Eve & Adam, Book 1
Synopsis: Sixteen-year-old Evening Spiker lives an affluent life in San Francisco with her mother, EmmaRose, a successful geneticist and owner of Spiker Biotech. Sure, Evening misses her father who died mysteriously, but she’s never really questioned it. Much like how she’s never stopped to think how off it is that she’s never been sick. That is, until she’s struck by a car and is exposed to extensive injuries. Injuries that seem to be healing faster than physically possible.
While recuperating in Spiker Biotech’s lush facilities, she meets Solo Plissken, a very attractive, if off-putting boy her age who spent his life at Spiker Biotech. Like Evening, he’s never questioned anything… until now. Solo drops hints to Evening that something isn’t right, and Emma-Rose may be behind it. Evening puts this out of her mind and begins her summer internship project: To simulate the creation of the perfect boy. With the help of Solo, Evening uncovers secrets so big they could change the world completely.
Review: I was quite surprised by this novel as I did not expect that at all. This is a rather original way to reclaim the myth of Adam and Eve.
Evening is a girl like any other until the accident that completely changed everything in her life. Indeed her leg was completely damaged and destroyed during this event and the doctors do not know what they can do to really help her. Therefore, her mother decides to take Evening in the genetic center she runs with an iron hand. Our young heroine never really asked any questions in relation to the work of her mother, or even about what people thought of her. But this intrusion into her professional life will change her way of thinking. Indeed, she meets Solo, a young boy about her age who works here and who seems to be under the tutelage of her mother … This young man has only one goal, to make EmmaRose fall, and to destroy her life as she destroyed his parents’. But when he begins to fall slowly in love with Evening, everything gets complicated and his mission is questioned. Meanwhile, our young heroine occupies herself as best as she can and her mother leaves her in charge of a project. To Create the perfect man on computer, create Adam, as she imagines him.
It was a quite intriguing book, even if it’s not very extraordinary. The story is fairly common and predictable, but it’s also nice to read it. It must be said that the book is not very long in reality. However, I was very curious to find out more about Adam, to see about his creation and the character he would be. Solo and Evening are two characters fun to discover and I wondered what would become of them in the end. However, I was a little surprised by the revelations about Evening and Solo’s parents at the end of the book, and I found that the turnaround had been well chosen.
So it’s a nice book without unpretentious. Not something that will really mark me but it was interesting to see a retelling about Adam and Eve.
Ramona
It’s funny I didn’t know about this one, because it’s right up my alley 🙂 An imaginative subject matter with a lot of potential – too bad that apparently it wasn’t fully realized. A beautiful review 🙂 Happy Easter <3
Melliane
yeah, it was ok. thanks, to you too!
Paula M. @ Her Book Thoughts!
Wow I love that cover so much and this one’s not even on my radar. I don’t think I’ve ever read a Adan and Eve retelling before. Too bad you didn’t love it though. But I’m glad you still enjoyed it!!! <3
Melliane
it was fun to have a retelling like that.
Joy // Joyousreads
I like Michael Grant, but I must admit that I’ve never really been curious about this one. I’m glad you reviewed it. It doesn’t sound all that remarkable, to be honest.
Melliane
no it’s just ok for me. I won’t try more.
kindlemom1
I remember seeing this when it first came out but then never seeing much about it review wise. Glad it was an interesting read.
Melliane
yes it was nice.
Carole Rae
Good find! Very random. Not for me tho. 😀
Jennifer Bielman @ Bad Bird Reads
Well, you can’t beat the concept. Not something I have read before.
Lola @ Hit or Miss Books
Oufff, not quite sure this is for me, to me Eve and Adam feel too much like they are OBLIGED to be together to procreate love or not and am like meeeh
But, still, it’s nice to see you enjoyed 🙂
Melliane
yes I can understand
blodeuedd
Sure, but then there was the whole re-telling and I was all..eh
Melliane
yeah…
Kirsty-Marie
I’ve been thinking about reading this one for a while, but I was hoping it had something different and unique about it, so shame that it hasn’t. 🙁
Melliane
no it really isn’t but it’s ok
Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction
An Adam and Eve retelling – I love this idea! Sorry it wasn’t extraordinary, though.