Adrienne Wilder

Ms Wilder always manages to find just the right balance between a creepy world and unique characters. This time she pulled me into a psychological thriller with a mad man cloning his brother to build a race of mental giants each with specific gifts. A flashback to Hitler perhaps? Other readers have summarized the story so well that I will not bore everyone with another summary. Dr. Stone was the ultimate psychotic genius who had the temerity to play with the human genome and create individual humans that either served his purposes or were summarily destroyed. I liked that none of the Others or Stone's creations had names, they were only numbered. Naturally, Seven was one or the heroes along with Chase. I loved the arrogant and domineering Nine who had his mind in every piece of the pie. This story had a lot of depth and great secondary characters that added to the story. The romance between Seven and Chase was secondary to the plight of the Others which was a nice change. Ms Wilder pulled a HEA out of the mess that was Sub Floor with a finesse that has marked her other books. Highly recommended.… (más)

Jon and Ellis are damaged lost souls who found each other because of a lovable 45 year old mentally disabled man named Rudy. Rudy is Ellis's older brother who likes nothing better than ice cream, baseball cards and Ellis smiling. Through all of their internal struggles, fears and the bigotry thrown at them, Jon and Ellis completed one another for a while. This story is Ms Wilder at the top of her game. She dragged emotions out of me just as she did in her Darwin's Theory series. If you pick up this wonderful story, be prepared to invest yourself in books two and three as they are one long story. This story will make you laugh, cry and even break your heart but it's damn well worth it. Rudy is my hero.… (más)