Unleashed

Unremembered #2.5

by Jessica Brody

Seraphina has escaped the compound. The president of Diotech has fallen gravely ill. Now, Dr. Alixter rests his last hope on a genetically enhanced soldier. A boy designed to apprehend her. A boy incapable of failure…Set in the thrilling sci-fi world of Jessica Brody’s Unremembered trilogy, this sinister and suspenseful novella recounts the untold story of what happened on the Diotech compound after the shocking ending of Unremembered. Told from Kaelen’s point of view, Unleashed also includes a special sneak peek of Unchanged, the long-awaited conclusion to the series.

Genres: Young Adult, Science Fiction, Fiction, Dystopia, Time Travel, Novella, Fantasy

60 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 13, 2015

About the author

Jessica Brody is the author of more than 20 novels for teens, tweens, and adults including The Geography of Lost Things, The Chaos of Standing Still, Amelia Gray is Almost Okay, A Week of Mondays, 52 Reasons to Hate My Father, the Unremembered trilogy, and the System Divine trilogy which is a sci-fi reimagining of Victor Hugo's Les Misérables, co-written with Joanne Rendell. She’s also the author of the #1 bestselling novel-writing guides, Save the Cat! Writes a Novel and Save the Cat! Writes a Young Adult Novel as well as several books based on popular Disney franchises like Descendants and LEGO Disney Princess. Jessica’s books have been translated and published in over 20 languages and several have been optioned for film and television. She’s the founder of the Writing Mastery Academy and lives with her husband and three dogs near Portland, OR.

Visit her online at JessicaBrody.com or WritingMastery.com. Follow her on Twitter or Instagram @JessicaBrody

Reviews

[Katie (Kitkatscanread) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ahhh loved this novella!!
Can't wait to continue! =)

[Veronica]

So I am very far behind on writing my reviews so pardon the sparseness of these from February 2021 to May 2021...

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This is a novella and part of me felt this novel should be before book 2. But with it falling after Book 2, I have a better understanding of what is going on in this novel. I very much enjoyed this series and there is one more main novel left!

No stars rating due to length.

[Katie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Was a very quick and enjoyable read for me. I was very interested in Kaelen in the previous book and so this novella allowed me to see a whole other side of him behind the façade he had presented. Last book of the series here I come!

[S · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars

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I’m not sure why I always feel the need to read these novellas. I almost always regret spending the money on them. I mean, even if they’re not bad, they rarely actually add anything to the overall story.

I thought I would like this one better than Undiscovered because I found Kaelen to be a more interesting character than Zen. However, it really wasn’t any better.

We did get to see more of the Diotech compound. It was nice seeing it from Kaelen’s point of view (POV), as it gives a bit of insight as to what Sera may have gone through when she was there, though not exactly the same, of course.

Other than that, and just seeing things generally through Kaelen’s POV, we don’t learn anything more about anything of substance.

[Kelley · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really enjoy companion novellas that give me a look into the mind of a different character from the main series, and this one let me see inside Kaelen’s mind. It goes through some scenes from Unforgotten — but tells them from his perspective instead. It was interesting, but I also felt like I had a difficult time remembering that it was supposed to be in Kaelen’s voice. I guess I wanted a little more from him.

[Dalene · Rating 5 out of 5]

Unleashed by Jessica Brody is a novella told in the POV of Kalen. Unleashed happens during Unforgotten when Kalen goes back to 1609 to capture Sera. This is a quick but enjoyable read. It's nice to know what Kalen was thinking when he was acting as a priest and when he was saving Sera from dying in the witch trails. I can't wait to start Unchanged, the last book in the Unremembered series, and see how this amazing series ends.

[Gemma F. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved it! Kaelen's POV is considerably more interesting than Sera's in my opinion. He is a character who is almost fiercely devoted to Alixter, and that makes it even more crucial to the plot, knowing Kaelen's 'relationship' with him. However, I wish it were slightly longer. Apart from that, I enjoyed it tremendously and am looking forward to seeing more of Kaelen in Unchanged!

[Amanda · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was a bit confused beginning this one, because I thought "2.5" meant it came after book two, but it actually seems to be kind of before/during book two, from Kaden's POV. I suppose it was interesting, but I didn't enjoy it as much as the other novella.

[Mikayla · Rating 4 out of 5]

I literally read this novella in 15 minutes. It was short and very insightful into Kaelen's thinking of Sera and even doubts about himself. Read only after reading whole series (novellas and all) of Unremembered.

[Tallie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I needed this novella to help me remember all that happened in the previous stories so I am ready to read the next book in the series.

[Read InAGarden · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great bridge story to get ready for the final installment in the Unremembered trilogy. Since Kaelan is such an important part of book 3 it is good to hear about events from his perspective.

[Irene · Rating 2 out of 5]

Oh dear no! This probably means that it'll focus even more on the love triangle in book three. I DO NOT WANT THAT!

[CARISSA E · Rating 4 out of 5]

After reading this I liked kaeleen a lot more but still he's no Zen...

[Maryann Fox]

Great "prequel" to Unremembered- we learn more about the robotic "boy" that was created