Bri

Okay so I loved IEWU and felt it was nearly perfect but I wanted more Atlas storyline. Right after I finished it, I heard that ISWU was coming out and I was so excited. I loved this book. I'd say probably like a 3.75 for me. The pace felt a little off. The beginning was slow and steady, day by day but the last third of the book felt like it skipped time too much for me. I wanted it to be a little longer of a book. I wanted more Atlas and Ryle content. Overall, it definitely gave me some of what I wanted more of from the first book but left me still wanting a bit more.

4.5 ⭐️ As usual, another great book from Jodi Picoult. I love that she had a co-author for this one. First, and I know, I know... “don't judge a book by it's cover”, but this has a beautiful cover. Even without the dust jacket, the shimmery red letters on the spine, beautiful. One negative is that I felt like I could tell which sections were primarily written by Jodi vs Jennifer, though not fully a negative because it did give some differentiation between the characters. I loved this dual POV from Olivia and Lily. They were so similar and we got to watch as Olivia realized that. I also thought the beekeeping/honey info was an interesting concept. And adding Jordan MacAfee to this book, ah perfect. I loved that. Very nearly a 5 star to me, but I compare everything to 19 minutes and this one did not have a shocking end to me. I felt like I knew what was going to happen and I wanted the build up to it to be a little more. Overall, though I really enjoyed and I can't wait to see if these two work together on more.