Sever

Today's post is on Sever by Lauren DeStefano. It is 371 pages long and is published by Simon & Schuster. The cover is green with Rhine in the center holding her wedding ring not wearing it. As it is the third in The Chemical Garden Trilogy you need to have read the first volumes to understand the story. There is mild foul language, no sex, and mild violence in this novel. The intended reader is someone who likes dark YA dystopian. The story is told from first person close of Rhine There Be Spoilers Ahead. 

From the dust jacket- With time ticking until the virus takes its toll,, Rhine is desperate for answers. After enduring Vaughn's worst, Rhine finds an unlikely ally in his brother, an eccentric inventor named Reed. She takes refuge in his dilapidated house, though the people she left behind refuse to stay in the past. While Gabriel haunts Rhine's memories, Cecily is determined to be at Rhine's side, even if Linden's feelings are still caught between them.

Meanwhile, Rowan's growing involvement in an underground resistance compels Rhine to reach him before he does something that cannot be undone. But what she discovers along the way has alarming implications for her future- and about the past her parents never had the chance to explain.

Review- This was my favorite volume in the whole series, everything comes together as the volume goes and it is a very interesting story. The volume picks up on long after the second one with Rhine in a real hospital recovering from what Vaugh has done to her. Cecily knows that Vaugh is a villain who will kill anyone to get what he wants and Linden is learning that his father is not who he thought. Vaugh is shown to be more reasonable than what we have seen from the first two volumes but he still will murder to get his cure. Reed is an interesting addition to the cast and I liked him, he added one good adult in the mix to offset Vaugh. Rowan is not what I was expecting, Rhine has always seen him as strong willed but when she finds him, she finds that Vaugh got to him first. There is some body horror in this volume, like in volume two but it is not as bad. There are many revelations in this volume but I feel that they made sense. DeStefano does a good job with this world and these characters. I look forward to the next thing I read from her. 

I give this book a Four out of Five stars. I get nothing for my review and I bought this book with my own money.