What do you think?
Rate this book
Hope: Novels of the New Frontier, Book II
376 pages, Paperback
Published November 4, 2025
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 of 1 review
November 13, 2025
Title: Hope: Novels of the New Frontier, Book II
By: B. R. M. Evett
Publisher: Sleeping Dog Press
Published Date: November 11, 2025
ASIN: B0FB1Y3T2Q
Page Count: 358
Triggers: post-apocalyptic violence, warlords, child endangerment, medical experimentation, mind-control virus, class oppression, body horror, gunplay, death of side characters
Star Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Skull Dread Rating: ☠️
What Did I Just Walk Into?
A deaf pickpocket with survival instincts for days meets a red-haired enclave exile with a brain implant that knows entirely too much. Add battle bots, a designer virus with attitude, and a road trip through the worst HOA in fallen America. Hope survives, mostly out of spite.
Here’s What Slapped:
Worldbuilding with teeth, lived-in slang and tech that feels scuffed and dangerous.
Alternating POVs that actually earn the page turns, Creek and Lucinda both carry weight.
Disability representation without pity, competence first, cue my tiny standing ovation.
Big set pieces that go hard, from heists to mech mayhem to quiet heartbreak.
Found family energy that sneaks past your armor and plants a flag.
What Could’ve Been Better:
A few acronym storms and lore nuggets arrive hot, a slower pour would taste cleaner.
One mid-journey stretch wanders, like the plot stopped for a snack.
The villains love a monologue, which sometimes steals thunder from the tension.
Perfect for Readers Who Love:
The Last of Us mood, Station Eleven tenderness, Black Mirror tech anxiety, and post-apoc tales where heart and hardware share the stage.
Sum Up:
Grim but not hopeless, clever but not smug, this one makes ruin feel human and dares you to care anyway.
Book Series:
JOY: A Novel of the New Frontier (Novels of the New Frontier)
Part of: Novels of the New Frontier (2 books)
Title: Hope: Novels of the New Frontier, Book II
Part of: Novels of the New Frontier (2 books)
Reviewed by Robin for Robin’s Review
By: B. R. M. Evett
Publisher: Sleeping Dog Press
Published Date: November 11, 2025
ASIN: B0FB1Y3T2Q
Page Count: 358
Triggers: post-apocalyptic violence, warlords, child endangerment, medical experimentation, mind-control virus, class oppression, body horror, gunplay, death of side characters
Star Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Skull Dread Rating: ☠️
What Did I Just Walk Into?
A deaf pickpocket with survival instincts for days meets a red-haired enclave exile with a brain implant that knows entirely too much. Add battle bots, a designer virus with attitude, and a road trip through the worst HOA in fallen America. Hope survives, mostly out of spite.
Here’s What Slapped:
Worldbuilding with teeth, lived-in slang and tech that feels scuffed and dangerous.
Alternating POVs that actually earn the page turns, Creek and Lucinda both carry weight.
Disability representation without pity, competence first, cue my tiny standing ovation.
Big set pieces that go hard, from heists to mech mayhem to quiet heartbreak.
Found family energy that sneaks past your armor and plants a flag.
What Could’ve Been Better:
A few acronym storms and lore nuggets arrive hot, a slower pour would taste cleaner.
One mid-journey stretch wanders, like the plot stopped for a snack.
The villains love a monologue, which sometimes steals thunder from the tension.
Perfect for Readers Who Love:
The Last of Us mood, Station Eleven tenderness, Black Mirror tech anxiety, and post-apoc tales where heart and hardware share the stage.
Sum Up:
Grim but not hopeless, clever but not smug, this one makes ruin feel human and dares you to care anyway.
Book Series:
JOY: A Novel of the New Frontier (Novels of the New Frontier)
Part of: Novels of the New Frontier (2 books)
Title: Hope: Novels of the New Frontier, Book II
Part of: Novels of the New Frontier (2 books)
Reviewed by Robin for Robin’s Review
Displaying 1 of 1 review