Altered (Crewel World #2)

Book two of the Crewel World series starts on the exhale as the audience realizes that not only has the protagonist's love triangle escaped to Earth but also that Earth is not the hollow shell that they've been led to believe it to be. Having literally rent the very fabric of her existence, Adelice is forced to acknowledge the tangled web that comprises her past and future – finding herself constantly torn between the questionable freedom of Earth and the gilded prison of Arraras, her lover Jost and his brother Erik, as well as her extraordinary potential as a savior and as a weapon. Moreover, she comes to realize that everyone—especially those she loves the most—hides secrets they would kill to protect. Consequently, Adelice must choose what to fight for. Similar to its predecessor, Altered is extremely engaging after the initial hundred-page investment. Furthermore, as this story unfolds, the reader becomes increasingly aware that this series cannot be neatly categorized into the genres of science fiction, alternate history, or dystopian fiction, and those who enjoyed the world of Ender’s Game, The Uglies, or Divergent will find a worthy heroine in Adelice Lewys.

Altered (Crewel World #2) by Gennifer Albin
Secondary
Farrar Straus Giroux
387 pp.
Published 2012
978-0-374-31642-6
$17.99
Science Fiction

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