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Going by Goodread's rating system- 4 stars= I really liked it
Let me just first say that this book is long. Almost 500 pages long. And the story literally covers 3 days.
However, from start to finish this book is filled with action. You literally can't go a page without something super intense happening.
The plot continues Elissa and Lin's story from "Linked." It picks up with them flying back to Sekoia. After all, they both agreed that they wanted to try and save their planet. They never understood how truly hard that would be, but they definitely find out in "Unravel."
I loved the ride. I connected with Elissa, and understood where she was coming from. She faces a lot of insecurities and doubts about herself in this book. Who wouldn't have doubts when you feel like the "lesser twin?" When your other half has these amazing super powers and can basically do anything? I know I would!
I've read other reviews about this book. Some of them say that this book drags on and on and on. I'm sorry, but I have to disagree. It kept me hooked. I always wanted to find out what traumatic event would happen next. Would they ever end up saving Sekoia? Or would it just fall into depravity and a sad image of what it once was?
My very favorite part happens within the last 50 pages or so. The ending is a KILLER. I'm so happy with the ways things are left. It could not have ended more perfectly. It made me feel satisfied and quite sad when I went to return it to my shelf. The ending was definitely worth going through the 430 other pages.
When I first finished "Linked," I wasn't sure that I was going to continue and read this book. I liked "Linked" well enough, but my local library didn't have this book and I wasn't sure if I wanted to fork over the money on an okay-ish read. But now that I've finished it, I'm so happy that I did. This just makes the story so much more complete, and it kept me interested throughout. To those of you who are unsure about reading this, I say to you that you should. I hope you like it as much as I did.


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Unravel Imogen Howson Books Reviews

***Review posted on The Eater of Books! blog***

Unravel by Imogen Howson
Book Two of the Linked series
Publisher Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Publication Date July 8, 2014
Rating 4 stars
Source eARC from Edelweiss

Summary (from Goodreads)

Untold dangers await telepathic twins in this sequel to the futuristic, romantic thriller called classic sci-fi, space-travel adventure at its best. After Elissa and Lin exposed the government's secret experiments in Linked, which Booklistcalled a roller-coaster ride into space that just about everyone should enjoy, their home planet Sekoia is thrown into chaos. Determined to do their part to help the planet they've hurt, they return to Sekoia only to discover that things are far worse that they imagined. Resources are suddenly scarce, people are scared, and there's a rising current of anger against the Spares. When Lissa and Lin find themselves among another group of Spares and twins, they feel like they've found their kindred spirits at last. But a threat none of them could have expected is lying in wait for Sekoia's Spares.

What I Liked

YAY for another series completed! This one was a duo, so that made finishing the series easier. I like duos, because they're less stretched out and mass-marketed like trilogies. Also, with trilogies, the final book is almost always published more than a year after the second book. A year and a half to two years is the norm, it seems. I understand that the author wants to make the third book as fantastic as possible, but honestly, most of the time, when the author takes more than a year, the book ends up with a lower rating than a third book that published a year after the second. But I digress.

I liked this book a lot. I knew, after the first book ended, that there must be another book to the series. This book! I think this book does an excellent job of continuing the story from the first book, as well as wrapping up the series. The plot was weird - I felt like it was a lot of back-and-forth, but I was (overall) interested in knowing what was happening, what was going to happen, and what I missed (if I skipped over something).

Elissa and Lin are heading back to Sekoia, to try and help the planet with the space shuttles and hyperdrives. But when the girls and the rest of the Phoenix's crew reach Sekoia, they find that things are very different. The planet is under IPL law, not SFI law, and everything is chaos. They are taken into a safe house by Cadan's parents, which houses other twins and Spares, just like Elissa and Lin. But there are worse things than the abductions and raids happening on the planet, as everyone is about to find out.

Once again, Elissa is the twin I favor. I like Lin well enough, but she doesn't act human, and she has no compassion - except towards Elissa. Elissa is kind and thoughtful, with a soft heart and a hard-working attitude. I hate how she puts herself down all the time, thinking that she does nothing, while Cadan and Lin and Ivan and everyone else does something. Elissa always feels like she's dead weight, but she is so strong, such a wonderful heroine. Not every heroine has to save the world, and that's okay.

The story of this book was kind of weird. Part was spent trying to get to Sekoia. Part was spent figuring out that they need to take shelter on Sekoia. Then they went to the safe house. Then they had to leave the safe house. Then they were off to Philomel (a different planet). It was very see-saw-like, and honestly, a little bit exhausting to follow.

Howson injects seeds of conflict throughout the story though, and she goes straight for Cadan and Elissa's relationship. Cadan's parents didn't know that she and Cadan were dating, so when they see Cadan and Elissa together, they don't necessarily approve. Cadan's mother puts it in Elissa's mind that Elissa is distracting Cadan. Then there's Cadan himself - to Elissa, it seems like he isn't treating her like an adult. And Elissa - she is so insecure, but rightfully so. With Cadan's mother breathing down her back, less and less time with Cadan, and her growing doubt of the strength of their relationship, Elissa has every right to feel like her love life isn't in great shape.

What I like about this is how the author tests Elissa and Cadan, how she keeps throwing obstacles in their paths - whether it's the parents, or Elissa's self-doubt, or Cadan having to leave to pilot. It seems like every time that Cadan and Elissa get alone time, they either get interrupted really quickly, or they disagree about something. But they work things out, bit by bit, and I like that. I wanted to see more intimacy between them, but as an afterthought, I realize that it's not really their style. Oh well.

Stick with the story. It might seem cyclical, or tug-of-war-like, but it's necessary. Howson tackles Sekoia, then IPL, then the Spares, problem after problem after problem. Not that the Spares are a problem, necessarily, but there is a problem with them. The last 15% were CRAZY - Howson throws something at the very end that is not totally unexpected, but the way it happens is unexpected. I was shocked and enraged right along with a certain character, but in the end, I think it was bound to happen.

All in all, I'm satisfied with this book! It has a wonderful ending, not cookie-cutter perfect, but satisfying. I'm a tad bit confused as to how the IPL/Sekoia/Spares government/rights/problems worked out specifically, but I think that was just me rushing to get to the end. Don't do that. Take your time, at the end.

What I Did Not Like

This book was so long. Nearly 500 pages? Woah. I was definitely intimidated from the beginning, especially after reading The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen (also somewhere between 400 and 500 pages). I feel like there were paragraphs in each chapter that really were not necessary. A good fraction of this book could have been cut down. In all honestly. I skipped whole pages of this book, when I saw that it was the same contemplation, the same musing, the same observation, over and over, just said differently. I definitely understand the basics and beyond. There was just too much narration and "fluff" for me.

And all that narration and musings and whatnot? It can be boring at times. That's why I skipped pages at a time, when I skipped at all. I hate skipping parts of a book. But you gotta do what you gotta do when a part of the book isn't holding your interest, but you want to finish the book. So.

Would I Recommend It

I would most definitely recommend you read this book if you've already read Linked! I know there were some readers that thought that Linked ended well - but there is more to the story! And I liked the "more".

And if you haven't started this series, I would recommend the books! It's only a duo, and this is the last book (obviously), so, no waiting, no angst, no heartbreaking decisions or cliffhangers. These books are heavily science fiction, but I love the backseat romance, and the sisters theme. Definitely give these two books a try, if you love science fiction (or even if you don't)!

Rating

4 stars. What a fabulous ending to this duo series! I'm sad that it ended (like with most series), but I think I like duos, how that they don't stretch on for miles (years) and leave me heartbroken (oftentimes). Well done, Imogen Howson!
I had big expectations for this book. I was extremely impressed with the first book in this series, Linked.

If the first book Linked was (for it's genre) a 9.5 out of 10, this one, Unravel, is more of a 6 or so. It's not... bad. Just, well, disappointing.

Like the first book, big issues are raised... but unlike Linked, they don't go anywhere with it. This book feels more like, well, like a teen thriller. It doesn't say much more than the first book does, and without even half the power.

This book had so much potential. It starts out with heartfelt questionings about national sovereignty vs. the United Nations, semantics and eugenics, overweening population control, anarchy vs tyranny, teen emotion vs self-sacrificial responsibility, and the struggles of mental illness and psychosis. Then it went... absolutely nowhere. The plot arc about mental illness seemed especially....contrived, too cursory about something that shouldn't be bandied about for a couple extra thrills. This sequel is more of a teen thriller than anything else.

Unlike Linked, it didn't grapple with any of the issues it raised. It just side-stepped them.

But overall, it's an interesting book. The side characters are still real, just minimized in the background. We get a few vivid cameos--I just wish there was more development there. The main characters are themselves, just that their character arcs are recycled from the first book. Besides that, it's a decent read.
Going by Goodread's rating system- 4 stars= I really liked it
Let me just first say that this book is long. Almost 500 pages long. And the story literally covers 3 days.
However, from start to finish this book is filled with action. You literally can't go a page without something super intense happening.
The plot continues Elissa and Lin's story from "Linked." It picks up with them flying back to Sekoia. After all, they both agreed that they wanted to try and save their planet. They never understood how truly hard that would be, but they definitely find out in "Unravel."
I loved the ride. I connected with Elissa, and understood where she was coming from. She faces a lot of insecurities and doubts about herself in this book. Who wouldn't have doubts when you feel like the "lesser twin?" When your other half has these amazing super powers and can basically do anything? I know I would!
I've read other reviews about this book. Some of them say that this book drags on and on and on. I'm sorry, but I have to disagree. It kept me hooked. I always wanted to find out what traumatic event would happen next. Would they ever end up saving Sekoia? Or would it just fall into depravity and a sad image of what it once was?
My very favorite part happens within the last 50 pages or so. The ending is a KILLER. I'm so happy with the ways things are left. It could not have ended more perfectly. It made me feel satisfied and quite sad when I went to return it to my shelf. The ending was definitely worth going through the 430 other pages.
When I first finished "Linked," I wasn't sure that I was going to continue and read this book. I liked "Linked" well enough, but my local library didn't have this book and I wasn't sure if I wanted to fork over the money on an okay-ish read. But now that I've finished it, I'm so happy that I did. This just makes the story so much more complete, and it kept me interested throughout. To those of you who are unsure about reading this, I say to you that you should. I hope you like it as much as I did.