Review of Unleashed by Sophie Jordan

Review of Sophie Jordan's Unleashed

Release Date: February 24th, 2015

Synopsis as found on Amazon.com:

Unleashed, the romantic, high-stakes sequel to New York Times bestselling author Sophie Jordan's Uninvited, is perfect for fans of James Patterson's Confessions of a Murder Suspect.

Davy has spent the last few months trying to come to terms with the fact that she tested positive for the kill gene HTS (also known as Homicidal Tendency Syndrome). She swore she would not let it change her, and that her DNA did not define her . . . but then she killed a man.

Now on the run, Davy must decide whether she'll be ruled by the kill gene or if she'll follow her heart and fight for her right to live free. But with her own potential for violence lying right beneath the surface, Davy doesn't even know if she can trust herself.

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I just finished Unleashed and I have to say, I'm a little confused. Not about the story, because for the most part, that was explained. I just don't know how the progression from the beginning of Uninvited could get us to the ending of Unleashed. When I read Uninvited, I felt the author's excitement about the new book series. I was a huge fan of the Firelight series, so I know she can write beautifully... Unleashed felt almost like a new author took over the series. It felt disjointed and disconnected from the over all story.

Davy and her friends are on the run. They are trying to get to Mexico, where people with HTS are not yet being persecuted as they are in America. They are hoping for some semblance of freedom in a place where they wont have to live in a Camp for people with the "Kill Gene." For Davy though, she will always be looking over her shoulder. She is now haunted by the man she killed. The man who is also the reason she ran.

When a Davy is shot during their escape attempt into Mexico, she gets separated from her friends. She is luckily picked up by Caden, one of the head's of a resistance group. This may be a stroke of luck of misfortune, because even though she wants to get better and get back to her friends/boyfriend, she finds herself drawn to Caden. Even when she is falling in love with him, she is still pulling away. Will she stay and make some kind of life in the resistance or will she go out in search of her friends and lost love?

So, the love story from book 1 is completely lost in book 2. I liked how that story was going, but it seems as from the beginning of Unleashed, before there ever was a Caden, you could tell they were over. Did Sophie Jordan meet a Sean that made her hate all men with that name? I don't know what happened to flow that she had going in the story, but it was lost somewhere in between. Is that why this book ended the series? I'm not sure what happened Mrs. Jordan, but I hope by the time you write your next YA series, you get your Mojo back. I miss the writing from Firelight!