Eve of Man was one of my favourite books of 2019 and I was impatiently waiting for an announcement for the second on so I could delve back into this world. When I saw it on NetGalley I felt like all my dreams had come true and I’m so thankful to have been accepted to read the e-arc of the second book in this trilogy.

This book jumps straight back into the story where the first one left of, reminding us of the ending from a different perspective, which I was very thankful for! Told from three different perspectives, this story flowed exceptionally well and was the perfect middle book in this trilogy.

Eve and Bram are both brilliant characters who I absolutely adore. Eve now has a sense of freedom that she’s never expected and unfortunately it hasn’t lived up to what she thought it would be. She wants to make a change but it’s hard when she’s escaped one prison for an underground camp where she still has no control. She wants to do the right thing, even when she knows how much it could cost her.

Bram needs to learn to accept Eve’s decision which is constantly a struggle for him. He put everything on the line to save her and he just wants to protect her. He’s been somewhat forced into a leaders role with no prior experience so he’s left trying to balance everything and not ruffle any feathers.

This was such a good book and I honestly flew through the final half of the book. I needed to know how it finished and now I’m so eager for the final book in the trilogy! I ended up only having one small qualm with this book and that was that I had predicted the cliff-hanger quite early on but I’m not even bothered!

I definitely recommend continuing on with this series if you read and enjoyed the first book. I cannot wait to see where Tom and Giovanna go with the final book!

Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin UK – Michael Joseph for providing me with a copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.

Not really my thing, but this is a well-written book. I have given it four stars for that reason, even though I wouldn't choose to read other books by this author. It seems unfair to rate a book poorly just because I don't like the subject matter.

This is a very well written book, although the second part of a trilogy, Eve of Man, I wasn’t really aware of this before I started reading it. However it does work as a stand alone read, but I think I would have preferred reading the first one before this. That said, it’s a very interesting concept, lots of twists, turns and treachery. The main characters are very interesting, with Eves character having a touch of Truman Burbank (The Truman Show). Bram and Michael, on opposite sides but both with Eves best interests at heart are well rounded and interesting. I’m not really from the demographic that this book is aimed at but I really enjoyed it, and can’t wait for the 3rd part of the trilogy. I’ll also be reading the first book.
4 1/2 ****
Thanks to netgalley and the publishers for an ARC in return for a; honest opinion

*** Spoiler Free *** So after saying EOM seemed to take me longer than I would have liked to read, this one flashes past in an absolute blur! It is absolutely action packed and so, so good. It is the perfect middle book for a trilogy - keeping the action going and building on what worked so well in Book 1, whilst laying the foundations for Book 3 and the final chapter of the story. I felt that this one had more of a deliberate thought behind a more adult demographic (some language choices and events) but it could still be considered a YA novel. I also thought whilst reading both EOM and this that it would be such a fantastic tv series, the imagination that has gone into some of the more futuristic aspects is described so vividly you can see it unfolding in front of you. I read this back to back with EOM and loved it - if you have waited a year for it you will absolutely not be disappointed.