What We Become by Jesse Karp - ADVISABLE

Karp, Jesse What We Become, 424 p. Harcourt, 2013.  $17. 

Language: PG-13 (6 swears, 1 ‘f’); Violence: PG-13; Mature Content: G.  

Something is wrong with Laura’s life.  Her parents are kind; her boyfriend is attentive – everything is going well.  Too well.  Almost as if someone dropped her into what they thought would be the perfect life.  So when the too smart boy with the too advanced technology comes looking for her, she is more than ready to let him along on her journey – even though his is a little too cocky for any of their own good.  Mal, on the other hand, is what Laura was supposed to forget.  He is still in that other world – trying to hold on and hold back the greatest evil – the kind that wants to control the world.  Not until the two of them are back together will they have everything they need to save us from an enemy we don’t even know exists.  

I had no idea that this was a sequel when I picked it up.  And I really don’t even need to read the first – though I probably will.  This stands alone just fine.  Tense, taut, and terrible, terrible decisions to be made.  

HS – ADVISABLE.  Cindy, Library Teacher