Fever
Lauren DeStefano
Running away brings Rhine and Gabriel right into a trap, in the form of a twisted carnival whose ringmistress keeps watch over a menagerie of girls. Just as Rhine uncovers what plans await her, her fortune turns again. With Gabriel at her side, Rhine travels through an environment as grim as the one she left a year ago - surroundings that mirror her own feelings of fear and hopelessness.
The two are determined to get to Manhattan, to relative safety with Rhine’s twin brother, Rowan. But the road there is long and perilous - and in a world where young women only live to age twenty and young men die at twenty-five, time is precious. Worse still, they can’t seem to elude Rhine’s father-in-law, Vaughn, who is determined to bring Rhine back to the mansion...by any means necessary.
In the sequel to Lauren DeStefano’s harrowing Wither, Rhine must decide if freedom is worth the price - now that she has more to lose than ever.
There is a lot that happens in this story, and some of it is simply a different version of the first book--stuck in a group of people that wants to make Rhine a slave until the day she gets sick and dies, and her struggling to be free.
However, with that being said, the way DeStefano writes this story, a new situation is still created. While Rhine is in a new horrible situation, it helps explain the post-apocalyptic world DeStefano is trying to create--what can happen when civilization breaks down and the lengths people will go to get what they want.
The illness killing girls around the age of 25 is still prominent in this story, and it is explained in more depth and exemplified by multiple female characters. In my opinion, this strengthens and reinforces the story and setting DeStefano is building. Yes, a lot of the story is obvious, but I always say, it's not the end of the story that's important, it's the journey!
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