Unleashed

De: Sophie Jordan

Narrado por: Rebecca Gibel

Unleashed, the romantic, high-stakes sequel to New York Times bestselling author Sophie Jordan's Uninvited, is perfect for fans of such favorites as James Patterson's Confessions of a Murder Suspect.

Davy has spent the last few months trying to come to terms with the fact that she tested positive for the kill gene HTS (also known as Homicidal Tendency Syndrome). She swore she would not let it change her, and that her DNA did not define her . . . but then she killed a man.

Now on the run, Davy must decide whether she'll be ruled by the kill gene, or if she'll follow her heart and fight for her right to live free. But with her own potential for violence laying right beneath the surface, Davy doesn't even know if she can trust herself.

Not as good as the first two.

The conclusion to the trilogy was a real let down. it did wrap everything up. But it was too quick and left things out.

Good but not great.

I like Sophie Jordan and the concept was unique for these books. However, the story is formulaic and predictable. It was a good story worth listening to, but I won't be re-reading this series.

Unleased

I liked this sequel better than the first. The plot is great and shows how de-humanizing people based on traits doesn't work. I didn't love that the main character, Davy, throughout the entire story, seems to whine and complain that she is a carrier and can't be with a guy (Caden) who isn't. Davy clearly bought into the propaganda, even though she could see that her fellow friends and carriers were not bad people. I do feel that the book ended well. The audiobook narrator did a great job.

2 Stars - Didn't Work For Me

Unleashed was such an incredibly disappointing follow up to Univited. The first book was easily one of my favorite books of 2014, but I almost DNFed this one. I had to leave it and come back and then I was only listening for the sake of knowing what would happen, not really interested in the story. As excited as I was for Unleashed to come out, I now find myself wishing that Univited had been a standalone.

I felt like the two books had NOTHING in common. Univited was so unique and fresh, in my opinion at least. I was convinced by the concept and, while I believed that everything could go down the way they did, I was appalled by them. The idea that a person could be defined by a gene that marked them as capable of murder was as bad as racisim. More importantly, Sophie (the MC) was devestated by what happened to her and thought it was brutally wrong. Enter Unleashed - I don't know who THIS Sophie is. She's defeated and not just accepting that carriers are all murderers, but it's like she WANTS to believe it. She's done fighting and she's become the angsty, disappointing teen of so many YA novels.

So the main character is an entirely different, less likeable, person. But at least I have the secondary characters I loved, right? NOPE! This is a bit spoilery, except that the synopsis kind of tells you it too - they make up maybe 4 chapters of the entire book! GRRR! Because of some perfectly legitimate problems that occur they are completely removed from the book and we have this whole new set of characters to decide how we feel about. And, on their own, I guess these characters are worth knowing. But I didn't care about them because I waited A WHOLE YEAR to see what would happen to the other characters.

I do have to admit, there is a decent plot here buried in the disappointments. There's a bit of a mystery and the new love interest is a decent guy. He's even one I could like. The reason why those elements don't fully redem the book for me is they're so PREDICTABLE. It's like we went from this fresh, unique concept and then whoosh, we've moved into every dystopia ever. Yeah, that's an exaggeration, but I'm telling you, for a while I felt like I was reading book 2 of the Shatter Me Series. A good book? Yes. Did I want it to reappear in a new setting with new characters minus the super abilities? Not really.

I should mention that the audio was as good as before and Rebecca Gibel's narration is solid. Perhaps the only reason I was able to finish reading Unleashed actually.

I'm very disappointed because I not only enjoyed Univited, but Sophie Jordan is a favorite author of mine. Hopefully her next book will be back to what I loved about Univited!

2 stars Didnt Work

SO UTTERLY GUTTED

Gutted with disappointment I stopped listening when I only have an hour and 45 minutes left.
The first book along with the endearing authors note at the end really started shaping the three main characters lives and dynamic. It was a fleshed out novel. There were no swooning heroines that fight their feelings on wether they want to be claimed by the gorgeous alpha male or raise their chin in defiance and mutter constant cringe worthy thoughts on how hot he is while said alpha prods her into giving in to her “feelings” for him.
In the author's note she compared the heroine Davy to every girl listening. It was emotional and very rewarding to end with such a strong character.
This second book however completely baffles me as to what the writer was hoping to accomplish. It truly felt like these very serious subject matters were turned in on their axel to produce one HA-HA (gotcha). A farce. I was rooting for the two main characters, Sean and Davy. The growth and level of devotion for each other were palpable until they weren't in this here sequel. It went from two characters put to the test of their feelings for each other by choosing to kill to protect each other to then completely saying adios to that bond and putting her in the arms of this gorilla warrior with amazing eyelashes and a smirk that drinks her in every time his gaze falls on her. Yuck. I feel icky. I was pumped thinking this was going to be a continuation of the world we just got a sample of with the first book and instead just led down a hormonal teen girl and the ridiculous suspended belief of this new very manipulating relationship she finds herself in after being separated from her friends. It makes me feel for Sean as well even though I can completely foresee the author is going to give some stupid fairy tale ending where the girl he realized he was in love with shacks up with another dude and he finds some other chick. Everything is cool in the end I guess?🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ I guess I'm just extra invested after reading novels with the likely intention to possibly reach out to adapt. I'm just so confused about what she was thinking it's frustrating.