Title: Forced Autonomy, Phase 3
Author: Lila Felix
Source: eARC from author for review
AMAZON B&N
goodreads...
THIS IS A NOVELLA SERIES
The United States has collapsed. Those citizens
who are left are in one of two classes. One: Citizens who have undergone forced
lobotomies, as mandated by the United Nations. Two: Those who fight against
their tyranny.
Petra Kingsley falls under both classes. She
falls in line with the drones, pretending her procedure worked. She’s existed
among their ranks, hiding in plain sight, being worked to the bone and starved
almost to death.
Lawson is a bounty hunter of sorts. His target
isn’t the guilty, it’s those who are lost in the folds of a broken society.
When he spots Petra working in the masses, he
stops at nothing to help her escape.
But he has no idea who exactly he’s helping—and
who will now be hunting them both?
My take...
Before Lawson and Petra can decide if she must go
back to camp or continue on with him, a few hiccups stand in their way. Well,
if you can call rat bites and menacing men hiccups. More like life threatening
burps if you ask me.
**
The craving for his touch in particular had grown
in his absence. He was so much more than just another human—he was the human
that belonged to my human.
**
I knew it, I knew it, I knew it! I mentioned way
back when in my first review of Phase 1 that it didn't have a lot of romance in
it, but that I knew it was coming. And thank the Felix Heavens!! She provided
me, er, I mean us with some juicy romance that came at its most perfect time.
The romance doesn't saturate the story down, it is just enough that had me
sighing and swooning. I mean, come on! This is Lawson. Yummy, rugged Lawson.
**
“Can we just leave it at that? I like you. I want
to make sure you’re safe if I’m able to. I don’t want to define anything. Any
one of us could be dead and gone tomorrow.”
Ouch—that stung.
“Sure. No sweat.”
He doesn’t want to define anything. That’s fine.
I’ll be the effing queen bee of non-definitions.
**
I love the internal debates that Petra has with
herself throughout this Phase. Oh yes, this girl is something else. Absolutely
spunky. She torments herself wondering and watching if Lawson feels the same.
She reads between lines trying to decide what he really meant. He says one
thing but she is not sure if he means it or not. And in the end, she takes it
upon herself to find out for sure. Such a defining moment for her and Lawson.
And as for the story itself? Yeah, my most
favorite so far in the series. It had me sitting on the edge of my seat.
Literally. I may have even paced a few times while steadily reading. I don't
suggest that. But I hungrily devoured this story and loved every minute of it.
It gets me excited for what is happening in the here and now and for what’s to
come. It is fictional goodness wrapped up in a sweet little read.
**
Because breathing and Lawson were all I had left
in this life—even ice picks and the United Nations couldn’t keep me away from
them.
Returning to my lips for one more round, I could
feel his mouth turn upwards in a smile. Could I count that as another
apocalypse learned skill? Kissing well?
I’m so counting it.
**
With the future looking ever so uncertain and a
new threat moving in, Lawson and Petra try to work through this messed up world
they find themselves in to find hope and survival. Time will only tell if they
succeed. Time that neither is sure of. 5 Gripping Stars!
I was going to say some sort of weapon, but then I just felt barbaric. I think a really important item would be a water filter. Like the water bottles that will filter the water.
ReplyDeletea weapon
ReplyDelete