I feel like one aspect in particular that would be interesting to at least touch on would be sexuality. I like that this book doesn't completely fall into the trap of 'let's make up a minority to examine prejudice' (as we know there is still racism/prejudices/xenophobia as it is in *our* world), but I wish there could be more diversity between the characters, especially the hybrids. Personally I feel like the world building is somewhat lacking at times it feels just a little bit too vague, like we're just supposed to know all of the (presumably) complex history between hybrids and non-hybrids. A great concept and fast-paced with likable characters. Yet as they are drawn deeper into the escalating violence, they start to wonder: How far are they willing to go to fight for hybrid freedom? Faced with uncertainty and incredible danger, their answers may tear them apart forever. Despite clashes over their shared body, both girls are eager to join the rebellion. Eva is thrilled at the chance to be alone with Ryan, the boy she's falling for, but troubled by the growing chasm between her and Addie. Surrounded by others like them, the girls learn how to temporarily disappear to give each soul some much-needed privacy. Now fugitives, Eva and Addie find shelter with a group of hybrids who run an underground resistance. When the government discovered the truth, they tried to 'cure' the girls, but Eva and Addie escaped before the doctors could strip Eva's soul away. Instead, she lingers in the body she shares with her sister soul, Addie. Asthe recessive soul, she should have faded away years ago. Ages 13 up.Eva was never supposed to have survived this long. Zhang's singular premise all but guarantees that readers will be eagerly awaiting those answers in the next installment. An abundance of questions remain, even after Zhang's well-orchestrated nail-biter of an ending. Addressing issues of identity, ethics, and choice, Zhang's concept is original and provocative the deep bond between Eva and Addie (the shifts between I, we, and she in Eva's narration are especially haunting) and the mystery about why their society is so desperate to 'fix' hybrids are riveting. Soon after Addie and Eva meet two other hybrids, they are all in danger of being discovered and taken away for treatment.

'Settling' allowing the dominant soul to assert itself is mandatory, so Eva's existence must remain secret, even from their family. They live in a society in which hybrids have been forbidden for decades. The girls are a 'hybrid,' with Addie controlling motor function and acting as their public persona.

First in the Hybrid Chronicles, Zhang's debut novel, set in a xenophobic alternate America, is narrated by 15-year-old Eva, who shares a body with her 'sister,' Addie.

Echoes of us kat zhang