Hybrid Chronicles #2

summary of book 1 (http://hybridchronicles.katzhangwriter.com/Main.html)

Eva and Addie started out the same way as everyone else–two souls woven together in one body, taking turns controlling their movements as they learned how to walk, how to sing, how to dance. But as they grew, so did the worried whispers. Why aren’t they settling? Why isn’t one of them fading? The doctors ran tests, the neighbors shied away, and their parents begged for more time. Finally Addie was pronounced healthy and Eva was declared gone. Except, she wasn’t… 

For the past three years, Eva has clung to the remnants of her life. Only Addie knows she’s still there, trapped inside their body. Then one day, they discover there may be a way for Eva to move again. The risks are unimaginable-hybrids are considered a threat to society, so if they are caught, Addie and Eva will be locked away with the others. And yet…for a chance to smile, to twirl, to speak, Eva will do anything.

 

summary of book 2

Eva was never supposed to have survived this long. As the recessive soul, she should have faded away years ago. Instead, she lingers in the body she shares with her sister soul, Addie. When the government discovered the truth, they tried to “cure” the girls, but Eva and Addie escaped before the doctors could strip Eva’s soul away.

The former US they live in is completely cut off from the world and from its own history; the girls have no idea about cell phones, have never heard of WWI and II and don’t know man went to the moon.

Characters:  

Eva/Addie–Eva is now able to “own” their body, and in this book the girls learn how to “go under” to give each other privacy.  

Ryan/Devon:  Ryan is Eva’s boyfriend.  His “twin” is Devon, who is darker and quiet.  Ryan keeps busy by making gadgets

Sabine/Josie:  Sabine is a strong voice in the resistance, and owns the shop where they meet

Peter:  helped the hybrids escapes from hospitals/institutions

Dr Rebecca Lyanne: worked at Norand Institution.  Now works to help hybrids.  Peter’s sister

Emalia/Sophie:  Addie/Eva are staying in their apartment

Jackson/Vince:  Addie likes Jackson, but he betrays her to get her to be part of the revolution.  He is arrested at the end of the book

Jaime:  a little boy who is “cured” in book one.   reappears at the end of book 2

Hally/Lissa:  Ryan/Devon’s sisters

Kitty/Nina:  also in the apartment with Addie/Eva

Christoph/??:  suffered many years at an institution

Cordelia/Katy:  also in the revolution

Jenson:  the antigonist.  behind the plans to create a hybrid “cure”

Now fugitives, Eva and Addie find shelter with a group of hybrids who run an underground resistance. Surrounded by others like them, the girls learn how to temporarily disappear to give each soul some much-needed privacy. Eva is thrilled at the chance to be alone with Ryan, the boy she’s falling for, but troubled by the growing chasm between her and Addie. Despite clashes over their shared body, both girls are eager to join the rebellion. (from http://hybridchronicles.katzhangwriter.com/Main.html)

At the end of the book, the other hybrid teens have arranged for a bomb to go off at a new facility for separating hybrids. Eva and Addie are not supportive of this plan, and infiltrate the building to stop the bomb.  Eva injures their ankle in the blast; Cordelia, Sabine and Christoph are missing.