the fractured group. The book has a lot of character development, especially for Eve, and the world building continued to be marvelous as the group edged further from The Dregs and Babel.

However, I felt like the pacing was a bit slow in a few places and the twist was a bit predictable.

Verdict: Worth the read!