Review of Resonance by Erica O'Rourke

Advance Review of Erica O'Rourke's Resonance

Release Date: July 21st, 2015

Synopsis as found on GoodReads.com:




As a Walker between worlds, Del is responsible for the love of her life—and the fate of millions—in this thrilling sequel to Dissonance.

Del risked everything to save Simon, and now he’s gone, off in another world with no way for Del to find him.

She’s back at the Consort—training to be a Walker like everyone in her family. But the Free Walkers have other plans for her. This rebel group is trying to convince Del that the Consort is evil, and that her parents are unwittingly helping the Consort kill millions of people. The Free Walkers make Del the ultimate promise: if Del joins their fight, she will be reunited with Simon.

In agreeing, Del might be endangering her family. But if she doesn’t, innocent people will die, and Simon will be lost to her forever. The fate of the multiverse depends on her choice...




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Excerpt from Resonance:




Worlds are made by choices both big and small. A pivot forms the instant a decision is made, but it takes on its final resonance gradually, as consequences unfold. Deciding between a hamburger or a hot dog seems minor - but if you choke to death on the hot dog, the effect is huge, and so is the pivot.


High School is full of choices. Some feel monumental but aren't; some feel insignificant but alter everything. Originals don't notice pivots; they move through life only seeing the consequences that affect them directly. Walkers, on the other hand, can't create worlds. We can only visit them. It's for the best; otherwise we'd be paralyzed by the weight of our decisions.




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In the sequel to her imaginative story about a alternate reality walking sub-culture of humans, properly called Walkers, O'Rourke has brought us the continuation of the story of Delancey, or as her friends and family call her, Del.


We are thrown back in right where we left off in the story like no time has passed. Del has just lost Simon, the boy she has pined over since she was in grade school, who she just started dating. They just found out that he was half Walker, on his father's side, and now the reality he was hiding out in has been cleaved from existence. So, she is going through the devastation of that... as well as the realization that she turned her grandfather in for being a Free Walker, a rebel sect of Walkers whose mission is to take down the Consort. So as you can imagine, there is a lot going on from the very beginning.


It comes as a big surprise when she finds out that her music teacher is actually a Free Walker. Mrs. Powell keeps Del after class to throw yet another surprise at her... Simon isn't actually dead. The Free Walkers saved him. But the only way she can ever be with him is to join the Free Walkers.


What should she do? Can she believe that they really have Simon?


This story is so packed with action and surprise after surprise, that my review can't even put a dent in the info without telling you too much. You only 4 months until it comes out... you can make it. If you haven't read Dissonance yet, pick up your copy. This series is one you won't soon forget.