It is Alex’s strength, sense of humor, and vulnerability that make this read compelling It’s a rare treat to see a protagonist who suffers from an anxiety disorder, showing readers humanizing frailty even in the context of a technologically advanced world. Feisty narrator Alex engages readers from the first page, as Acevedo elegantly weaves in back story from the first book while building the moment-to-moment suspense of this mysterious holographic dimension. Her allies wind up finding her, recruiting her into a secret rebellion group called the Umbra-but there is discord within the rebellion. Knowing this new place is a trap to enslave humans, the white teen is determined to find her loved ones and tell others the truth even though she struggles with debilitating panic attacks.

Alex’s dark wit emerges through her anxiety as she remarks the world’s strangeness, down to the absence of toilet paper in her assigned quarters. On the other side of the vertex is Solbiluna-8, a holographic world run by advanced humans-vances-who have convinced the new arrivals that Earth has been destroyed and that living in this new realm is their only alternative. And the breathtaking conclusion will leave you yearning for the second book.After learning that the government faked an Earth apocalypse in series opener Consider (2016), 18-year-old Alexandra Lucas jumps through a vertex to transport herself 300 years into the future to warn her loved ones of the truth: that Earth still exists. an exciting, thought-provoking, hi-def read.' -Patricia Pronovost, bookseller, Books by the Sea., 'Measured pacing, captivating relationships, and unexpected plot turns make Consider an exciting debut. ' -Jodeana Kruse, School Library Journal, ' Consider propels people through the anxious, confused, and (at times) humorous thoughts that ricochet through Alex as she struggles to face the apocalypse. Order multiple copies of this must-have for fans of Rick Yancey's The Fifth Wave and Neal Shusterman's Unwind.

I won't say more about the plot-I'll leave that to the book itself.' -Judy Sheehan, playwright and author, I Woke Up Dead in the Mall, 'Acevedo gives the reader amazing sci-fi Easter eggs, as well as a roller-coaster of a story! Consider will have you searching for the nearest Tardis to time travel to the release date of the sequel!' -Kristine Carlson Asselin, author, Anyway You Slice It, 'A fast-paced adventure that will keep readers compulsively turning pages to see what will happen next. ' fast-paced adventure that will keep readers compulsively turning pages to see what will happen next.' - School Library Journal (starred review), ' fast-paced adventure that will keep readers compulsively turning pages to see what will happen next.' - School Library Journal (starred review), 'Step by step, we explore a drastically changed world, where we all must consider an invitation to escape the Earth's doom, and join a parallel world.

Consider by kristy acevedo