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Lauren DeStefano
Published by Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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ISBN 9781442409071
Language English

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Sarah Betts (103 KP) rated

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Fever (The Chemical Garden, #2)
Lauren DeStefano | 2012
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still doesn't make much sense but I dig the writing. It's only a book and I should really just relax.
  
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Rachel King (13 KP) rated

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Fever (The Chemical Garden, #2)
Lauren DeStefano | 2012
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7.5 (4 Ratings)
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I found this book to be much grimmer than the first book, Wither. In this book, Rhine and Gabriel spend most of their time trying to escape and running from or to some place. It was rather tiring at times, and I often wondered while I was reading, Don't they need to eat more? Seriously, they subsist on almost no food until they get to the orphanage, and even then, Rhine still seems to have an anorexic-like view of any and all food. Not very realistic for teenagers, in my view.
Moving on. Rhine's behavior while trapped in the carnival showed me that she can be very scatterbrained and disorganized, without any real planning abilities, even though I saw her as just the opposite in the first book. She seemed to just give in as the power of the drug "angel blood" is forced on her and Gabriel to control them. Her lack of motivation was disappointing, to say the least. The little girl she escapes with proves to be one of the most interesting variables in the whole book.
Further events once they escape seem to just delay the inevitable, but they do help to draw a more detailed picture of the world that Rhine comes from - the desperation and depravity that so much of society has sunk to as the hope of its children continues to inexplicably die. The division between those that want to continue looking for a cure and those that don't is clear, but what is not clear for most of the book is what is killing Rhine, who should still have 3 years of life to go. The horrible Vaughn of Wither is like a haunting presence throughout the book, and he has more secrets than even I can fathom.
The romance between Rhine and Gabriel is stagnated without the threat of discovery by Rhine's abandoned husband. Between escaping capture, living on the run, and futilely hunting down Rhine's brother, it has little chance to grow much at all. In fact, Rhine seemed to have more chemistry with another boy at the orphanage than she can maintain with Gabriel. Plus, Gabriel knows nothing about the world outside the mansion and is flung reeling into this life of survival that he could not have been prepared for - I can't help but feel sorry for him.
The most fascinating scene in the book is hinted at on the cover from the tarot card in Rhine's hand, but unfortunately those elements won't be covered until the final, untitled book in 2013. I look forward to a conclusion that more cleanly wraps up this series.
  
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Dana (24 KP) rated

Mar 23, 2018  
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Fever (The Chemical Garden, #2)
Lauren DeStefano | 2012
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I give this book a four because I couldn't get into it at first. It did get more interesting as it went along. This could have been because it had been so long since I read the first book. I don't want to make the same mistakes with Sever. I need to get that one very soon. In the end, I enjoyed the epic cliffhanger, but I felt very sorry for all of the troubles that had befallen Rhine. She had to go through so much crap in both of the books and I hope she doesn't have to go through so much in the next one. Overall, I would recommend this to people. The first book was amazing, and the second one, if I had read it in a timely manner, I think could have been just as good from the start. Great job Ms. DeStefano! I look forward to future adventures with your books!