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amym84's review against another edition
4.0
Originally posted at Vampire Book Club
It has been six months since the Aether Corporation sent Team Delta into the Future with a mission to bring back information on technology. Six months since the team discovered that, upon their return, they’d all be killed by one of their own. And six months since Elena Martinez stopped the real murderer and saved herself plus two other members of her team, while unfortunately losing two.
Elena is not dealing with the present very well. On the surface her life seems perfect: she’s going to school, living in her own apartment, and in a steady relationship with Adam. But inside, she’s still dealing with what happened six months ago. She’s filled with guilt over the loss of her two friends, and she’s still horrified at the murder she had to commit to keep the rest of them alive. She’s just waiting for Adam to leave her–like everyone else in her life—so she pushes him away. Plus, Aether has been keeping tabs on the three survivors, and Elena can’t figure out why.
Well, as it soon comes out, Aether needs the remaining team to head back to the future in order to save another team gone missing. Once there Elena, Adam, and Chris discover there’s more going on than a simple extraction of missing persons. This time around, the team discovers just how much their actions (or inactions) can affect the world.
Future Threat hit its stride as far as tackling the whole time-travel concept. It expanded so much on what was started in Future Shock and added so many layers and possibilities. I would say none of the concepts were completely shocking but the way Elizabeth Briggs presents the timeline is clear and easily accessible to those who are maybe less familiar with time-travel reading.
The feeling of the ticking clock is amped up in Future Threat as the group has less time to find the other team. In the first book, they were in the future for 24 hours. Here there’s only a hand-full, so this limited time frame really drives the story forward and makes it easy to read through very quickly.
I’d say the only issue I had was, unfortunately, with Elena. Who, when not being the smart-thinking woman we know her to be, was berating herself for having failed everyone by not being able to predict the future (ha ha). I grew tired of it very quickly. And the fact that this causes her to push Adam away kept me from being able to care about their relationship, which is a problem because a lot in the story revolves around their relationship.
As stated above, I really liked the way Elizabeth Briggs handles the future timeline. Expanding upon this is the idea/message that all of our actions have reactions or consequences. The smallest change in one timeline can have a major effect on another. I loved that these ideas were introduced in this book and I look forward to seeing how these are further built upon in the last installment in the trilogy. I loved that this story has a clear ending, no cliffhangers, but you can definitely see where the conflicts might crop up next.
It has been six months since the Aether Corporation sent Team Delta into the Future with a mission to bring back information on technology. Six months since the team discovered that, upon their return, they’d all be killed by one of their own. And six months since Elena Martinez stopped the real murderer and saved herself plus two other members of her team, while unfortunately losing two.
Elena is not dealing with the present very well. On the surface her life seems perfect: she’s going to school, living in her own apartment, and in a steady relationship with Adam. But inside, she’s still dealing with what happened six months ago. She’s filled with guilt over the loss of her two friends, and she’s still horrified at the murder she had to commit to keep the rest of them alive. She’s just waiting for Adam to leave her–like everyone else in her life—so she pushes him away. Plus, Aether has been keeping tabs on the three survivors, and Elena can’t figure out why.
Well, as it soon comes out, Aether needs the remaining team to head back to the future in order to save another team gone missing. Once there Elena, Adam, and Chris discover there’s more going on than a simple extraction of missing persons. This time around, the team discovers just how much their actions (or inactions) can affect the world.
Future Threat hit its stride as far as tackling the whole time-travel concept. It expanded so much on what was started in Future Shock and added so many layers and possibilities. I would say none of the concepts were completely shocking but the way Elizabeth Briggs presents the timeline is clear and easily accessible to those who are maybe less familiar with time-travel reading.
The feeling of the ticking clock is amped up in Future Threat as the group has less time to find the other team. In the first book, they were in the future for 24 hours. Here there’s only a hand-full, so this limited time frame really drives the story forward and makes it easy to read through very quickly.
I’d say the only issue I had was, unfortunately, with Elena. Who, when not being the smart-thinking woman we know her to be, was berating herself for having failed everyone by not being able to predict the future (ha ha). I grew tired of it very quickly. And the fact that this causes her to push Adam away kept me from being able to care about their relationship, which is a problem because a lot in the story revolves around their relationship.
As stated above, I really liked the way Elizabeth Briggs handles the future timeline. Expanding upon this is the idea/message that all of our actions have reactions or consequences. The smallest change in one timeline can have a major effect on another. I loved that these ideas were introduced in this book and I look forward to seeing how these are further built upon in the last installment in the trilogy. I loved that this story has a clear ending, no cliffhangers, but you can definitely see where the conflicts might crop up next.
lpcoolgirl's review against another edition
5.0
This was another really great read, loved watching them deal with all of these complications!
kate_and_books's review against another edition
4.0
What. A. Ride.
The only thing that matters is now.
This is a fast paced, action packed book with twists and turns to the plot that you never see a coming. Well unless you are me. Called it but hey I still love every moment of this book well nearly every moment. As my main problem with everything that is going on in the book is Elena.
Elena as a female lead is strong. She has a strong sense of honor and morals otherwise she wouldn’t have done everything that she did in the book. I personally think that it could have been done without all the self-flagellating she was doing. After a while it got tiresome. Oh, and why she kept on pushing Adam away. Adam has the patience of a frigging saint.
The newly introduced characters make up for Elena’s martyrdom without a doubt and fingers crossed we get to see them in the next book. Which is 2018.
The story has you on the edge of your seat it is so gripping that you don’t want to put it down. That is saying something on my part because it is YA. YA and I have a somewhat difficult relationship. But due to the time travel element and that there is a dystopian feel with a dash of science fiction added that makes it even more engaging and enticing then it did to begin with.
It was also so refreshing to read a book that was without very little sex. It happens at the end and the Hero Adam is a virgin. Sometime I just need a book without intense sex, you know?
The author did an excellent job in creating alternative futures every single time by showing that even the smallest changes can have a strong impact on everything. This series leaves me wanting more. The last book is released in 2018. I’m sure I mentioned that but I don’t mind mentioning it again. A reread will be in order.
Review can also be found @ http://jerisbookattic-reviewblog.blogspot.de/2017/03/future-threat-future-shock-2-by.html
vikingwolf's review
5.0
The first thing I actually noticed was that the blurb isn't accurate about what happened in the previous book, a detail that I do find a bit annoying. Be aware that it also does give away who lives and dies so read it with care!
It is six months since the events surrounding her return from the future and Elena is suffering because she failed to save all of her friends. She is painfully aware that she is being followed and suspects that Aether are keeping an eye on them to ensure their silence. Adam is frustrated that his research is going slower than he wants as he works on the cure and Chris prepares himself to be a good husband and father, unlike the future that he saw for himself. But all of their plans are thrown into chaos when they are summoned to Aether Corporation HQ for tests. Instead of health checks, they are drugged and wake up locked inside the transporter with a mission to find a missing team who didn't return.
When they reach the future thirty years ahead they are met by Dr Campbell. He tells them that Team Echo were seeking data and vanished. One of the team members is the son of CEO Vincent Sharp and is high priority to be rescued. Another version of Elena's team rescued all but one of the team but got no answers as to what happened. Now Elena's team must recreate the rescue and get answers, but they also have a chance to save Ken if they find him in time. The problem is that they have to split up if they are to find all the team members in time, and this future is far more advanced than their last trip thirty years ahead. It is also too tempting for Elena to try and seek help from her future self who might not want to see her.
This was a more complex version of the time travel story and I loved it! The team are following in the footsteps of themselves which they find a bit strange and that means that they need to try and avoid their other selves as they try to recreate the same mission. They want to try and save Ken but not knowing what happened to him gives them limited information to work with. Team Echo were actually on an espionage mission to steal from rival firm Pharmateka, and this mission becomes important in their rescue attempts. When things start to go wrong, it is unclear if everyone will make it home safely and if there is more that Elena can do to stop anyone else from dying. I loved the complexity of this story and how every little decision they have made back in the present has changed so much the future that they are going to! It was great to see that there are consequences from every little action that seemed unimportant.
Elena suspects hat Team Echo may be looking up their future selves as her team tried to do on their first trip and she is aware how badly wrong that can go. It was great to see Wombat, and to learn about the future selves of Adam and Elena and what their lives have become. It was fun to see that the tech that was brought back from the first trips has led to an ever more advanced future. I liked meeting a whole new team and getting their stories and motivations and it mixes in nicely with Adam's own desire to find the cure quicker. I also liked the introduction of Ava, which mixes things up a bit. I did have thoughts about what was going down and I was pleased to be proven right in the end, but of course I can't talk about that!
This was an excellent sequel. It had the same basic story but this time because the reader knows that basic story, the author was able to add more layers and a more complex plot which I think worked beautifully. There was the same level of tension and excitement to the plot but this time I admit that I had serious anxiety about one of the characters! I found this every bit as good as the first book and I felt that the story really delivered. There were the same elements that made the first book so good and then there were different things that just added to it so well. A really enjoyable sequel!
It is six months since the events surrounding her return from the future and Elena is suffering because she failed to save all of her friends. She is painfully aware that she is being followed and suspects that Aether are keeping an eye on them to ensure their silence. Adam is frustrated that his research is going slower than he wants as he works on the cure and Chris prepares himself to be a good husband and father, unlike the future that he saw for himself. But all of their plans are thrown into chaos when they are summoned to Aether Corporation HQ for tests. Instead of health checks, they are drugged and wake up locked inside the transporter with a mission to find a missing team who didn't return.
When they reach the future thirty years ahead they are met by Dr Campbell. He tells them that Team Echo were seeking data and vanished. One of the team members is the son of CEO Vincent Sharp and is high priority to be rescued. Another version of Elena's team rescued all but one of the team but got no answers as to what happened. Now Elena's team must recreate the rescue and get answers, but they also have a chance to save Ken if they find him in time. The problem is that they have to split up if they are to find all the team members in time, and this future is far more advanced than their last trip thirty years ahead. It is also too tempting for Elena to try and seek help from her future self who might not want to see her.
This was a more complex version of the time travel story and I loved it! The team are following in the footsteps of themselves which they find a bit strange and that means that they need to try and avoid their other selves as they try to recreate the same mission. They want to try and save Ken but not knowing what happened to him gives them limited information to work with. Team Echo were actually on an espionage mission to steal from rival firm Pharmateka, and this mission becomes important in their rescue attempts. When things start to go wrong, it is unclear if everyone will make it home safely and if there is more that Elena can do to stop anyone else from dying. I loved the complexity of this story and how every little decision they have made back in the present has changed so much the future that they are going to! It was great to see that there are consequences from every little action that seemed unimportant.
Elena suspects hat Team Echo may be looking up their future selves as her team tried to do on their first trip and she is aware how badly wrong that can go. It was great to see Wombat, and to learn about the future selves of Adam and Elena and what their lives have become. It was fun to see that the tech that was brought back from the first trips has led to an ever more advanced future. I liked meeting a whole new team and getting their stories and motivations and it mixes in nicely with Adam's own desire to find the cure quicker. I also liked the introduction of Ava, which mixes things up a bit. I did have thoughts about what was going down and I was pleased to be proven right in the end, but of course I can't talk about that!
This was an excellent sequel. It had the same basic story but this time because the reader knows that basic story, the author was able to add more layers and a more complex plot which I think worked beautifully. There was the same level of tension and excitement to the plot but this time I admit that I had serious anxiety about one of the characters! I found this every bit as good as the first book and I felt that the story really delivered. There were the same elements that made the first book so good and then there were different things that just added to it so well. A really enjoyable sequel!
debbiesilkserif's review against another edition
4.0
Received via AW Teen and NetGalley in exchange for an completely unbiased review.
Also posted on Silk & Serif
Briggs has done it again in the exciting second installment of the Future Shock series! Although not quite as good as Future Shock, Future Threat is a thrilling ride with plenty of twists and intriguing mystery to keep a reader guessing. Also, Briggs seems to have a talent for writing novels that are enthralling – you can read the entire novel without realizing you’ve been reading for hours!
We return to the life of Elena a few months following the events covered in Future Shock. Aether Corp has promised to leave the ill-fated team of misfit teenagers alone and Elena struggles with PTSD. Meanwhile, the rest of the surviving crew are well on their way towards creating a better life for themselves using the Aether Corporation pay-off and are relieved to be done with time travel forever. Unfortunately, it seems Aether needs Elena and her friends’ help once again on a dangerous mission to save another team pushed into time travel like Elena’s crew. Elena and Adam struggle to fix the future once more in Future Threat by sleuthing out who is betraying Aether Corporation and destroying the future of the world.
Elena Michaels is just as bad ass as the first novel in this series, but more broken. Her experiences in the future and her stand off with Lynne has left her with nightmares and extreme trust issues that have spilled over into her relationship with Adam. Meanwhile, Adam struggles to support Elena regardless of how much she pushes him away. Adam’s understanding and support are undeniably sweet and develop a relationship worth mentioning in YA literature: it’s a healthy relationship strategy and one that makes Adam’s love for Elena all the more realistic. I loved the Elena/Adam struggle mostly because while Elena is so damaged from her childhood and most recent events, Adam is patiently waiting for Elena to heal. However, I am a bit concerned that Adam will become Elena’s door mat because he does allow her to push him away in times when he needs her the most.
The time travel in this novel is just as interesting as the last with worlds very different and yet similar to today’s. I doubt the world will change this much in twenty years, but it still stokes my curiosity of what kinds of worlds Briggs will come up with in Future Lost. Extreme recession, Golden Age of technology, apocalyptic world, genetic warfare..it will be interesting to see what happens with the secrets revealed at the end of Future Threat. Readers are in for a treat.
Readers should must read the first installment of this series before venturing into
This novel will appeal to readers who enjoy time travel novels, mysteries set in futuristic worlds, murder mysteries and novels that centre around relationship drama. I would recommend this to readers who have had difficult upbringings since the character still maintains her edge and legitimacy throughout Future Threat and also recommend this to lovers of YA science fiction.
Also posted on Silk & Serif
Briggs has done it again in the exciting second installment of the Future Shock series! Although not quite as good as Future Shock, Future Threat is a thrilling ride with plenty of twists and intriguing mystery to keep a reader guessing. Also, Briggs seems to have a talent for writing novels that are enthralling – you can read the entire novel without realizing you’ve been reading for hours!
We return to the life of Elena a few months following the events covered in Future Shock. Aether Corp has promised to leave the ill-fated team of misfit teenagers alone and Elena struggles with PTSD. Meanwhile, the rest of the surviving crew are well on their way towards creating a better life for themselves using the Aether Corporation pay-off and are relieved to be done with time travel forever. Unfortunately, it seems Aether needs Elena and her friends’ help once again on a dangerous mission to save another team pushed into time travel like Elena’s crew. Elena and Adam struggle to fix the future once more in Future Threat by sleuthing out who is betraying Aether Corporation and destroying the future of the world.
Strong, bad ass characters? Check. Beautiful and creative futures? Check. Sweet and flawed romance? Check. Danger, intrigue and a murder mystery? Definitely. What else could a YA novel about time travel and corporate greed need?!
Elena Michaels is just as bad ass as the first novel in this series, but more broken. Her experiences in the future and her stand off with Lynne has left her with nightmares and extreme trust issues that have spilled over into her relationship with Adam. Meanwhile, Adam struggles to support Elena regardless of how much she pushes him away. Adam’s understanding and support are undeniably sweet and develop a relationship worth mentioning in YA literature: it’s a healthy relationship strategy and one that makes Adam’s love for Elena all the more realistic. I loved the Elena/Adam struggle mostly because while Elena is so damaged from her childhood and most recent events, Adam is patiently waiting for Elena to heal. However, I am a bit concerned that Adam will become Elena’s door mat because he does allow her to push him away in times when he needs her the most.
The time travel in this novel is just as interesting as the last with worlds very different and yet similar to today’s. I doubt the world will change this much in twenty years, but it still stokes my curiosity of what kinds of worlds Briggs will come up with in Future Lost. Extreme recession, Golden Age of technology, apocalyptic world, genetic warfare..it will be interesting to see what happens with the secrets revealed at the end of Future Threat. Readers are in for a treat.
Readers should must read the first installment of this series before venturing into
Future Threat. The story will make sense to new readers, but the depth of the characters, their emotional turmoil and the effects of the events of Future Threat will be lost on readers without the first book. The Future Shock series is worth the read from beginning to end!
This novel will appeal to readers who enjoy time travel novels, mysteries set in futuristic worlds, murder mysteries and novels that centre around relationship drama. I would recommend this to readers who have had difficult upbringings since the character still maintains her edge and legitimacy throughout Future Threat and also recommend this to lovers of YA science fiction.
Future Lost is going to be awesome and people should not miss out on this series!
hijinx_abound's review against another edition
2.0
I did not like this book as much as the first. I am not sure if I will finish the trilogy.
wildflowerz76's review
3.0
Well, I liked this one less than the first. This one felt like all action and no character development. I'm going to try and be vague here, but I felt that the "clues" that led Elana to the truth in the end were thin, at best. Not only that, but they were SO tiny that the reader would never had caught them. And even those clues weren't really anything that couldn't be chalked up to someone else's bad memory. To a certain extent, it makes sense with her fantastic memory, but mostly it just was a really thin premise for her to solve the problem.
Now on to read something else in between before I tackle the ARC for the last in this trilogy.
Now on to read something else in between before I tackle the ARC for the last in this trilogy.
imzadirose's review against another edition
5.0
Received from NetGalley for my honest review ~ more detailed review to come.
When I read the first one, I thought it was a stand alone. I'm glad it wasn't and this one was just as enjoyable. There were some spots I didn't like, like she didn't know something before it showed up in front of her face, but oh well. :) Really super enjoyable. If no more, would love ot see a short story book about the future and where things went and how it was changed and stayed same.
When I read the first one, I thought it was a stand alone. I'm glad it wasn't and this one was just as enjoyable. There were some spots I didn't like, like she didn't know something before it showed up in front of her face, but oh well. :) Really super enjoyable. If no more, would love ot see a short story book about the future and where things went and how it was changed and stayed same.
delaneybull's review
4.0
I was pleasantly surprised by this. I thought Future Shock was an awesome standalone, so I wasn't sure if this would enhance the last story or take away from its impact. Luckily, it enhanced it! I liked the stronger mystery element in this one, and the multiple timelines was great.
rmthomas0616's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75