The Author did a fantastic job with transitioning from Ana to X. As the listener, we get to see things from Ana's view and X's view. Hmmmm.Where to start.I guess if you haven't already guessed it, based on other reviews let me spell this out THIS BOOK WILL LEAVE YOU HANGING! Now, normally this wouldn't be a big deal, except Book 2 is not due to be released until later this year (yep, i checked the author's website!) The first thing I loved about this book is it's a 2-sided story. Michelle, Please tell me there are more books in this series about X and Anna. Living out of a suitcase is hard!! Can Anna cope with that? Can Anna and Xander remain friends? Read the book to see. He just keeps popping up in her life and then he offers her a job she can't turn down. First trip home, he meets Anna on the plane. His life wasn't great, his gran was evil but that's normal to him. Detroit is where Xander (Phenomenal X) grow up with his mum and gran. Detroit is the place she was wants to make her dreams a reality. One day she has enough and moves to live with her aunt and cousin in Detroit. 'You can't do that' and 'you can't do this', is what she always hears from her father. Anna has been sheltered all of her life by her father. I love it, it's awesome but I just finished this book saying "No, No, No, you can't end the book like that." Michelle does it again.
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Iko’s such a huge personality-even if you don’t like her at first, she’s going to make you like her in the long run. And with New Beijing’s Peace Festival coming up, and Cinder’s return to Earth imminent, the danger and need to stop Steele once and for all is all the more pronounced. Iko’s sworn to take them all down, but it’s proving more difficult than she expected. I also still really love the pops of orange it’s such a striking contrast to the blue tones.Īlpha Lysander Steele and his band of rogue, genetically altered wolf-human hybrid soldiers continue to make trouble for Cinder, a.k.a. Where the first Wires and Nerve cover focused solely on Iko, this cover makes it apparent that the story is a team effort between Iko and Kinney. If you have read the books, however, feel free to continue below. If you have not read the first book- Wires and Nerve, Volume 1-turn away now. Danger, Will Robinson! Wires and Nerve, Volume 2: Gone Rogue is the second book in the Wires and Nerve series. 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