Run

The Tesla Effect #2

by Julie Drew

After the summer she’d just survived, Tesla Abbott assumed her life would return to some kind of normalcy, but her junior year is not exactly off to a great start. She’s accepted a part-time job with a secret government agency and the physical training required has intensified her strange abilities—those same abilities she has always tried to hide and that have now been revealed in front of the entire school. To make matters worse, Finn runs hot and cold, and Sam wants more from her than she’s ready to give. Plus, her dad has information about her mother’s death that he won’t divulge. If Tesla jumps back in time again, will she learn what really happened to her mother? Better yet, can she do the unthinkable, and prevent it from happening at all? Tesla assumes life will be simpler, clearer if she jumps back. What she finds, however, is that everything just got a whole lot more complicated. She tries to control the past in order to create the future she wants, but learns that every action has unintended consequences: her mom is not at all what Tesla expected, the guy who kidnapped her father last summer is alive and well in the past, and Tesla’s boy troubles have, quite literally, just begun.

266 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 4, 2014

Reviews

[Brian Anderson · Rating 5 out of 5]

As much as I loved meeting Tesla, Finn, Sam, and the rest, all for the first time in Glimpse - as much as I loved being introduced to the setting and plot of this story for the first time - Run surpasses book one. Characters continue to develop into sympathetic, believable people; the science gets more interesting and comprehensible; both relationships and central conflicts become more engaging. If you liked Glimpse, you'll love Run.

[Josiah · Rating 2 out of 5]

Plot: B
Writing: D
Vocabulary: D
Level: Easy
Rating: PG-13 (manslaughter by a child, dysfunctional family, death of parent, steamy love triangle)
Theme: Unrealistic teenage angst overshadows troubling scientific and ethical dilemmas.