From the blurb:
And girl created boy… In the beginning, there was an apple— And then there was a car crash, a horrible injury, and a hospital. But before Evening Spiker’s head clears a strange boy named Solo is rushing her to her mother’s research facility. There, under the best care available, Eve is left alone to heal. Just when Eve thinks she will die—not from her injuries, but from boredom—her mother gives her a special project: Create the perfect boy. Using an amazingly detailed simulation, Eve starts building a boy from the ground up. Eve is creating Adam. And he will be just perfect... won’t he?
My rating:
I was very excited when I got approved for this ARC. After reading it, I feel let down by this book, and the potential it had to be outstanding.
The concept is fascinating. I expected a riveting story around the dangers and advantages of bio-engineering, plus a bit of teenage romance. What I got was a lukewarm romance chockfull of tropes and cliches. Meh. There wasn't much for me to like about this book, except maybe the cover. That is cleverly done, playing off the Adam/Eve/temptation/science/technology theme.
So much of the story didn't work for me. The slut-shaming (Eve's promiscuous best friend), the insta-love (Oooh, Solo, you so swoony, barf), the perfection of Adam (so utterly gorgeous, he stops everyone he comes across in their tracks, OMG), the one-dimensional characters, the lack of character development, the lack of character depth, the switching POVs (who both sound like the same person), adding a 3rd POV - the list goes on.
I'm sorry. This wasn't a good book, at least not for me.
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