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    Eve and Adam

    By Katherine Applegate and Michael Grant

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    With Eve and Adam, authors Katherine Applegate and Michael Grant team up for the first time since creating the bestselling Animorphs series to craft a thrilling, dual-point-of-view story.

    In the beginning, there was an apple –

    And then there was a car crash, a horrible injury, and a hospital. But before Evening Spiker's head clears a strange boy named Solo is rushing her to her mother's research facility. There, under the best care available, Eve is left alone to heal.

    Just when Eve thinks she will die – not from her injuries, but from boredom—her mother gives her a special project: Create the perfect boy.

    Using an amazingly detailed simulation, Eve starts building a boy from the ground up. Eve is creating Adam. And he will be just perfect . . . won't he?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateOct 2, 2012
    ISBN9781250026484
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    Katherine Applegate

    Katherine Applegate is the Newbery Medal-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author of numerous books for young readers, including the One and Only series, the Endling series, Crenshaw, Wishtree, the Roscoe Riley Rules chapter books series, and the Animorphs series. She lives with her family in Nevada.

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    • 3/5
      I enjoyed this fast paced read. It was perhaps to rushed or glossed over in spots, but it was a good light sci/fi teaser for dabblers. I was a little disappointed in the lack of character development. It felt as if there was a lot of potential unrealized.
    • 4/5
      Review courtesy of All Things Urban FantasyDid you see the 80′s comedy Weird Science? It was about a couple of teen guys who used a computer to create the perfect woman. EVE AND ADAM is kind of the classier version flipped on its head. Eve in this story isn’t a sex crazed teen goofing off, she’s a bright, funny girl whose mother happens to be a premier geneticist with a mega research company at her disposal. The creation of Adam is a thoughtful, methodical process that Eve undertakes at her mother’s behest in order to try out a new consumer friendly interface. Eve has no idea that the program she is using is capable of bringing Adam to life.Dual narrators for an audio book make me almost as nervous as dual authors do. EVE AND ADAM has both and yet in both areas–the narration and the writing–the teamwork created something much stronger than an individual effort would have. Eve’s voice is very strong both in print and audibly. She has a clear, but reserved sense of humor that made her eminently likeable. Her approach to designing Adam was both appropriately youthful yet respectful. The male point of views including Solo, the guy who works at her mother’s facility, and Adam were both just as fun to read. Adam in particular had a fascinating voice given his programmed personality but total lack of life experience I could have read an entire book just about him. He was a little Kyle XY, if you ever saw the short lived TV series.The ending was a tad chaotic, but not enough to hurt my enjoyment of this fun and thought provoking sci-fi YA. I highly recommend experiencing this story in audiobook format even above the print version since Jenna and Holter bring these characters to life in a way that makes then even more real than the written word.Sexual content:Kissing
    • 2/5
      Book of "meh". It was short so it didn't get 1-star. One thing that bugged me (aside from the constant slut shaming). Evening said at one point she didn't want to date a guy named Chet because she didn't want to date someone with a weird name like that.

      YOUR NAME IS EVENING and you end up with someone named Solo?
    • 4/5
      For girls 14 to 17 4 stars but for anyone else not so much. It about a teenage girl whose mother is a scientist that (the girl) is able to try to engineer the perfect boy and then the hijinks ensue. Sequel in the works. Light harmless reading for a narrow target audience.
    • 4/5
      I think this book will be enjoyed by the audience it is intended for, which in my mind is YA girls. Evening's relationship with her mother and her best friend are interesting and the biotech ideas floating around here certainly make it science fiction, although without an otherworldly or fantasy feel that might turn some readers away. There's not a lot of surprises if you read the synopsis on the cover, but there is a little adventure and some romance that should interest teen girls. It's a series (of course) and I'm a bit ambivalent at this point as to whether I would personally pick up the sequel but this is a proven team of authors and I'm sure it will do well.
    • 3/5
      The book is about Evening, our protagonist, who after suffering an accident and almost losing her leg is taken to her mother's top of the line research facility. There she meets Solo, who is planing Eve's mother down fall, and has a lot in common with herthey are both enhanced humans. Obviously the fall for each other.

      This book was so promising, but it fell short. The characterization was just okay. I didn't really enjoy Evening, but she didn't bother me. Solo did bother me sometimes, specially when he's all oh-poor-me.

      It was entertaining, but not ground-breaking, and it had the chance to be, if only the authors had dared to go on about the whole cloning and DNA manipulating thing.

      But they only wrote the premise of that, we are never told if Evening and her mother are going to come clean and talk about all that had been done at the labs, or what they are they going to do about Adam.

      The authors decided to only write about the romance part, and that made the books lose its substance.
    • 3/5
      What if we had the power to create our own perfect person? Is there such a thing as too perfect? Do the ends justify the means? Is unethical experimentation worth the benefit that could result?

      On the surface this is the story of Eve and Solo and their discovery of their past and the truth about their families. The story is exciting and kept me reading just one more chapter. I enjoyed the characters - Solo in particular. I loved how he was strong but still had a vulnerability about him.

      Underneath, this book touches the surface of issues of medical research and ethics in a way that is accessible to younger readers. There's enough science to make you wonder what if but not so much that it's boring or over your head.

      Overall, this book was both exciting and thought provoking. I think it's written well for the target audience. As an adult reader I would have loved to see this book delve even more deeply into the medical issues touched upon and would have loved to read more about what happened next.
    • 4/5
      I would actually give this book 3.5 stars but since I couldn't I rounded up. This book wasn't at all what I expected. But that's not a bad thing. I was expecting a distopian plot but was happily surprised that it wasn't set in some distant future but in the here and now. Though there were some holes in the plot of this book, I still thought it was suspenseful and kept the reader interested. I liked how the chapters alternated being narrated by Eve, Solo and then Adam. I wouldn't call this book a YA crossover book. It's most certainly a YA book and for older middle readers. It touches on some good ethical questions about modern day genetic theory and research. As an adult reader I would have liked to see it go into more depth but I understand why it didn't as I wasn't the intended reader. I would recommend this book to avid YA fans. It says this will be a series and I would read the next in the series though I'm not sure where the plot would go because it seemed to close up all loose ends by the end of the book.
    • 3/5
      Review courtesy of Dark Faerie TalesQuick & Dirty: A young girl builds a boy from the ground up, but while she expects perfection, it isn’t what happens. Science Fiction takes on Young Adult in this creationism tale.Opening Sentence: I am thinking of an apple when the streetcar hits and my leg severs and my ribs crumble and my arm is no longer an arm but something unrecognizable, wet and red.The Review:Michael Grant & Katherine Applegate team up once again, and onto the literary page, to write Eve & Adam. This time, their first credited collaboration is for Eve & Adam, a different take on dystopia. In this science fiction tale, a young girl creates a boy. Not any young girl, and not any young boy. What results is a project that brings out the imperfections of what would otherwise be a perfect situation. I’ve read Applegate’s and Grant’s literary works individually, and was excited to have a chance to read this collaboration.Evening Spiker, Eve, suffered a horrible car crash that resulted in an injury which left her in a wheelchair. Within the haze of unconsciousness, someone rushed her to her mother’s research facility to rehabilitate Eve’s injuries and her future sanity. In the world of possibility, human genetics has been given as a present to Eve, allowing her to build a boy from scratch. Lacking perfections herself, Eve has sought out and chosen to make a perfect boy. Now the only problem will be if he will actually be perfect for Eve.Eve was someone that I connected with, from the start. As a reader, it is easy to sympathize with her, not only for her terrible injury, but mostly because of her down-to-earth nature. Eve is a good contrast to her mother, who is calculated and cold in nature. But while I did enjoy Eve, I felt that there could have been more to her character. At times, I felt that she was a little plain, or what some would call two-dimensional. I was looking for a little more intensity from her, but this is a personal preference.Solo was a really interesting character. When I was first introduced to Solo, I wasn’t exactly sure what to do with him. I was a little confused at what role he would play in Eve and Adam, and at times, my mind was instantly thinking that there was a secret behind his character. But Solo gave this story the mystery and oomph that it lacked. It gave the reader another dimension and another level of story plot to experience. While he was subservient in some ways, he was daring and rebellious in others. It was really great to read.Eve and Adam is set in an alternate, yet present day San Francisco. In this science fiction world, Grant and Applegate pull the reader into their world, guiding us into the path of their choice. Whether the scene calls for emotion or action, both Grant and Applegate delivers a fantastic adventure. While I felt that a few things fell short of my expectations, this may just be a case of personal preference and reading taste. I wanted more detail of the background, the biogenetics aspect, and even the “why” of it all.I will say that both Grant and Applegate deliver a story that pleases both the mind and senses. I enjoyed many aspects of their world and loved to get to know Eve, Solo, and the many other characters within this story. I must warn you that if you have similar tastes as I do, you might feel a little disconnected or even disinterested at a few parts of the book. Your mind will want a little more engagement in some and a little less in others. But overall, I enjoyed the story, and hope that there will be a continuation sometime or another.Notable Scene:Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to be her. To be that . . . experimental. To be that “what the hell?”. To actually have detailed, well-informed opinions on questions having to do with kissing. Or whatever.I have no opinion on chest hair versus no chest hair. Aislin could write a treatise on that alone.So. Who do I want to create with my new simulated godlike powers?Male or female?I sigh. I squirm in my wheelchair.Who am I kidding?Male.FTC Advisory: Feiwel & Friends/Macmillan provided me with a copy of Eve & Adam. No goody bags, sponsorships, “material connections,” or bribes were exchanged for my review.
    • 4/5
      GoodReads Synopsis: Sixteen-year-old Evening Spiker lives an affluent life in San Francisco with her mother, Terra, a successful geneticist and owner of Spiker Biotech. Sure, Evening misses her father who died mysteriously, but she’s never really questioned it. Much like how she’s never stopped to think how off it is that she’s never been sick. That is, until she’s struck by a car and is exposed to extensive injuries. Injuries that seem to be healing faster than physically possible. While recuperating in Spiker Biotech’s lush facilities, she meets Solo Plissken, a very attractive, if off-putting boy her age who spent his life at Spiker Biotech. Like Evening, he’s never questioned anything... until now. Solo drops hints to Evening that something isn’t right, and Terra may be behind it. Evening puts this out of her mind and begins her summer internship project: To simulate the creation of the perfect boy. With the help of Solo, Evening uncovers secrets so big they could change the world completely.My Thoughts: The initial synopsis I read for this book gave me a completely different impression of the story. This book was not, in any way what I was expecting, but it was better than I was expecting also! Co-written by two well known authors, in their own right, who happen to be married. Katherine Applegate and Michael Grant. Grant writes the best selling “Gone” series, and Applegate who wrote the popular “Animorphs” series and “The One and Only Ivan”.Poor Eve really has no clue about her Mom. They are two ships that pass in the night. That all changes when Eve get hit by a bus. Reading the bus scene was creepy and comical at the same time. It when she comes to at the hospital, post-op, that her Mom is in full form forcing the doc to release Eve into Mom’s care. Her mother is not beyond bullying and strong-arm tactics. Basically she is a witch with a capital B that puts the fear of God into everyone she encounters.Eve is a typical kid, fighting to fit in. Sweet and smart she has only one friend prior to meeting Solo, and she is devoted to that friend. Eve is hesitant to tell her friend how she really feels or what she really thinks for fear of losing her.Solo, meanwhile, has known all about Eve. He lives at Spiker Labs…literally lives at Spiker Labs. When his parents died, Terra was named his guardian. Which Eve is completely unaware of. Solo knows there is something going on at the labs, but has to be very careful how and when he digs around. Solo is lacking social skills because he never leaves the lab. All his schooling and social interaction is via the computer.Solo opens Eve’s eyes to what is going on around her. Solo tells Eve all kinds of interesting information and reveals what he believes Eve’s mother is up to. Eve being the moral kids she is, agrees to help him. But not everything is as it seems. This was a well-crafted story with lots of twists and turns. You weren’t exactly sure what was going on until it was revealed…and the door was left open for what could be a very interesting sequel. Told from shifting points of view, we get to hear both Eve and Solo’s internal dialog which was really telling. I love being inside character’s heads and seeing how they tick.This story is fast paced, and so is the action. It ultimately begs the question just how far we are willing to go towards saving people via genetic engineering, cloning, etc. Interesting questions for sure and it’s always to see how novelists tackle them via their stories. I hope this book does well and there is a sequel…I’d love to know what happens next to these characters.
    • 4/5
      Wow…I finished this book in one day…what can I say? This was one twisted creation story. A clash, if you will, of science and the story of Adam and Eve. The concept was brilliant; the authors took a timeless, well-known story and twisted it, added elements into it, until it became something else entirely – something that, whilst not unrecognizable, but different, original, and completely magnificent.

      The program was a stroke of pure genius – it, and I quote from the book, ‘gave mere mortals a chance to play God’. Terra basically gave her daughter a chance to create the perfect soul-mate for herself – not that Eve realized at first. I didn’t like, though, that Eve didn’t add any imperfections in the end. I get that it is more pleasing to look at perfect objects, and that she didn’t know her flawless creation would’ve been actually fleshed out, but it would have been nice to see her regretting not coding some flaws in when she actually saw him in person.

      Terra was probably the most misunderstood character in the whole story. The truth – Tommy and her confessions – was totally unexpected for me. Before the confession, the Plisskens were victims, martyrs of Terra’s cruelty. But then the truth came out, and I saw them in a different light.

      I loved how realistic the experiments were – reports of rats with human ears have already come out, and I have no doubt that the experiments being performed in the pictures are actually being carried out now, in some unknown lab. The question behind the experiments did make me stop and think, though: was all this suffering worth the cure for some unknown parasite? On a personal level, absolutely – but would the answer still remain positive if it were on an ethical level? I’m not so sure.

      It was nice to see Adam and Aislin get together in the end, though the story never told us whether Eve got the thirteen grand across to the Asian guy before midnight. This book was a fast-paced read for me, filled with not so much expectations as an envisioning of the future – programs which will allow the human species to heal almost instantly, software that can create humans – they are all things that can happen in the future, things that I have no doubt will happen.
    • 4/5
      Books with genetic modification / robotics themes, where the main character is modified but doesn't know it (but the reader can obviously guess it from the beginning) tend to grate on me, especially when they ignore the important questions of ethics, what makes someone "human", etc. I realize that in YA this might not be the first thing an author thinks of (or maybe it is, and then the editor/publisher forces a change to the manuscript), but I think it's just as important a question for teens as it is for adults. Eve & Adam doesn't necessarily address all these questions, but the ethics of creating humans is certainly at the forefront of the main conflict, and for that, I think the authors handled the subject matter very well. The main character, during her recovery from a terrible accident, is given a project to occupy her time -- she is tasked with creating her ideal human on a sim program. She thinks it's just a sim, for fun, and to learn more about science. The reader can see what happens next from a mile away, but that doesn't make it any less intriguing.The writing style was clear, simple, clean -- making this a quick read that got right to the point. And most compelling of all, the "bad guys" aren't exactly the "bad guys", even though they are in the sense that they do bad things for the right reasons. More or less. Even the main characters are far from perfect, and the subplot with the main character's friend, while resolved a little too easily, felt right in its brutality and realism.And it's that ambiguity in a subject that is, at present, ambiguous and without the "right" answers that makes this book worth reading. Yes, there's plenty of teen angst and "does he like me?", but I can get past that for a compelling story. Plus, it was entertaining!
    • 4/5
      well done. nice plot twist
    • 4/5
      Eve and Adam by Grant & Applegate (#1)Pages: 291Release Date: October 2nd, 2012Date Read: January 3rd-5th, 2013Received: ARC via Shelf AwarenessRating: 4/5 starsRecommended to: 15+SUMMARY -Evening has never known any kind of living besides that of her wealthy, protected lifestyle. Her mother is a scientist - and a billionaire. She's cold and distant, and Eve's father is dead. But when an impossible accident occurs and Eve recovers faster than anyone expected, questions are raised. Who is this guy Solo, seemingly a friend of her mother's, and what does he know? Why has her mother set her on this project to create the "perfect man"? It's just on the computer, right? Eve and Solo must uncover the ugly truth before they, too, become victims of a deadly secret lurking just beneath the surface.MY THOUGHTS -What a great book! I was not expecting to enjoy Eve and Adam like I did, but it surprised me more than once! I'm quite happy to say I loved it and can't wait to read Adam and Eve, book 2!My sister read Grant's other book, Gone, book 1 in a series. She didn't like the story, but I never thought to ask about his writing. Both Grant and Applegate have awesome writing talents! I loved the 2 different voices and how easy they were to read and distinguish. Just beautiful - and so real. It made the characters so relatable and human.CHARACTER NOTES -You know...when it comes down to it, I really really liked Eve Spiker! She was totally hilarious and witty and smart, but also a bit shallow. I love that she had flaws. And those flaws were very in-tune to her lifestyle. Teen whose mom is crazy filthy rich and also brilliant - yep! I think "shallow" would be on the list. Basically, I loved Eve and reading her narration was a treat!Solo... Oh, Solo. I liked his narration less than Eve's, but loved his character just as much. He's strong and alive and just plain wonderful. He was mysterious without being cliche - and he's perfect for Eve. Oh, so perfect.Aislin fascinated me. I wanted to smack her and hug her simultaneously. She makes crappy decisions and sucks at staying out of trouble - plus, she likes to talk dirty - but she knows what it means to care for a best friend.Now, who would I be if I didn't mention Adam?! WOW. That was a twist. A biiiiig shocker. I knew what would happen to that part of the story, but not how or when.STORY NOTES -I needed a fast-paced book - and this delivered more than well! I was flying through the pages, soaking it all in, loving it all!At first, I had no idea where everything was going. With Eve's accident, Solo's appearance, Eve's project she named "Adam"... I wasn't even sure I needed all that, but by the end I was thankful for the setup. (Plus, needed or not, it was still amazingly interesting. It hardly felt like a setup - I was hooked the whole time!) My ARC was pretty short, and everything happened so fast, sometimes I wished things happened slower, or that there was more depth and detail. BUT. That's practically my only complaint, so who cares, really? ;)The romance could have been insta-lovey...but WOW! Those few days Solo and Evie knew each other were plenty enough. It felt so real and exactly how it should be. The attraction between them was palpable and gave me butterflies!I love sci-fi...give me anything with aliens, planets - sound like Doctor Who yet? - superpowers, and in this case, really cool science experiments, and I'm sure to devour it. Basically I LOVED the experiment, evil-scientist, superhuman feel of this book. It was well-told and made me feel smart as I read it - haha!SUMMING IT UP -A science fiction delight! But it's not just for sci-fi nerds like me... I think, if you like to read, you should give it a shot!For the Parents -Whew! One of the reasons I knocked it to 4 stars was the content - it distracted from the plot some of the time. There are lots of b**ch sprinkled throughout, mostly calling people that. A few other cuss words. Plus, Aislin, Eve's friend, makes quite a few adult themed jokes about the sexy guys around her, especially when Eve has to create Adam's "boy parts". Eve and Solo are put in a few awkward, would-be sexual situations, made awkward by the fact that they are attracted to each other. Some passionate kissing. A lot of this is humorous, but still older themes. Recommended 16+
    • 4/5
      NOTE: I received this title to review from Netgalley.

      I'll start with saying that I'd been wondering why the second E and the D in the title were backwards. While I seem to have figured out the E (the girl hated being called Eve), I have no idea what's the reason behind the D. So if anyone has figured it out, or has any suggestions, please share them!

      Now, let's talk about the book itself. I can say that I liked the story. It wasn't the best story, and it was a bit too slow paced for me, but it was unique, and I stand by my rating. The world building was nice, including various elements of description of the lab quarters, the equipment, the change in scenery etc.

      The characters were a bit undeveloped I think, but it seems like they will be worked on in the next book. Here are my thoughts on them:

      Evening, a.k.a E.V. was clueless that she wasn't just like everyone else. I'm not saying what was different about her, but if she was really the smart person she was described to be, well... she should've noticed something wasn't quite right with her. She also seemed to take things, no matter what things, quite calmly. I belive, if I were in her situation, I'd be more or less freaked out by the impossibilities that somehow turned out to be quite real. She however, was calm and cool about it all. What I liked about her though was that she wasn't selfish, or engulfed in self-importance. She was rather earthly and nice, and ready to help her friends no matter what the price.

      Solo was a guy E.V. met at her mom's biochemical compound. He was distant at first, but curious of her. And he was on his own secret mission. Which is why he'd figured out routes of escape, as well as a way to control and operate the video security system. Solo was smart, but there was just one problem with him - he held too much hatred in him, which seemed to be unfounded.

      Aislinn was E.V.'s BFF, who was always in trouble because of messing with the wrong guys. Still though, she was a good friend, and sometimes she did show to have brains in that thick head of hers.

      Adam was the one character that surprised me the most. I honestly didn't expect his appearance, though if now I think about it, it was quite obvious. I'm glad he turned out to be rather imperfect, because I'm seriously tired of perfect males who have no flaws.

      I would definitely recommend this book if you're into romance and some biochem experiments. I sure enjoyed it!
    • 4/5
      Eve & Adam is a fun, fast-paced science fiction novel. It was a quick read and I quite enjoyed it. The issue that I had with this novel is that everything turned out just a little too perfectly, and most of the "twists" I completely saw coming. So predictable, yes, but still enjoyable. Evening Spiker is the daughter of the super rich owner and head of Spiker Biopharmaceuticals. She is used to her mother being immersed in top secret projects. She has always known that there is a possibility that her mother is involved in something shady - but that possibility is balanced out by all the good advances in medicine she makes... right? It isn't until Evening (E.V for short - please don't call her Eve) is brutally injured in a car crash and has an elongated stay in her mother's building does she start to understand just what her mother is up to. And that changes everything. Like I said, the plot is predictable, but it is still a fun read. I really enjoyed how the chapters switch POV from E.V to the mysterious Solo (with another character appearing towards the end). Not only was it interesting to see inside the different characters, but switching from female to male, ignorant to informed, was a great set of dualities present throughout the entire novel. This is a great novel for anyone looking for a quick, interesting read. It didn't blow my mind, but I had a fun time reading it.
    • 2/5
      I really wanted to like this, and was really enjoying this one until about the last 100 pages-ish. I enjoyed the characters, the situations, the premise, and then...it just felt rushed and was a gigantic letdown. All of these amazing balls, full of fantastic ideas and great characters were up in the air and then the authors just kind of dropped them.

      Supposedly, there is a sequel? I'll look carefully at reviews if and when that comes to see if it's worth reading further, to see if they fixed the problems or not.

      MEh.
    • 5/5
      One of the best books I have read this year, Eve + Adam is HOTT!What I enjoyed most about this book is the awesomely written characters. Their so fresh, they developed along with the reader. It's easy to step into their shoes and either love them or hate them. The main character Evening is great! Evening is left out of the loop about a lot of things in the story. Being in her shoes is exciting with every chapter turn. My favorite character if the mom. Yes, the mom. She is a ice cold Queen B that had me snickering with her attitude and her thoughts. Th plot of the book progressing a good pace that allows the reader the ample time to invest in the characters. Yet both authors did a fantastic job in giving you enough to keep turning the page. With every secrets exposed, my growing interest in the Spiker Biotech prevailed me to read faster. I love that the plot left you with questions but also tied up nicely at the end.The love interest in the book is awesome. It wasn't what I thought it would be though it set me in a world of adventure. With these two you are never board. Let me just say that you will enjoy it!!The fantastic duo (Applegate/Grant) delivers a dynamic story! The thrilling plots leads to a triumphant ending that makes you want more. Eve + Adam is impressivingly crafted. The plot layers quickly giving a nice adrenaline rush to the readers. Eve + Adam is a must read!
    • 3/5
      This book confused me so much in the beginning...Not at the story, but with the narrating voices. Solo comes like a jerk on that first chapter, then he's smart, then he's a little stupid, then smart again... And I never got to FEEL Evening. I felt like her voiced changed every few chapters (and it had nothing to do with character growth).Overall, the story kept my attention, made me keep reading and helped me survive a couple of boring classes.
    • 3/5
      Interesting premise, ridiculous character names, semi-intriguing plot line, really poor ending.
    • 1/5
      I don't know why I hate this book, I just do. For whatever reason, I was unable to connect with the characters at all. At the end Eve, her mother, Solo, and possible Aislin are about to be killed by a couple of psycho scientists, and do you know how I felt about all of it? Nothing. I felt absolutely nothing. It wouldn't make any difference to me if any of the characters died, because they're all pretty much interchangeable. The only one that you could say is distinguishable is Aislin, and that's only because it was drilled into our heads that she's a bad nasty drunken slut. This book was just not for me.
    • 4/5
      This book was amazing, engaging, and thought provoking. I loved Eve's snarky voice. Her unique way of looking at the world made me laugh quite a number of times. I loved her relationship with her best friend Aislin. The story begins when Eve is in an accident that does major damage. Her billionaire mother rushes her from the hospital to her biotech firm where she becomes the only patient at an exclusive hospital. There she meets another teen named Solo who is apparently a resident of the biotech center.Eve both loves and hates her mother. Terra Spiker is cold, distant, obsessed with her business, and generally neglectful of Eve. Eve still mourns and misses her father who was a sculptor and who died when she was twelve. She says that her father was the intermediary between she and her mother. After his death the distance didn't close.The story is told primarily in two voices by Eve and Solo. Solo is convinced Terra Spiker is using her company to play god and do many things that are both illegal and unethical. He has been collecting evidence for quite some time in his role as general gopher and assistant. He has big plans to expose her because he blames her for the deaths of his parents and their ousting from the company. While Eve is recovering she gets to know Solo and she gets a chance to play with a new computer program that lets her work with genetics and create the perfect man. She has no idea that her creation will be more than a computer simulation.The story is filled with revelations and discoveries. It also includes danger and romance. I think that young science fiction fans will enjoy this one. It will also appeal to those romance lovers who would like to create their own perfect match. I can't wait to add this one to my media center.
    • 5/5
      Me, pre-reading: “Please be good, please be good, please be good!” Seriously. I said that out loud to myself. This was one of my most anticipated fall 2012 novels.This book has so much personality. Every word that comes off the page is some kind of hilarious wit, humour, or sarcasm, and I absolutely loved it! It was so entertaining, and so not what I expected from a dystopian sci-fi novel. Those are usually epic, but pretty serious. This book was so playful! All the characters were hilarious in their own way. Evening and Solo were pretty similar — both hilariously snarky and independent. Evening’s best friend, Aislin, was a hilarious teenager with absolutely no censor! She’s more of a bad girl — into sex and alcohol — but she’s a fiercely loyal friend and a great character. And Evening’s mom Terra Spiker, a.k.a. Ice Queen Bitch or “Terror Spiker,” is funny in her own bitchy, scary rich CEO woman way.In many ways, this book read more like a contemporary novel than a sci-fi dystopian. I think it was because of the very playful nature of the dialogue. I felt like I was just reading about a funny, rich teenager’s life while she embarked on a high-tech science project. I estimate that this book takes place maybe 10 years in the future. We’re never given an exact date but it’s far enough in the future that USBs are becoming obsolete, but not so far that the world is unrecognizable. Society, the government, and culture all seem nearly exactly the same.Although I wasn’t expecting a realistic sci-fi that felt like a contemporary, I still enjoyed the book immensely. It was very entertaining, playful, and was a very quick read. Although perhaps you could say it was almost too quick. This isn’t the most detailed of books and it touches on a lot of different things, without going into extreme detail. That made it easy to read, but perhaps lacking if you’re a stickler for detail and world-building.What’s cool about this book is that it dips a lot into stereotypes and morals. As Evening is creating the perfect man—her Adam—she has to decide every single detail. And of course she ends up creating a stereotypically handsome, perfectly muscled man. It’s just kind of interesting to watch her thought process and see her decide which features to add or exclude. Once the action picks up in the novel, we get a lot of hints and messages about morals, and it really tied into our society today. In the news today, we hear about all these things like cloning and genetic modification, and this book talks a lot about the morality of that. Can you go too far with science? That’s what made the book feel really real to me. Eve and Adam introduces science that I could imagine becoming real some day (or maybe less extreme versions).Eve and Adam was extremely enjoyable, and fast-paced, and once again, it had the best personality EVER! Every single character was amazing in a different way and I was laughing all the time. They’re so hilarious and that’s really what made this a five star book for me. The story and science fiction elements were interesting, but they definitely took the backseat; the colourful dialogue is what really stood out.I almost feel like I’m not sure what will happen in the next book (titled Adam and Eve) since there wasn’t a cliffhanger, but I can’t wait to find out!
    • 5/5
      This is one of those sci-fi novels that is freaky because it seems to possible. The authors are basically dealing with what happens when humans try to play God. I absolutely loved this, and part of that was due to it being an audio book. Jenna Lamia’s narration was good and she sounded believable as a teenage girl, but Holter Graham’s narration was spot on with pauses and inflections in all the right places to make me laugh out loud.
    • 4/5
      Evening, or E.V., Spiker's life was fairly uneventful until the day she was walking, texting and obsessing about an apple seen at a local grocer's and then gets hit by a streetcar. One of her legs is severed, a hand is crushed and she suffers severe internal injuries: losing her spleen and a rib has to be removed. She awakens after her lifesaving surgery only to find her mother, Terra Spiker, arguing with the doctor and a strange boy in her room. Soon she is removed from the hospital and transported to her mother's research facility. The one time she looks in a mirror she is appalled to see the bruising and stitches on her face, and her leg and hand wrapped up like a mummy. She is very well cared for at Spiker Bio but an assortment of physicians, nurses and physical therapists, but she is bored out of her mind and thinking about all of the things she's missing at school: exams, assignments, and even the prom.She eventually sees the strange boy from the hospital, Solo, at Spiker but doesn't really get the opportunity to interact with him for prolonged periods of time. She realizes it is strange that a teenage boy is at Spiker but thinks he's maybe some kind of child prodigy and works there. After complaining to her mother about her boredom, she is given a computer project . . . create the perfect human using a virtual genetics program. Eve thinks this is a little strange, but she thinks hard about the attributes her human will have and eventually decides to create a male. Her best friend Aislin even provides a name for her creation, Adam.Eve doesn't know a lot about what her mother and the company does, but she does know that Spiker does a lot of good with orphan diseases. She knows that many of the employees are terrified by her mother, thus the nickname Terror Spiker, and she feels that everything may not be legitimate but she doesn't really have any proof, except for the knowledge of what has been done to her personally. That is until Solo, her mother's ward and son of Terra's deceased business partners, shows Eve what's really going on at Spiker. Will Eve be able to turn her mother in to the authorities? What will happen to Eve and Spiker as a result? What will happen to Solo? How far does the genetic modification on humans go?Mr. Grant and Ms. Applegate have provided an amazing YA thriller with Eve and Adam. Some of the science may seem to be more science fiction, but it rings true on some levels. Eve is a rather naive teenager in some respects, but this is partially due to her somewhat sheltered and neglected upbringing. Her best friend, Aislin, is trouble with a capital “T”, but their friendship works even with all of the drama Aislin brings. Solo seems to be quiet and shy, but turns out to be anything but shy. All of the characters are well developed and very realistic primarily due to their quirks. The story has a few twists and unexpected turns that keep the reader guessing as to what will happen next. Just when you think you know where the story is going, surprise! Another tool that the author's use in presenting the story is to switch perspectives between Eve, Solo and even Adam (yes, he's real but read the book to find out more). Eve and Adam is a quick read that kept my attention from beginning to end. I was a little disappointed with the ending until I saw that there is another book coming, Adam and Eve . . . can't wait to read it.
    • 3/5
      Concept was good, ending was very rushed.
    • 4/5
      The majority of this story is told in alternating point-of-view between Evening Spiker (Eve or E.V.) and Solo Plissken. After a horrific accident Eve is brought to her mother’s medical facility, Spiker Biotech, which is working on projects in genetics and immunization. Eve is not overly familiar with her mother’s work, but she knows it is her life’s passion. Eve’s dad was an artist before he passed away and Eve is a unique personality that embraces both her academic and artistic sides. Solo, whose parents are also dead, is Eve’s moms ward and lives at the medical facility. Solo detests the projects that are being worked on and when he opens up to Eve about the true nature of the facility it is quite the eye opening revelation.I enjoyed the atmosphere of the laboratory and the idea of underground/illegal genetic engineering. I did not like the relationship Eve had with her best friend Aislin. Aislin is a very needy and self-serving person and Eve becomes a very weak character by needing Aislin in her life. The dialogue between the two is annoying and detracted some from the story. I found Solo’s character much more interesting; Solo is a quiet intellect living amongst geniuses trying to pretend he is just a normal kid. I think what was supposed to be a thrilling end was just a decently written story. I like that it is a standalone book and I don’t have to wait for a sequel. Overall, if you like the idea of science and creationism this is a decent read, just nothing epic.
    • 4/5
      Pros:
      * It's not dystopian (but still awesome)
      * Genetics
      * San Francisco

      Cons:
      * Characters are a bit one dimensional
      * Science is minimally explained

      I love YA, in fact it is the majority of what I read. However, this is a book I really wish had been written for an adult audience.

      I kept thinking back to my middle school years when I tore through all of the Michael Crichton novels. I just remember dense pages of scientific explanation. I wish this book had that.

      Not that it's bad. It's a good read (I knocked it out in about 2.5 hours) and I really enjoyed it. I just wanted a bit more.



    • 3/5
      3.5 stars.

      This was a quick read. I guess I was looking for a bit more of a resolution, but I think it works for those looking for a faster story.
    • 4/5
      Evening Spiker is in a horrific car accident but when she comes round she discovers that her mother is determined to check her out of the hospital and take her to Spiker Biopharmaceuticals, her research facility. Evening feels well remarkably quickly and soon becomes bored. That is when her mother gives her a job – to design the perfect boy using a sophisticated simulation programme. She also makes friends with a teenage boy, Solo, who lives at the research centre.A science fiction story with a touch of mystery and romance, this book will keep you guessing to the end. Suitable for teen girls.