Book #18: "Fever"...Finished!!

Book #18 "Fever" by Lauren DeStefano: 'I ran from the mansion because I wanted to be free. But there's no such thing as free. There are only different and more horrible ways to be enslaved.' -"Fever" pg. 39.
    "Fever" is Destefano's follow up to "Wither", it continues to follow the story of Rhine as she is struggles to gain her freedom. At the end of "Wither" Rhine and Gabriel had managed to escape the mansion but now what to do? All Rhine knows is that she wants to get back to Manhattan and to her brother. And obviously it's not going to be as simple as it sounds.
    Just when they start to think they are free they get caught up struggling to escape from one dire situation to another, that might be bad enough and even the fact that both Gabriel and Rhine struggle with different sicknesses throughout the book pretty much sucks, but the thing that i think counts as one of the biggest struggles that they face is that along the way they end up having to take care an orphaned/malformed girl named Maddie, who is just a child and can't talk.
    Now I'm sure the thought of 'so what? it's just a kid.' crossed your mind, but when you are trying to to make your way across the country the without being killed or kidnapped I would think that a little kid to take care of is the last thing that you would want.
    Once they do finally make it to Manhattan nothing about Rhine's old life is the same as it once was. Her brother is nowhere to be found and her house is just a skeleton of what it use to be. Frustrated, confused, and feeling completely out of other options Rhine, Gabriel, and Maddie make their way to an address that was written in a children's book of Maddie's hoping against hope that there might be something or someone there who can help them. By going to the mysterious address they soon find that maybe the world isn't as big as they once thought. 
    With the help from their new friends Rhine and Gabriel start to think that maybe they can make this work and have something similar  to a normal life, however Rhine who is slowly starting to near the age of 20 (the year that all girls pass away) starts getting sicker and sicker. 
    Even though I really really really REALLY want to I won't give away the ending, instead I will leave that to you to find for yourself. Next book up for #19 is "The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen" by Syrie James.

   Until Next Time,
    Michaela Jane