Pearson,
Mary E. Fox Forever. Macmillan/Henry Holt 2013 290p ISBN 978-0-8050-9434-3 hs Hardback VG-BN Science fiction
The ending of the final volume of the Jenna
Fox Chronicles does not disappoint.
Finely drawn characters, a compelling plot, and an epilogue bring the
story, begun in The Adoration of Jenna Fox, full circle. Set 260 years in the future, the story opens with Locke
having been trapped in a six-inch cube for all that time, only to be given a
body bioengineered by an evil scientist.
His favor for the Resistance requires him to infiltrate the inner circle
of friends of Raine, the daughter of an evil politician. Finding more than he bargained for, he falls
in love with her and discovers more levels of evil within the back rooms of
power.
While the ending is bittersweet, fans of Jenna Fox will appreciate the closure. This trilogy will appeal to fans of Nancy Werlin’s The Double Helix and Collins’s The Hunger Games. It is a thoroughly satisfying read, dystopian science fiction at its finest. It is highly recommended for high-school libraries. There is some sex, some violence and some creepy mutants -- dictating that this is not for younger readers. Schools will want to have all three volumes of the trilogy.
While the ending is bittersweet, fans of Jenna Fox will appreciate the closure. This trilogy will appeal to fans of Nancy Werlin’s The Double Helix and Collins’s The Hunger Games. It is a thoroughly satisfying read, dystopian science fiction at its finest. It is highly recommended for high-school libraries. There is some sex, some violence and some creepy mutants -- dictating that this is not for younger readers. Schools will want to have all three volumes of the trilogy.
Summary: This final volume in the Jenna Fox Chronicles brings the
story full circle. Before he can begin a
new life with Jenna, Locke must return to Boston to infiltrate an evil
politician’s daughter’s circle as a favor to the Resistance movement.
Dystopian novels --Pat
Naismith
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