Rise: An Eve Novel
The Eve trilogy finale finds Eve, the king of New America’s daughter, in an unwilling marriage to her father’s employee Charles. She’s still mourning true-love Caleb and discovers she’s carrying his child—and she’s resolute in helping the rebel uprising. But when plans go awry, Eve, her friend Clara, and some girls they free from the king’s nefarious school initiative, escape and face dangers and difficulties on the path to new beginnings. Though some elements throughout may stretch believability, this dystopia offers descriptively detailed fantasy-futuristic elements and builds suspense, and Eve’s continuing experiences—and the concluding twist—will be welcomed by series followers. Grades 10-12. --Shelle Rosenfeld