Kidnapped at gunpoint, alien Amery Jones is torn from the arms of her boyfriend and taken to a secret facility where she is held prisoner.
With her life and the lives of the entire Project Integrate members at stake, Amery knows she has to escape from the clutches of evil.
Teaming up with fellow alien Garrick, the pair must liaise with their home planet in order to recommence the project and save Earth from an interplanetary war.
Making a mistake that could cost her everything she loves, Amery must resolve her feelings for Lochie or risk losing him forever.
Jamie was born into a big, crazy family of 6 children. Being the youngest, she always got away with anything and would never shut up. Constantly letting her imagination run wild, her teachers were often frustrated when her ‘What I did on the weekend’ stories contained bunyips and princesses.
Growing up, Jamie did the sensible things and obtained a Bachelor of Business degree from Southern Cross University and worked hard to gain her membership with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia.
Yet nothing compared to writing. Quitting the rat race to spend quality time with her laptop named Lily, Jamie has written several novels and screenplays. Spanning a number of genres and mediums, Jamie writes whatever inspires her from ghost stories to teenage love stories to tantalising murder mysteries. Nothing is off limits.
A self-confessed television addict, dog lover, Taylor Swift fan, and ghost hunter, Jamie loves nothing more than the thrill of sharing her stories.
Divide by Jamie Campbell is the second book in the Project Integrate series and is a good follow up to the first book Unite, seeing our heroine Amery on the run and learning more about her home planet as the story continues to unfold.
I really adored Unit—I found it to be a thrilling read, and while Divide wasn’t as good as Unite, it was still a great read. I love the story Jamie Campbell has written with this series and was happy to see that the series is continuing to develop with Divide. Divide is actually a very fitting title for this book, in many different ways and though I don’t want to give away too many spoilers, I will say main character Amery finds herself divided from all those she loves and cares about in this book.
Divide is the next stage in the Project Integrate series that sees Jamie Campbell introduce new characters, and new developments to the story. Personally, I’m enjoying seeing the story to develop, but I’ll be the first to admit, that despite it’s storyline of our main character being on the run, Divide didn’t feel as driven as the first book. I understand Jamie Campbell has a lot to set up for the series, but I felt my mind wander at times, whereas the first book held my attention ____.
That’s not to say I didn’t enjoy Divide, because I certainly did. I really like Amery, even if I struggled with some of her decisions and her inability to see what was right in front of her eyes, and oh so obvious in this book, and I was happy to be back reading her story again. Amery is one of those genuinely likable main characters and Jamie Campbell has created something fun with this extraterrestrial series.
The addition of Garrick, a project member and fellow escapee proves to both a complication and balm for Amery. Admittedly, I did like Garrick, but I really, really missed Lochie in this book. I understand Campbell’s decision to leave him out of the majority of the book but that didn’t make it any easier to read. Campbell details the strain Amery’s secrets put on their relationship in a very understandable way, but Divide also sees them take their relationship to the next level too.
Garrick was a good friend to Amery, and it didn’t take a rocket scientist to see that he wanted more; even if Amery spent the majority of the novel blind to this seemingly obvious fact, but I found myself quite frustrated by the possibility of a love-triangle in this book. Lochie and Amery had a wonderful chemistry, and fire, in Unite, and despite the difficulties Amery’s secrets and heritage have caused, I truly hope Jamie Campbell explores them some more in the next book. These two are great together and I for one hope for a happy ending.
The ending of Divide leaves me very much ready for more. The cat is out of the bag regarding The Project and those who are a part of it, and with stakes at their highest, I can’t wait for what I’m sure will be an explosive final instalment.