I absolutely loved Eve of Man but found I'd left too long a gap before I managed to pick up this sequel which was unfortunate for me as it meant I struggled to get back into the story.

Overall though, I did enjoy it - the arcs for both Eve and Bram were well done and not too contrived and I enjoyed the added violence which I feel moved the story away from YA a little - no bad thing!

I'm not sure on the release for book three, but with the ending of The Eve Illusion I thin we need it soon before the interest wanes.

The story follows Eve, a young woman who is created in a laboratory and raised to be the perfect wife for a wealthy man named Bram. Eve is everything Bram could ever want: beautiful, intelligent, and submissive. But Eve is also hiding a secret: she is not the perfect wife she appears to be. She has her own thoughts and feelings, and she is determined to break free from Bram's control.

As Eve's rebellion grows, she finds herself caught in a dangerous game of cat and mouse with Bram and the EPO, the organization that created her. Eve must use all of her skills and cunning to stay alive and expose the truth about the EPO's plans for women.

The Eve Illusion is a fast-paced and exciting novel with a thought-provoking message. It is a story about the power of women and the importance of freedom.

Due to a sudden, unexpected passing in the family a few years ago and another more recently and my subsequent (mental) health issues stemming from that, I was unable to download this book in time to review it before it was archived as I did not visit this site for several years after the bereavements. This meant I didn't read or venture onto netgalley for years as not only did it remind me of that person as they shared my passion for reading, but I also struggled to maintain interest in anything due to overwhelming depression. I was therefore unable to download this title in time and so I couldn't give a review as it wasn't successfully acquired before it was archived. The second issue that has happened with some of my other books is that I had them downloaded to one particular device and said device is now defunct, so I have no access to those books anymore, sadly.

This means I can't leave an accurate reflection of my feelings towards the book as I am unable to read it now and so I am leaving a message of explanation instead. I am now back to reading and reviewing full time as once considerable time had passed I have found that books have been helping me significantly in terms of my mindset and mental health - this was after having no interest in anything for quite a number of years after the passings. Anything requested and approved will be read and a review written and posted to Amazon (where I am a Hall of Famer & Top Reviewer), Goodreads (where I have several thousand friends and the same amount who follow my reviews) and Waterstones (or Barnes & Noble if the publisher is American based). Thank you for the opportunity and apologies for the inconvenience.

Thank you to Netgalley for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

An enjoyable read, but I did prefer the first book. I am looking forward to book 3.

Warning: if you start reading The Eve Illusion, book two in the Eve of Man trilogy, expect to not get anything else done for the next 24 - 48 hours. Okay, you’ve been warned.

The classy yellow and black motif on The Eve Illusion’s cover gives nothing away as to the action and intrigue inside, though would be a beauty for any library shelf.

Book two picks up right after the cliffhanger where book one left off. Which is perfect, because Giovanna and Tom Fletcher are masters at seamlessly setting up a sequel without wasting space or time rehashing information. If you haven’t read The Eve of Man, you could pick up The Eve Illusion and get sucked into the narrative with little confusion. I don’t know why you would though, because the first book in the trilogy is just as well written and fast paced as the second.

Set in the dystopian future, The Eve Illusion is a cautionary tale of survival’s purpose. As the cover blurb quotes, “What’s the point in having a life if you don’t do anything with it?”
The story is told from three different perspectives: Eve— the first girl child born in half a century and the hope for the future of humankind; Bram—her best friend since childhood, who has become something more; and Michael—the guard whose allegiance is being tested. There are so many additional worthy characters in this book, most whom you aren’t sure you can trust, but really hope they are on the “good” side.


Knowing how the first book ended, it will come as no surprise that you’ll be itching to get your hands on the final book as soon as possible. Originally due for release in the spring of 2021, it has been pushed back until March 2022. (Darn you Covid 19!) But that’s no reason not to read The Eve of Man and The Eve Illusion now. You will want to reread them before the finale. And if book three is anything like the first two books, it will be well worth the wait!

Really enjoyed this book. I have recommended this book lots and the young adults have come back and said how much they enjoyed it.
Great series if you want to try science fiction.

I really enjoyed the first book in this series and I was very excited when I finally got to read the next instalment.

We jump right in where the first book ended. It's full of action and is a little more grown up than book one. A bit like the later books of Harry Potter here the characters start to show who they really are and not all of them have Eve's best interests at heart.

I loved the multiple POVs. In book one we had Eve and Bram, in this book we also have Michael. For the narration, each POV had a different narrator which helped to separate the differences.

Gi and Tom manage to write so perfectly together. If you didn't know there were two authors then you wouldn't be able to tell. The story just flows.

Like book one this ended on a cliffhanger and I'm dying for the third part!

The Eve Illusion is the second instalment in the gripping dystopian trilogy by Tom and Giovanni Fletcher. Eve was the first girl to be born in 50 years, and kept locked away in The Tower for the preservation of humanity.

This novel picks up where the first left off. Eve has escaped the Tower with love interest Bram, but life on the run throws up danger and conflict at every turn and she soon discovers her freedom isn’t quite was she imagined.

This time around the story takes on darker and more adult themes, with twists at every turn. It seems to lack a little pace of the first, but it’s great to revisit these characters and the cliffhanger ending leaves you wanting more!

I loved the first book and couldn't wait to read the second. As a quick recap, Eve is the last girl on earth and has been cherished and kept safe until she was old enough to marry. At the end Eve finds out she has been living in an illusion and escapes with a boy, Bram, She finds there is a completely different world outside and is loving her freedom. Now the Tower want her back and she is has to decided to run or face them.
I found the first part of the book very slow and almost gave up. [Spoiler alert] I also found the notion that Eve was pig-headedly determined to return to the Tower to save her father absurd, despite the number of other lives she would put at risk because she wanted a dad she had never met. I almost gave up again.
Luckily I persevered because the second half of the story was exciting, innovative and creative. I loved the scientific progress of the Tower and the futuristic ideas. I also loved that there was less focus on Eve on more on the other characters, including the villain. Lastly, I loved how unpredictable the last few chapters were and am curious to see how the writers wrap up the story with the third installment.

Rating 3.5 stars

For the last sixteen years, Eve has been guarded by the Mothers in the Tower and watched by the world because Eve is the last girl born on earth.

Eve realising she is a prisoner takes the opportunity offered to her by Bram and escapes the tower she has only known,.

Eve finally has the freedom she has desired but it comes at a high price for those who helped her. Can they stay one step ahead of the regime or will help come from an unexpected quarter?

I haven't read the first book in this series but I got enough of a jist to pick up the story in book 2. However whilst the book is enjoyable, it lacks something I can't quite put my finger on. Its quite heavy on dialogue and perhaps lacks enough action. i would have liked to known more about why the world/London was in ruins and flooded and why only boys were being born. The point of view moves between Eve, Bram and Michael, a Final Guard of the Tower that Eve has escaped.

The ending was sort of predictable with Eve but whilst it felt like Eve had been out if the tower days rather than weeks, it feels a little impossible for that to be the case!

I received this book from netgalley in return for a honest review.

This was a brilliant sequel to Eve of Man- in fact I think it was even better than the 1st book!

Seeing how Eve longed for true freedom was refreshing- realising that just because people have good intentions, doesn't always mean they do the right thing.

Warning- this is a very spoilery review!

I have to preface this by stating that Eve of Man might just be my favourite book of all time, so the sequel was always going to have a lot to live up to, but on finishing The Eve Illusion I was so disappointed!

Unfortunately, almost everything that made the first book so magical was taken away or placed in the background in this one. The world-building, the wonderful intimate relationships, the politics and most importantly Eve's self-discovery were all either pared back or absent here. I was particularly gutted that the Mothers were completely taken out, and that one of the only woman characters turned out to be a psychopathic man after all. Most of the characters I cared about in the first book aren't present and I didn't care about Michael at all. I don't know if the reader is supposed to feel that he has a redemption arc but I certainly didn't.

There is way too much focus on the sci-fi, tech and gratuitous violence, and not enough on Eve's story and Eve and Bram's relationship. I also feel there was a missed opportunity to expand the world beyond London (Central) and look at the global politics and ramifications of Eve and Bram's world. Everyone seems to suddenly stop being bothered about Eve's status about the saviour of humanity, only caring about if she's safe and who has control over her. The cliffhanger was very predictable too.

However, despite all of this I was still propelled through the story. I still adore Eve and Bram as characters and I'm still completely invested in their world. I could relate to the themes of Eve figuring out what's real and what's not, and her fight for choice and control over her own life so strongly. There's no doubt that I'll be reading the last book in the trilogy, not because of who the authors are or because I feel like I have to finish it, but because I love Eve and Bram and I want to know how their story ends.

I wish The Eve Illusion could have lived up to the wonder of Eve of Man even just a little bit, but I'm still all in for the final installment.

6/10

The Eve Illusion picks up where Eve of Man left us and dives right into another amazing adventure. I adored Eve of Man when I read it and honestly was so excited for the sequel - and was even more excited when it totally lived up to my expectations. Although I really could have done without the Fletchers leaving me on yet another killer cliffhanger.
The Eve Illusion is, to me, much more grown up than Eve of Man. Eve of Man was the illusion, the perfect life constructed for Eve. The Eve Illusion breaks through the illusion like a sledgehammer, exposing the darkness beneath. And god, I loved it. I seriously loved Eve of Man, but I really think I loved the sequel even more. It totally didn’t succumb to the second book disappointment that often happens, possibly due to the introduction of a third narrator and the fact this is one of the most unique and inventive YA dystopians I’ve read for a good while!
It also helps that I adore the characters - especially Eve. She’s so badass, so compassionate and cool. She’s been through a lot and she really has grown up a lot. Plus her and Bram remain adorable as. Bram, I love even more. I also really grew to love Michael as well through his chapters, and so many of the other characters too!
It’s hard to say too much about the plot, seeing as this is a sequel and I don’t want to give anything away. It was totally addictive and I so badly wanted to read it in a single sitting! Sadly uni work didn’t let me, but stopping reading it to be a good student was almost impossibly hard! I don’t know what it is about this series that makes it so flipping readable and addictive, but I love it! Though if the Fletchers would stop with the cliffhangers, I would appreciate it so much! There were so many twists and turns in this, though - I was hooked!
I am so addicted to these books and the wait for book three is going to kill me! I really can’t wait, though - this series is amazing and I adore them. I am totally hooked. Bring on the third book - ASAP! And if you haven’t checked out this series yet, I really can’t recommend it enough. It’s a totally unique dystopia and I literally can’t get enough!

The Eve Illusion

This is the second in the Fletcher collaboration and I really enjoyed it. Eve is the last girl on earth. For the last sixteen years she has been trapped by her fate...until she escaped!

The Eve Illusion begins with a recap of what happened in the previous book and follows on beautifully. It did take me a while to get into the Eve of Man but this second instalment hooked me from the start. This husband and wife team have managed to create a fast paced exciting and addictive series and I for one can’t wait until the final instalment is here to find out what happens! Five stars from me!

As we’re thrown back into the world of Eve, the first girl born in 50 years things are about to get dark. This will contain spoilers for the first book so if you haven’t read it yet pop back later!

It might just be that I haven’t read the first book in a long time but this definitely felt darker and earned its place as a dystopian book in my opinion. With new technology, a few big twists and a plot that meant I could not put the book down for the life of me.

When starting the book I was a little lost, but thankfully the end of book one is recapped in an interesting way, from a different perspective which allowed me to remember where we left off and who was who. I didn’t realise that the first book came out 2 years ago - no wonder I felt like it had been a while.

That said once I’d caught up that was it. It was also great to find out more about the world that Eve had been shielded from and what the reality was outside her own paradise. I had chills while reading this.

While I can’t say much about it, because I wouldn’t ruin a book like that, the ending is incredible. I did wonder about it a little earlier on but once it happened I was full of intrigue and excitement. That is how you write a cliff hanger, the Fletcher’s have got it spot on.

This is easily my favourite sequel of the year so far and deserves all the praise. A 5 star read and I’ll be eagerly anticipating book 3, which according to the internet is supposed to come out in 2021 - I will be keeping everything crossed.

Thank you to the publisher, authors and Netgalley for a copy in exchange for a fair and honest review.

I loved the first in the series and was eager to pick up the second book to find out what happens to Eve and Bram. The start of the book is slow and feels very teenage angst rather the gritty real life I was expecting. Eve's character I found a little annoying but the growing character development of Michael kept me going. I'm glad I carried on because after half way the book picked up again and Eve went back to her feisty self. Some of the twists took me by surprise and the technological elements kept me engaged. The cliffhanger ending felt a little off. I wanted something else rather than the obvious, but I'm interested to see what the final book has to offer.

OMG mind blown. this was an absolutely pleasure to read. I missed this world and getting to come back to it was a blast. I cannot wait for the rest of the series especially the way this one ends

Was really looking forward to this after enjoying book 1. It was a good read, maybe not quite up there with book 1, but looking forward to book 3 to round it off.

I started reading this book and a couple of chapters in, decided to go and buy the first book Eve of Man, before continuing. I’m glad I did as it made the reading if the Eve Illusion so much better.

The characters are so real and relatable even though the story is set in a dystopian future where no girls have been born for 50 years. Eve is now 16 and has escaped from her ‘home’ where the powers that be have been ‘protecting’ her but which has turned into her prison.

Eve is then in a different world where the lives of those outside the Tower are dangerous and unpleasant. Is she brave enough to cope? Be prepared for twists and turns.

The book is well written, especially exciting to read in the first person with 3 different characters’ voices, Descriptive and exciting - a real page turner in my opinion. I can’t wait for the 3rd book!

So this is the second book in the Fletchers' dystopian series about a girl called Eve who is the last girl on Earth. Although the wait for this book felt like eons. it was SO worth it. It was definitely much better than the first which I absolutely loved. However, this one is darker and grittier and dives so much deeper into this world and the complexities of it. Eve and Bram's relationship grows deeper as they discover the dangers of leaving the Tower. I really recommend this although I can't wait for the next one because that ending was shocking!