Eve and Once by Anna Carey

by Mrs. Stanley's Bookshelf

Posted on January 31, 2013

I flew threw these two books back to back, so I thought that I would review them together.  I am anxiously awaiting the publication of Rise, the final book in this trilogy. 

The series is set in 2032, sixteen years after a deadly plague wiped out the majority of America's population.  In the wake of the plague, The New America has been created under the head of a King.  Eve is an orphan who has been raised in a school run by the government.  Eve is the top student in her class, where she attends classes that include The Dangers of Men and Boys.  After graduation, she will move across the lake to the brick building where the girls learn a trade before going to the City of Sand (the seat of the new government).  However, the night before graduation, Eve learns a horrifying secret about what actually happens to the girls after graduation.  The truth causes Eve to escape the school and set out on a journey through the wild, dangerous ruins of America.  Along the way, she learns that almost everything she has been taught is a lie.