Author : Jerri Chisholm
Book : Ending Eleven
/YA,Fantasy/
Publication date : March 6th 2023
Blurb:
My name is Eve Hamilton.
Everyone in Compound Eleven thinks I was killed. But they’re dead wrong…
I spent my entire life in Compound Eleven as a fighter. Surviving in an underground city filled with violence, oppression, and tyranny. We were told the world above was scorched, an immediate death sentence. I should have died never knowing the truth. Instead, when I fought Wren—a boy from the top floor, a Preme—I fell for him. And eventually learned that my reality was an insidious lie.
Escaping Compound Eleven nearly killed me and Wren. Now we’re aboveground, where the world is anything but a toxic, burning wasteland. It’s green and lush, filled with sunshine, fresh water… and hope. All of which tastes bitter when I see what it’s cost me. Because something in Wren has changed. He’s broken—along with whatever it was between us.
Now the tides of violence in Compound Eleven are rising, threatening to spill out and shatter this peaceful place with brutality, corruption, and death.
But do I stop them… or join them?
My thoughts:
The final stop to our Eleven Trilogy – Ending Eleven by Jerri Chisholm is making me emotional that I get to enjoy it one last time. It was such a roller-coaster of action, love, and friendship all wrapped into a gritty, unforgiving surrounding that contrasted sharply with our wonderful characters.
Ending Eleven picked up right where we left our journey in Unraveling Eleven – with the cost of severe and life-threatening injuries, Eve and Wren make it out of compound Eleven. Not knowing if Wren will survive the gunshot he sustained and taking the time to nurse her own injuries, Eve is trying to cope with the shock and unfamiliar feeling of living outside.
Sunshine, fresh air, no violence seems to be the idyllic combination….but sooner rather than later, she realizes that freedom is nothing when people you care about are still in danger in the hostile underground compound you left behind. Not only that but the hard reality that regardless of where you go, there's always going to be darkness and violence you have to fight off.
“And despite the circumstances, I think to myself: not only does conflict exist everywhere in the world, above ground and below, but violence and darkness does, too.”
From all the books, I can say that Ending Eleven was the grittiest of them all, with a lot of heart-shattering moments to the moments you exhale the tension you didn't know you were holding.
I loved Eve's character in all the books but especially here, her strong will, resilience and good heart shined brighter than ever and although confused and lost herself, she was like a guiding light for all of them. Wren on the other hand went through a lot of emotional and physical turmoil that tested his character to the limit and was interesting to witness.
So happy that I hopped on the train for this journey and enjoyed every minute of it.
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