2B Tuesday #60

Where I highlight a book from my endless to-be-read list. Those books need love too!

The Ask and the Answer by Patrick Ness

 

Series: Chaos Walking, #2
Release Date: September 8th 2009
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 519
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Part two of the literary sci-fi thriller follows a boy and a girl who are caught in a warring town where thoughts can be heard — and secrets are never safe.

Reaching the end of their tense and desperate flight in THE KNIFE OF NEVER LETTING GO, Todd and Viola did not find healing and hope in Haven. They found instead their worst enemy, Mayor Prentiss, waiting to welcome them to New Prentisstown. There they are forced into separate lives: Todd to prison, and Viola to a house of healing where her wounds are treated. Soon Viola is swept into the ruthless activities of the Answer, aimed at overthrowing the tyrannical government. Todd, meanwhile, faces impossible choices when forced to join the mayor’s oppressive new regime. In alternating narratives — Todd’s gritty and volatile; Viola’s calmer but equally stubborn — the two struggle to reconcile their own dubious actions with their deepest beliefs. Torn by confusion and compromise, suspicion and betrayal, can their trust in each other possibly survive?

I have no idea why I haven’t read this yet! I owned all three books when I read the first one and I just didn’t continue. The first book is one of my favorites for 2013! I will be doing a series challenge for myself next year and the rest of this series is at the top of my list!

 

Have you read this book? What are your thoughts?