Eve finally has the freedom she has wanted for so long, and with Bram she has the love. But both come at a price. In this dangerous new world beyond the Tower, the regime is only ever one step behind. And, together with the desperate rebel group fighting against them, Eve has found herself in more danger than she ever could have imagined.

Eve and Bram just feel like completely different characters (and I don't mean in a development kind of way, although they did develop. Just not in the way I hoped), the writing felt different to the first one and I don't particularly care for the new POV (Michael). I understand the reasoning for adding the new POV as we need someone in the EPO to help us follow what's happening there but uggh. I think I stopped caring. Den ersten Teil der Reihe habe ich geliebt und er war ein Highlight für mich, umso mehr habe ich mich auf den zweiten Teil der Trilogie gefreut. Die Geschichte um Eve geht genau da weiter, wo sie aufgehört hat. Doch wir bekommen noch einen weiteren Erzähler in dieser Geschichte hinzu.

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It's incredibly boring. This book put me in a slump because not only was it slow but I was forcing myself to read it because I felt like I had to read it. Ak ste čítali prvý diel série Dcéra ľudstva, viete, že už päťdesiat rokov sa nenarodilo žiadne dievča. Ženy boli buď neplodné, alebo rodili chlapcov. Jedného dňa sa stal zázrak. Na svet prišlo dievčatko, Eva. Spoločnosť EPO, na čele ktorej stála chladná Vivian, s ňou mala veľké plány. Zatvorili ju do Veže vysoko v oblakoch a obklopili ilúziou dokonalého sveta. Nie každý s takýmto riešením súhlasil, mnohí bojovali za Evine oslobodenie. Dostala vzdelanie, život v zlatej klietke, lekársky dohľad a prípravu na svoju jedinú úlohu, stať sa matkou dcér. Aby sa necítila osamelá, mala zvláštnu spoločníčku, rovnako starú Holly. Eva rýchlo zistila, že Holly je podobná hologramu, no riadia ju živí ľudia. Skutočne si rozumela len s jediným človekom ukrytým za hologramom. Vytvorili si silné puto. Spozná ho, keď ho konečne uvidí? V istom momente sa udalosti vymkli kontrole EPO. Eva sa búri a zdá sa, že prvé plánované tehotenstvo je ohrozené. Ako toto šialenstvo dopadne? Beyond the headlines, the new defence pact had yet another prominent supporter: Sir Norman Angell (1872-1967), economist, journalist, peace activist, bestselling author, and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate of 1933. His support of a defence community of Western democracies to contain the Soviet Union marked the end of a lifelong journey dedicated to the prevention of war by non-military means.

I really enjoyed Eve of Man, and while The Eve Illusion is similarly full of detailed descriptions, compelling characters and self-reflections, I admit I found it frustrating this time. Being a more action based novel this time, I found I just wanted the story to move faster! With long thoughts from tortured souls, it can be hard work to listen to at times, although overall worth the effort. The first book sets the scene; however, Eve doesn’t know anything about the world she is living in, but in this one she understands the world she once lived in is not what she thought it was. In the eyes of many observers, the outbreak of the First World War thoroughly discredited Angell and his followers. Economic arguments had not prevented this massive conflagration from occurring. However, the unprecedented devastation caused by that war also affirmed Angell’s thesis that war no longer made economic sense. Consequently, Angell’s attempts to deromanticise war and his plea for enlightened statecraft did not go out of fashion. He continued his struggle for international peace and détente between the major powers, and remained an international celebrity – by the 1930s, “The Great Illusion” had been published in six editions, and Angell had maintained a tremendous literary output. He was knighted and, in 1933, received the Nobel Peace Prize. However, the 1930s provided some hard lessons for Angell and his faith in human rationality. The growth of fascism and communism worried him. He also realised that by appeasing those who were prepared to use military force to achieve their aims, the European democracies were effectively lowering the cost of aggression.

I won't be continuing with this series unfortunately but don't let that put you off. I have been in a reading slump and many other people enjoyed it more than me, it just didn't work for me personally. 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. The narration of Michael, who Eve referred to in book one as a YOUNG man, was read by a more mature (and very proper) sounding voice that didn’t seem to fit the character. The entire narration would have benefited from being less read and more acted, particularly the voice of Eve - a girl obsessed with the real, but who speaks in a lingering voice as if her every word is poetry.