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The Human (2013)

by Keary Taylor(Favorite Author)

4.22 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0615827705 (ISBN13: 9780615827704)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Keary\\Taylor#Books

series

The Eden Trilogy

review 1: 4.5 stars. I enjoyed book one in the Eden trilogy, The Bane, but found it to be a little slow moving. Taylor starts book two, The Human, by jumping right into the action, and the pace never slowed down for the entire book. I loved that! The Human was action-packed, to say the least. There was so much going on, and it was all very life-and-death, that it made the book feel very intense and fast-paced. I love it when books have that feel to them. I found The Bane easy to put down, but The Human was one of those books that I sped through, because it was just that good.I liked Eve in book one, but I couldn't really identify with her. I understand her so much better after reading The Human. I really like Eve now, and admire her for her selflessness, strength, and devot... moreion to saving the human race. Learning more about Eve's tortured past really opened her character up to me. I felt so badly for her, once I learned more about her history.The actual premise of the human-turned-cyborg Bane was so neat. I really like the world Taylor has created and her plot was so full of twists that I was continually surprised throughout this book.The love story was also very well-done. Taylor hit just the right balance of love and action. I liked that while Eve is in love, it doesn't keep her from fulfilling her obligations to the citizens of New Eden. What I mean is that I like that Eve is in love without it consuming her every thought and action.If you haven't read Keary Taylor before, and you like a good sci-fi/dystopia, I highly recommend the Eden trilogy!
review 2: The thing that sets The Eden Trilogy apart from all of the other too-similar books that belong in the dystopian category nowadays is that Keary Taylor has a knack for keeping you on your toes and knocking your feet out from under you. She surprised me at the end of The Bane, and she surprised me in The Human.The reason I gave this book four stars is because I'm still very much upset about the Avian/West decision at the end of The Bane. And what's worse, the love triangle was even more infuriating in this book. I don't mind love triangles, but I can't stand it when there's too much jealousy floating around, and that blind emotion causes those involved to do such stupid, stupid things. West has always been an infuriating hot head, but even calm, collected Avian was a over-reacting, not-thinking-quite-through dumbass in this book. I wanted to hurl the book across the room each time. But then again, if it weren't for the stupid of men, I guess we wouldn't have much of a book to read.Just when New Eden becomes a safe, Bane-free community, and Eve becomes bored and wonder what's her purpose now, we are thrown into a whole new situation. This time, it isn't the cyborg threat, but rather, a group of mysterious humans that are aren't sure you can trust.The book was interesting because it was paced well with a good mix of action scenes and mystery-solving intrigue that made you wonder what this group is up to, how they fit into the threat, the Bane and how they are evolving, who Eve really is, and how everything will come together.Taylor does an amazing job of telling a compelling story, but also throwing enough twists and turns in there - some that I was able to guess, but others that just made you think, "Wow, so much makes sense now!"Thank goodness I wasn't upset with the end of this book like I was the first - although I'm still a bit bitter about Eve's decision and how it affected everything in this book, although now that I learn the truth about her past, a lot does make sense. I'm eager to find out what Taylor has planned for the conclusion of this breath-taking trilogy. less

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