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I did feel like certain things were rushed. Like her finding out about the baby-factory life, the escape and the relationship with Caleb (though I could argue myself on that one - being uber sheltered would lead to more extremist feelings when they came about).

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He could have stayed like this for some time, but there was always purpose to her visits. Even so, he held off his own rising curiosity, preferring the gentle contentment of her company. Eve, a 16 year old, innocent girl, finds out the brutal truth hidden from everyone. She knows one thing...if she stays she will be doomed to an eternity of pain, sorrow and helplessness. There is not other option but to run away beyond the wall that used to be her safe haven from all the dangers out there. Now, she is alone, scared, hungry. Love was death’s only adversary, the only thing powerful enough to combat its clawing, desperate grasp. I don’t want to be too cruel because it’s not entirely her fault. She’s had it pretty rough. She’s had to grow up without a mother in an all-girls school and a PLAGUE has killed everyone else, so her naivety and nervousness when it comes to the male species is understandable. ARDEN: Sure, but I'll glower at you while the reader again wishes that I were the point-of-view character instead of you who are so impractical you refuse to use blankets if they've had a dead person touching them.

Eve is a bold, unprecedented exploration of the Creation narrative, true to the original texts and centuries of scholarship—yet with breathtaking discoveries that challenge traditional beliefs about who we are and how we’re made. Eve opens a refreshing conversation about the equality of men and women within the context of our beginnings, helping us see each other as our Creator does—complete, unique, and not constrained by cultural rules or limitations. The real origin of our species: a myth-busting, eye-openinglandmarkaccount of how humans evolved, offering a paradigm shift in our thinking about what the female body is, how it came to be, and how this evolution still shapes all our lives today For my part, though, I was irked. The illogic of the opening sequences got the book off to a bad start, and then I had issues with Eve as a character. She is a Mary Sue whose unique awesomeness is frequently touted. All the good guys love her. All the bad guys want to rape her, including the King of New America, whose obsession with a girl he’s never met is never really explained.Caleb has potential to develop into a BotS in future books… if he drops the ball and chain…. Off a cliff.