Review: No simpering teens here!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 3, 2013
Fun, Smart and full of Sciencey Goodness!  I really enjoyed this book.  It was full of intelligent bio-scifi without losing it's flow.  The characters were intelligent and original which was refreshing after so many crappy teenage romance novels.  None of that here.  It was especially wonderful to see a teenage female protagonist with some guts and brains, without losing her vulnerability.  The main protagonists are flawed but loveable in a completely believable way.  I loved how Brothwell used multiple scientific ideas (primordial mitochondria, symbiosis, twin divergence) and brought it together with character based story telling.  She even ventured into cultural territory with issues of abuse and incest.  Very daring and exciting work.My favorite line was when Kalan comments on his professor: "I could just see him on his recumbent bike..."  That was brilliant storytelling, giving us insight into Kalan's mind AND a clear image of the professor.There were a few typos and formatting snaffus, but nothing profound and nothing at all that hindered my enjoyment of the book.  Mostly there were some over used words (tears zigzagged a lot and I'm not sure how that works and Brothwell likes the word clavicle), but the overall quality of the text is extremely good.  I thoroughly enjoyed the secondary characters and would love to have more of Marcus, Tait, Malcolm and the scientists.  I'm not sure if this work would support a sequel but if Brothwell were to write one, I'd be excited to see what she did with it.I downloaded a copy of The Eve Genome during a free promotion.