Authors: Emmy Laybourne
Publication Date: May 6th, 2014
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 306
Link to Goodreads: Here
Part of a Series: Book 3 of Monument 14
Plot: The stunningly fierce conclusion to Emmy Laybourne's Monument 14 trilogy.
The survivors of the Monument 14 have finally made it to the safety of a Canadian refugee camp. Dean and Alex are cautiously starting to hope that a happy ending might be possible.
But for Josie, separated from the group and trapped in a brutal prison camp for exposed Type Os, things have gone from bad to worse. Traumatized by her experiences, she has given up all hope of rescue or safety.
Meanwhile, scared by the government's unusual interest in her pregnancy, Astrid (with her two protectors, Dean and Jake in tow) joins Niko on his desperate quest to be reunited with his lost love Josie.
Author Emmy Laybourne reaches new heights of tension and romance in this action-packed conclusion to the Monument 14 trilogy.
Reading period: May 8, 2017 - May 12, 2017
Review
Out of the three books of the trilogy, this is the book I’ve liked the least. Still a great story and a perfect conclusion for the adventure, but I didn’t find it as involving or fast paced as the previous two.
The story picks up right from the last epilogue in the second book.
This time the two point of views are from Dean and Josie. Dean is in Canada with the others, while Josie is in a building similar to a penitentiary where they’re keeping all the Os.
Life seems (almost) perfect in Canada, but then they make a scary discovery that leaves Astrid and her baby in danger so Dean, Astrid, Jake and Niko escape from the camp. Niko, in particular, is eager to go and find Josie after he has seen her in a picture in the newspaper. Their voyage isn’t easy and they’ll meet new people along the way and find out how life is on the West Coast of America.
Josie is with Mario in the prison camp. Life there is far from perfect. The story there is quite disturbing and the author is really good and describing the horrors and despaired in this place. You are suffering with Josie. She is with a new group of children but unfortunately, I didn’t connect with them like I did with the other children in the first book and I’ve missed them in the story.
What I loved was the contrast of the two different realities, but at the end they all come together. I really don’t want to give too much away, because if you have read the first two books you really need to read the conclusion and I think you won’t be disappointed.
Emily Laybourne ended the journey with a beautiful epilogue that I think will make everyone happy and maybe yearning for a sequel novella.
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