Review: Talk Supe Reviews
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 26, 2014
And scream and scream and scream I did (inside) after reading DEVIATION by Heather Hildenbrand. This is the second book of Heather's dystopian novel, Clone Chronicles, and the gist of the tale is Titus Rogen is slowly replacing people, Authentics, with clones or Imitations so he can control them and by extension control the society. Ven is the seventh Imitation of Raven Rogen, Titus' daughter, Titus thinks that his special modifications to Ven will help him crush the rebellion but it's the exact opposite. Ven has become of the rebellion's greatest asset and Titus eventually figured this out. DEVIATION ended in such a tragic disarray proving that Titus is one sick bastard and the only direction I see the story going is towards revenge and Titus' eventual death.Clone Chronicles is one of those select few that I truly enjoy, the concept of Imitations is fascinating and scary at the same time, the world building just has enough modifications to support the premise that this is either in the future or some parallel universe, the villain doesn't have flares of temper followed by violence, Titus Rogen is very calculating and when he strikes, you can bet that it'll be devastating. The series' strongest suit is in its characters, the plot is very character driven and with every book that comes out, Ven, Linc and the rest of the cast are living up to their roles more and more. I hope you can check DEVIATION and Imitation soon!