(The Ever-Expanding Universe #2)
Publication
Date: November 12, 2013
Hardcover, 279 pages, Simon & Schuster
Genres:
YA, Sci-Fi
In this witty, adventurous sequel
to Mothership, which Publishers Weekly called “a whole lot of fun” Elvie Nara
is back on earth—but her life (including her new baby) is still pretty out
there!
Pregnancy was pretty rough for
sixteen-year-old Elvie Nara, what with the morning sickness, constant food
cravings, and the alien race war she found herself in the middle of. But if she
thought giving birth to an extraterrestrial’s baby would be the hard part, she
was sorely mistaken.
After Elvie somehow has a baby
girl, the always-male Almiri completely wig out. Suddenly Elvie’s supposed
allies have shipped her—along with her father, her best friend, Ducky, and her
maybe-boyfriend, boneheaded Almiri commando Cole Archer—off to a remote
“retention facility” (aka alien jail) in Antarctica. Talk about cold. But
things really get complicated when a new group of hybrid aliens arrive with
information that sends Elvie’s world spinning. Before long, Elvie is trekking
across the bottom of the Earth with a band of friends and frenemies to uncover
the secrets of her own origin. Will Elvie ever be able to convince the Almiri
that a conspiracy to conquer the planet is a greater threat than a
sixteen-year-old girl and a newborn who won’t stop crying?
My Review
Elvie and co. are back! And the cuteness and awkwardness of
teenagers and aliens with babies continues!
I read Mothership a
couple years back and I thought it was funny, light, and entertaining. That
pretty much sums up what I felt about this one, too. Elvie is still a
sarcastic, hot mess who sometimes has me laughing out loud and sometimes makes
me want to roll my eyes. Cole, the baby daddy, is still incredibly stupid. This
still angers me. Nobody is that dumb.
And Elvie’s eccentric dad and her friend Ducky (who may be more than a friend?
Maybe not? Idk. I can’t tell yet.) round up the group, or at least the group of
people I can discuss without spoiling you. But, the last two I mentioned did
make me smile on occasion.
The action in this book is just as out-of-this-world as the
first book (See what I did there?), even though this plot takes place on Earth.
In Antarctica of all places! How many books have you read that take place in Antarctica?!
This is my first. Also like with the first book, things always seem to go
terribly wrong, only to immediately somehow be solved. And while it’s great
that all of the characters—minus Cole—are super-smart, it does make the
OMG-what-are-they-going-to-do?!? factor a little less dire. But I was still
quite shocked at some of the events that took place in the story. I will
definitely be reading book three to get some answers.
All in all, if you’re looking for a light, different, sarcastic
sci-fi read, pick up Mothership, and
then pick up its sequel. You deserve a few laughs in your life.
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