![]() After spending time in treatment with other young women like her-who cut, burn, poke, and otherwise hurt themselves-Charlie is released and takes a bus from the Twin Cities to Tucson to be closer to Mikey, a boy she "like-likes" but who had pined for Ellis instead. Seventeen-year-old Charlie Davis, a white girl living on the margins, thinks she has little reason to live: her father drowned himself her bereft and abusive mother kicked her out her best friend, Ellis, is nearly brain dead after cutting too deeply and she's gone through unspeakable experiences living on the street. Quiet and somber, but still deeply satisfying.Īfter surviving a suicide attempt, a fragile teen isn't sure she can endure without cutting herself. The implication that only away from London and science can Fever find happiness echoes the themes and tensions between technology and nature Reeve has explored throughout this and the Hungry Cities quartet. Most hopeful-although perhaps unexpected-is a possible romance for Fever the not-fully-resolved ending leaves hope that the feelings might be reciprocated. There are few truly happy moments here, and lots of violence, but the rich worldbuilding continues to hold surprises, and the writing never falters. ![]() Whew! Beneath the plot run three narratives: of Fever, discovering the truth about the Scriven and her own humanity of Cluny Morvish, reluctant prophet and, it turns out, another of Godshawk’s experiments and of Charley Shallow, who once tried to kill Fever and is now an upstanding young sociopath who pulls a lot of strings. Meanwhile, London nears the mobility it will enjoy years into the future ( Mortal Engines, 2003, etc.), but the northern nomads are ready to challenge London based on a young girl’s prophetic dreams. ![]() It’s not long before she heads north with her mother, following rumors that a mysterious structure that may hold the key to Stalker brains has been breached. The third (and final?) Fever Crumb story reminds readers of the serious themes beneath Reeve’s often madcap, always entertaining tales.įollowing the events of A Web of Air (2011), a subdued Fever has returned to London. ![]()
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