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A review by rakoerose
This Vicious Cure by Emily Suvada
5.0
This series won’t be for everybody for a myriad of reasons, but it’s so extremely what I like that I love it immensely.
“How does it feel to have your life toyed with? To have someone use your pain as a tool?”
Overall this story is a great depiction of anger and fear and how the desire for revenge can cloud judgement in several different ways. Jun Bei and Cat are both really fantastic protagonists because they aren’t infallible - they make mistakes, they make rash decisions, and they suffer the consequences as they come. But they still come out at the end changing in ways for the better and I enjoy that style of character writing.
I’ve said this in every review, but wow this series reads like a fast paced, adrenaline fueled TV show. Emily Suvada writes endless surprise reveals and twists that left me reeling every single time. I got so sucked in, the desire to see what would happen next is just that strong!
I also still enjoyed all the futuristic elements in this series (gentech, cloning, coding, etc.) and weirdly enjoyed reading about a pandemic that’s so much worse than our current one that I could lose myself in unravelling the mystery of. Suvada crafted a very believable world ravaged by both such a terrifying virus and also boosted by such intriguing technology. It got me thinking about potential similar ideas we may see in our own future, which I think is the goal of most scifi novels.
There’s many elements to this series that make me love it so much and I’m definitely coming back for a reread at some point! ✨
“How does it feel to have your life toyed with? To have someone use your pain as a tool?”
Overall this story is a great depiction of anger and fear and how the desire for revenge can cloud judgement in several different ways. Jun Bei and Cat are both really fantastic protagonists because they aren’t infallible - they make mistakes, they make rash decisions, and they suffer the consequences as they come. But they still come out at the end changing in ways for the better and I enjoy that style of character writing.
I’ve said this in every review, but wow this series reads like a fast paced, adrenaline fueled TV show. Emily Suvada writes endless surprise reveals and twists that left me reeling every single time. I got so sucked in, the desire to see what would happen next is just that strong!
I also still enjoyed all the futuristic elements in this series (gentech, cloning, coding, etc.) and weirdly enjoyed reading about a pandemic that’s so much worse than our current one that I could lose myself in unravelling the mystery of. Suvada crafted a very believable world ravaged by both such a terrifying virus and also boosted by such intriguing technology. It got me thinking about potential similar ideas we may see in our own future, which I think is the goal of most scifi novels.
There’s many elements to this series that make me love it so much and I’m definitely coming back for a reread at some point! ✨