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DNF Review: Fever by Dee Shulman

Title:  Fever  Author:  Dee Shulman Series:  Fever, #1 Pages:  400 Publisher:  Puffin Date of Publication:  5th April 2012 Source:  Publisher* Synopsis from Goodreads: A fearless Roman gladiator. A reckless 21st century girl. A mysterious virus unites them . . . 152 AD. Sethos Leontis, a skilled and mesmerising fighter, is unexpectedly wounded and lies dangerously close to death. 2012 AD. Eva is brilliant - but troubled. Starting her new life at a school for the gifted, a single moment in the lab has terrifying results. An extraordinary link brings Sethos and Eva together, but it could force them apart - because the fever that grips them cannot be cured and falling in love could be lethal . . . Can love survive when worlds collide and threaten time itself? My Thoughts: First and foremost I'll start by saying I have not finished this book . I've read to page 150, and I'm sorry but I just can't read anymore - there are too ma...

Book Review: Fever by Lauren Destefano

Title:  Fever  Author:  Lauren Destefano Series:  The Chemical Garden Trilogy, #2 Pages:  341 Publisher:  Harper Voyager Date of Publication:  16th February 2012 Source:  Publisher* Synopsis from Goodreads: Rhine and Gabriel have escaped the mansion. But danger is never far behind. 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 woman only live to age twenty and young men die at twenty-five, time is precious. Worse still, they can't seem...