Book Review

Today's book is the second installment of a 3 book series.  I just finished Erased by Jennifer Rush.  I actually read it in one day--that means, it's engaging and great!  Erased is the second book, following Altered.  A third book, Reborn, is set to come out in January 2015.

Anna and the boys have escaped the Branch...but the Branch will never stop hunting them down.  The 4 teenagers have been part of a brainwashing program to turn innocent teens into killing machines.  The Branch has been dealing in bioweaponry for years and Anna, Sam, Cas, and Nick are just the tip of the iceberg.  The four teens must stay hidden, but yearn for normal lives.  When Anna finds out her sister, who she thought had been dead for years, is really alive, Anna is determined to find her.  But has the Branch already gotten to her and used her as bait? Can Anna trust anyone? At the same time, Anna is trying to find out who killed her parents when she was a child...there are suspects around every corner. People close to her, people that she loves...could it have even been her?

Erased is an "on the edge of your seat" kind of book. There are traps, secrets, stealth, conspiracies, you name it.  A quick read for any fans of science fiction or dystopian fiction. Rush weaves incredible relationships and interactions between all the characters, requiring the need for every single person in the story.  Anna's love with Sam, her sister's ex-boyfriend, and her back-and-forth with Nick, knowing he is a huge part of her past, leaves the reader on edge.  This makes the book impossible to put down, which is why I didn't! MCPL has the first 2 books, and I "gently" urge you to read them!