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Future Threat
Elena Martinez survived the future. But the fight’s not over.
Six months ago Aether Corporation sent Elena, Adam, and three other recruits on a trip to the future where they brought back secret information—but not everyone made it back to the present alive. Now Elena’s trying to move on.
But Aether’s not done with her—or fellow survivors Adam and Chris. The travelers on Aether’s latest mission to the future have gone missing, and Elena and her friends are drafted into the rescue effort. They arrive in a future that’s amazingly advanced, thanks to Aether Corporation’s reverse-engineered technology. The mission has deadly consequences, though, and Elena must return to the future to try to alter the course of events. But the future is different yet again. But every trip through time reveals new complications and more lives lost—or never born. Now Elena must risk everything to save the people she loves.
Six months ago Aether Corporation sent Elena, Adam, and three other recruits on a trip to the future where they brought back secret information—but not everyone made it back to the present alive. Now Elena’s trying to move on.
But Aether’s not done with her—or fellow survivors Adam and Chris. The travelers on Aether’s latest mission to the future have gone missing, and Elena and her friends are drafted into the rescue effort. They arrive in a future that’s amazingly advanced, thanks to Aether Corporation’s reverse-engineered technology. The mission has deadly consequences, though, and Elena must return to the future to try to alter the course of events. But the future is different yet again. But every trip through time reveals new complications and more lives lost—or never born. Now Elena must risk everything to save the people she loves.
266 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 2017
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Elizabeth Briggs
43 books2,986 followersElizabeth Briggs is a New York Times and Top 5 Amazon bestselling author of paranormal and fantasy romance featuring twisty plots, plenty of spice, and a guaranteed happy ending. She's a Stage IV cancer warrior who has worked with teens in foster care and volunteered with animal rescue organizations. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, their daughter, and a pack of fluffy dogs. Find her online at http://www.elizabethbriggs.com
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February 24, 2017
Thanks to Netgalley for providing this eARC!
As soon as I realized that Rockstar Book Tours was hosting a blog tour of Future Threat by Elizabeth Briggs, I knew I had to take part based on how much I enjoyed last year's Future Shock, book one in the series. (You can see my review for that novel here, if you're interested.) I'm tickled that I got the opportunity to read this eARC of Future Threat via NetGalley for the Rockstar blog tour - and it didn't let me down at all.
Elena, Adam, and Chris are dealing the best they can with the aftermath of their last Aether mission six months ago. As far as they're concerned they're done with Aether and time travel, but Aether isn't done with them. They're forcibly recruited to rescue the missing members of another Aether time travel team. When they arrive thirty years in the future, it's much different and more advanced than the future they remember due to Aether reverse engineering tech brought back by the other time travel team. Unfortunately, the rescue mission goes south and they have to go back to the future again to try to make things right. They quickly realize that the future they go back to is different yet again with an all new set of consequences. If they want to save lives, they're going to have to master a steep learning curve.
Future Threat ups the stakes in some of the coolest ways from it's predecessor - in everything from the consequences to the gadgets. Just in case you've forgotten anything from book one, the author gives us a concise recap via our narrator, Elena, and we learn just how much her previous time travel experience has affected her life. We see how her relationship with Adam has developed as well as her friendship with Chris, her survivor's guilt, and her determination to make the most of whatever the future may throw at her. I particularly enjoyed seeing just how far our core cast has come since they were first introduced. As much as I liked getting to know more about Elena and Adam, I was hoping that we would get to know Chris just a little more. A good chunk of the story revolves around him after all.
If you've followed my blog at all, you'll know that time travel is one of my favorite things, but it can be tricky to do right. Luckily, the time travel here is done well. It gets pretty complex in this installment yet for the most part it isn't too difficult to keep up with what's going on at any given time. That being said, sometimes the story does feel a little overstuffed with all of the goings-on. I particularly enjoyed seeing the differences between all of the possible futures that our cast visits. It's fascinating to see what has stayed the same and what has changed. Trying to work out what caused these changes is certainly interesting to consider as a part of the mystery. My favorite returning future character has to be Wombat, but of course he's a bit different than how Elena and company remember him.
Overall, I highly recommend the Future Shock series by Elizabeth Briggs, especially if you enjoy Back to the Future (particularly Part II in this case) and Doctor Who. It has so much to like from time-travel thrills, diverse characters, an intriguing mystery, a dash of romance, plenty of fast-paced action, and mind-bending twists. Book three, Future Lost, can not come soon enough! How am I supposed to wait until 2018 to see what happens next after that final turn?
As soon as I realized that Rockstar Book Tours was hosting a blog tour of Future Threat by Elizabeth Briggs, I knew I had to take part based on how much I enjoyed last year's Future Shock, book one in the series. (You can see my review for that novel here, if you're interested.) I'm tickled that I got the opportunity to read this eARC of Future Threat via NetGalley for the Rockstar blog tour - and it didn't let me down at all.
Elena, Adam, and Chris are dealing the best they can with the aftermath of their last Aether mission six months ago. As far as they're concerned they're done with Aether and time travel, but Aether isn't done with them. They're forcibly recruited to rescue the missing members of another Aether time travel team. When they arrive thirty years in the future, it's much different and more advanced than the future they remember due to Aether reverse engineering tech brought back by the other time travel team. Unfortunately, the rescue mission goes south and they have to go back to the future again to try to make things right. They quickly realize that the future they go back to is different yet again with an all new set of consequences. If they want to save lives, they're going to have to master a steep learning curve.
Future Threat ups the stakes in some of the coolest ways from it's predecessor - in everything from the consequences to the gadgets. Just in case you've forgotten anything from book one, the author gives us a concise recap via our narrator, Elena, and we learn just how much her previous time travel experience has affected her life. We see how her relationship with Adam has developed as well as her friendship with Chris, her survivor's guilt, and her determination to make the most of whatever the future may throw at her. I particularly enjoyed seeing just how far our core cast has come since they were first introduced. As much as I liked getting to know more about Elena and Adam, I was hoping that we would get to know Chris just a little more. A good chunk of the story revolves around him after all.
If you've followed my blog at all, you'll know that time travel is one of my favorite things, but it can be tricky to do right. Luckily, the time travel here is done well. It gets pretty complex in this installment yet for the most part it isn't too difficult to keep up with what's going on at any given time. That being said, sometimes the story does feel a little overstuffed with all of the goings-on. I particularly enjoyed seeing the differences between all of the possible futures that our cast visits. It's fascinating to see what has stayed the same and what has changed. Trying to work out what caused these changes is certainly interesting to consider as a part of the mystery. My favorite returning future character has to be Wombat, but of course he's a bit different than how Elena and company remember him.
Overall, I highly recommend the Future Shock series by Elizabeth Briggs, especially if you enjoy Back to the Future (particularly Part II in this case) and Doctor Who. It has so much to like from time-travel thrills, diverse characters, an intriguing mystery, a dash of romance, plenty of fast-paced action, and mind-bending twists. Book three, Future Lost, can not come soon enough! How am I supposed to wait until 2018 to see what happens next after that final turn?
June 25, 2017
What. A. Ride.
The only thing that matters is now.
This is a fast paced, action packed book with twists and turns to the plot that you never see a coming. Well unless you are me. Called it but hey I still love every moment of this book well nearly every moment. As my main problem with everything that is going on in the book is Elena.
Elena as a female lead is strong. She has a strong sense of honor and morals otherwise she wouldn’t have done everything that she did in the book. I personally think that it could have been done without all the self-flagellating she was doing. After a while it got tiresome. Oh, and why she kept on pushing Adam away. Adam has the patience of a frigging saint.
The newly introduced characters make up for Elena’s martyrdom without a doubt and fingers crossed we get to see them in the next book. Which is 2018.
The story has you on the edge of your seat it is so gripping that you don’t want to put it down. That is saying something on my part because it is YA. YA and I have a somewhat difficult relationship. But due to the time travel element and that there is a dystopian feel with a dash of science fiction added that makes it even more engaging and enticing then it did to begin with.
It was also so refreshing to read a book that was without very little sex. It happens at the end and the Hero Adam is a virgin. Sometime I just need a book without intense sex, you know?
The author did an excellent job in creating alternative futures every single time by showing that even the smallest changes can have a strong impact on everything. This series leaves me wanting more. The last book is released in 2018. I’m sure I mentioned that but I don’t mind mentioning it again. A reread will be in order.
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April 2, 2017
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March 11, 2017
*Source* NetGalley
*Genre* Young Adult, Science Fiction
*Rating* 3.5
*My Thoughts*
Future Threat is the second installment in author Elizabeth Briggs Future Shock trilogy. As the story opens, it has been (6) months since protagonist Elena Martinez was part of a research project called Project Chronos that sent a group of teenagers into the future 30 years in order to collect future technology. In those six months, Elena found a niche to fall into.
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*Genre* Young Adult, Science Fiction
*Rating* 3.5
*My Thoughts*
Future Threat is the second installment in author Elizabeth Briggs Future Shock trilogy. As the story opens, it has been (6) months since protagonist Elena Martinez was part of a research project called Project Chronos that sent a group of teenagers into the future 30 years in order to collect future technology. In those six months, Elena found a niche to fall into.
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December 8, 2016
Wow!!! I think I loved that more than book 1! I almost don't need a book 3 with that ending but I'm not going to complain I'd like to go to the future again with Elena :D
October 10, 2017
4.5
No creí que fuera mejor que el primero, pero lo es.
Me dejó tan esperanzada como destruida, y amo los libros que hacen eso.
Fue un sube y baja de emociones, tensión pura, y pudo con mi sistema nervioso + me machacó sin miramientos mis sentimientos.
Elena está un poco incordiosa, pero todas sus inseguridades y miedos están justificados. No es una simple Mary Sue odiosa sin ton ni son.
Increíble esta historia, tengo ganas de llorar solo por haberlo terminado.
No veo la hora de que salga el tercero, y me ATERRA al mismo tiempo.
No creí que fuera mejor que el primero, pero lo es.
Me dejó tan esperanzada como destruida, y amo los libros que hacen eso.
Fue un sube y baja de emociones, tensión pura, y pudo con mi sistema nervioso + me machacó sin miramientos mis sentimientos.
Elena está un poco incordiosa, pero todas sus inseguridades y miedos están justificados. No es una simple Mary Sue odiosa sin ton ni son.
Increíble esta historia, tengo ganas de llorar solo por haberlo terminado.
No veo la hora de que salga el tercero, y me ATERRA al mismo tiempo.
March 21, 2017
4.5 stars
really good and intense!
really good and intense!
February 23, 2017
Aether Corporation has a time machine and they send teenagers to the future to get information for them. Elena made a trip to a future thirty years from the present together with several others she didn't know at the time. Unfortunately not all of them made it and she's still struggling daily with the results of what she'd been recruited to do. It did have a positive effect too though. She now has money, she has a nice place to live, she can study whatever she wants and she's found a great friend, Chris, and a boyfriend, Adam.
Elena is dealing with a lot of survivor's guilt. She also has a hard time accepting her relationship with Adam, as she's never had anyone good in her life before. When Aether picks her up together with Chris and Adam to go to the future again Elena doesn't want to go. The scientists at Aether want them to find the next team of teenagers, because they didn't make it back to the machine on time and they aren't able to locate them. Aether won't take no for an answer and before she knows it Elena, Chris and Adam are being transferred to the same time once more. It looks completely different though, due to Aether's research the future has become much more technologically advanced. Elena realizes that everything they do will have consequences that can alter the future. Can they retrieve the other team and will they come out unharmed or will time traveling cost her dearly once more?
Future Threat is a fantastic gripping story. Elena is tough. She can fight, she isn't afraid of dangerous situations and she's smart. The teenagers are all gifted, so she isn't the only talented one for a change. Elena's memory is exceptional and Adam is a genius. They have to strategize to get things right and to make sure their trips to the future don't alter their lives in a bad way. Adam is a gentle guy, he's patient and sweet, which makes him ideal for Elena, if only she could let him in. Elena is fierce and she has a lot of skills that come in handy when they have to make fast and complicated plans. I love the way her mind works, she's a true survivor and together with Adam she can make anything happen. The group of teenagers they are trying to find consists of interesting new characters. Elizabeth Briggs makes their stories come to life very well and therefore Future Threat is both compelling and intriguing.
Elizabeth Briggs writes about the future in an amazing and fascinating way. I love the way her mind works and enjoyed reading about her version of the future. Thirty years isn't that far ahead and the changes she makes are often only small and just a few of them are huge. She keeps it pretty subtle and I liked that every adjustment she makes feels realistic. Elizabeth Briggs shares her ideas and creativity in a vivid and detailed way, which makes the story intense and captivating. Future Threat is well written and action-packed, it's a terrific constant adrenaline rush. I love the Future Shock series and highly recommend it.
Elena is dealing with a lot of survivor's guilt. She also has a hard time accepting her relationship with Adam, as she's never had anyone good in her life before. When Aether picks her up together with Chris and Adam to go to the future again Elena doesn't want to go. The scientists at Aether want them to find the next team of teenagers, because they didn't make it back to the machine on time and they aren't able to locate them. Aether won't take no for an answer and before she knows it Elena, Chris and Adam are being transferred to the same time once more. It looks completely different though, due to Aether's research the future has become much more technologically advanced. Elena realizes that everything they do will have consequences that can alter the future. Can they retrieve the other team and will they come out unharmed or will time traveling cost her dearly once more?
Future Threat is a fantastic gripping story. Elena is tough. She can fight, she isn't afraid of dangerous situations and she's smart. The teenagers are all gifted, so she isn't the only talented one for a change. Elena's memory is exceptional and Adam is a genius. They have to strategize to get things right and to make sure their trips to the future don't alter their lives in a bad way. Adam is a gentle guy, he's patient and sweet, which makes him ideal for Elena, if only she could let him in. Elena is fierce and she has a lot of skills that come in handy when they have to make fast and complicated plans. I love the way her mind works, she's a true survivor and together with Adam she can make anything happen. The group of teenagers they are trying to find consists of interesting new characters. Elizabeth Briggs makes their stories come to life very well and therefore Future Threat is both compelling and intriguing.
Elizabeth Briggs writes about the future in an amazing and fascinating way. I love the way her mind works and enjoyed reading about her version of the future. Thirty years isn't that far ahead and the changes she makes are often only small and just a few of them are huge. She keeps it pretty subtle and I liked that every adjustment she makes feels realistic. Elizabeth Briggs shares her ideas and creativity in a vivid and detailed way, which makes the story intense and captivating. Future Threat is well written and action-packed, it's a terrific constant adrenaline rush. I love the Future Shock series and highly recommend it.
April 23, 2017
A bit predictable up until the middle but then... Things started to get more thrilling and more twisting than I could ever imagine. I would never get tired of hearing Elena’s adventures (more like horror trips though) in the futures. I love how she, or the others never give up. A truly cunning villain. A gripping story. A badass heroine. A stunning and suitable end, full of despair and hope. But also.... Suspense till the end.
March 8, 2017
I didn't realize as I clicked on an invitation email from NetGalley that this book was the second in the series. But I read the first one and didn't hate it. So I wasn't dreading reading this even though YA is not really my thing.
Now let me be frank - time travel makes my head hurt. Whenever traveling through time involves changing anything, I start getting very confused. It's compounded if it happens multiple times. This book has the worst of both. It's got people messing around in the future which affects things when they get back to the past, in turn affecting the future, all iterations of which they seem to have access to at all points. That's the main problem I had.
In Timeline 1, Elena, Adam & Chris are asked to retrieve a team of time travelers gone rogue. They land in a wonderful future where the three of them have formed a company and are doing all sorts of good things. The teen versions split up to follow different members of the rogue team, because Elena thinks they should even after some indications that it didn't really go that way in Timeline 0, and obviously bad things happen. They can't live with it, and go back again. In Timeline 2, the future has changed. But they still somehow can access the people from the first timeline - the ones who did not make it back with them in Timeline 1. And shit happens during this timeline too, and they go back again. In Timeline 3, they can access people from Timeline 1 and Timeline 2 all of whom did not make it back with them when they went back last time. The future is horribly changed from both prior timelines. What are they doing here? How can they access the multiverse? They don't seem to do anything differently, no space-time rip except the accelerator, and they don't go through it multiple times.
There's more, but my head already hurts and I'm hoping it was me who missed something crucial and not the book. I also couldn't recognize the leads all that much. Elena has developed PTSD because of some events of the first book, and she makes stupid decisions to compensate. I have no issues with this, but the reactions of the others makes it weird. For some reason, she's leading. She's always splitting up people and leaving them with no backup, getting emotional when things predictably go to pot. But she's still calling the shots the next time around. Maybe let someone rational do this, Elena. Adam and his blind devotion to Elena also made me barf. She's not easy to love, but he never dumps her, in no timeline. It probably could have been better portrayed, but to me, it felt similar to someone repeatedly kicking a puppy and the puppy still coming back in devotion.
I didn't love the first book, so Future Threat is not much of a disappointment. But it did have potential. Maybe I did miss something crucial, but I know I didn't miss anything in the character arcs, and that was unsatisfactory also.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for a review.
Now let me be frank - time travel makes my head hurt. Whenever traveling through time involves changing anything, I start getting very confused. It's compounded if it happens multiple times. This book has the worst of both. It's got people messing around in the future which affects things when they get back to the past, in turn affecting the future, all iterations of which they seem to have access to at all points. That's the main problem I had.
In Timeline 1, Elena, Adam & Chris are asked to retrieve a team of time travelers gone rogue. They land in a wonderful future where the three of them have formed a company and are doing all sorts of good things. The teen versions split up to follow different members of the rogue team, because Elena thinks they should even after some indications that it didn't really go that way in Timeline 0, and obviously bad things happen. They can't live with it, and go back again. In Timeline 2, the future has changed. But they still somehow can access the people from the first timeline - the ones who did not make it back with them in Timeline 1. And shit happens during this timeline too, and they go back again. In Timeline 3, they can access people from Timeline 1 and Timeline 2 all of whom did not make it back with them when they went back last time. The future is horribly changed from both prior timelines. What are they doing here? How can they access the multiverse? They don't seem to do anything differently, no space-time rip except the accelerator, and they don't go through it multiple times.
There's more, but my head already hurts and I'm hoping it was me who missed something crucial and not the book. I also couldn't recognize the leads all that much. Elena has developed PTSD because of some events of the first book, and she makes stupid decisions to compensate. I have no issues with this, but the reactions of the others makes it weird. For some reason, she's leading. She's always splitting up people and leaving them with no backup, getting emotional when things predictably go to pot. But she's still calling the shots the next time around. Maybe let someone rational do this, Elena. Adam and his blind devotion to Elena also made me barf. She's not easy to love, but he never dumps her, in no timeline. It probably could have been better portrayed, but to me, it felt similar to someone repeatedly kicking a puppy and the puppy still coming back in devotion.
I didn't love the first book, so Future Threat is not much of a disappointment. But it did have potential. Maybe I did miss something crucial, but I know I didn't miss anything in the character arcs, and that was unsatisfactory also.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for a review.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 7, 2017
Well they are back at it, but not happy about it. Like our group, I was stunned that they were forced to do Aether's bidding. Things seemed so straight forward at first, but the more they learned the more things were messed up. In order to do the right thing they had to keep going in the loop, which honestly was the right thing to do. I really didn't see the twist at the end, hated that once again Elena had to make a hard choice, but for the sake of everyone it had to be done. I only hope that the future is like the first one they found or even better!
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February 20, 2017This review was originally posted on Andi's ABCs
If you know me you know my love for all things time travel and parallel life. I’m a sucker for stories where you get to see the future or what life could have been my making a change. To me these two things really go hand in hand. If someone travels into the future they are now creating a parallel life where this happens and that will change things. It is an endless loop of mind games and questions. And the newest book in the Future Shock trilogy, Future Threat, does just that.
Future Threat takes place 6 months after the end of Future Shock. Elena, Adam and Chris are trying to get back to their normal lives after everything that happened to them and what the Aether Corporation have done to them. But getting back to normal is easier said than done. Each of them struggle with what happened and with the memories they can’t forget, especially Elena. Prepared to never think about Aether or time travel again the 3 of them are once again approached by the company needing their help. Reluctantly the 3 of them travel 30 years into the future to help bring back another team of time travelers. While they are there things don’t go as planned and soon they all find themselves fighting to find a way to fix a future that they could lose forever.
I will say that I found Future Threat predictable. Not in a bad way. I mean I knew how it was all going to go down almost immediately, but I still was on the end of my seat trying to figure out if I was actually wrong or not. I was 100% entertained and interested the whole time. Part of that interest was because of all the parallel worlds that were formed because of changes. I honestly couldn’t stop thinking about them and how each choice these teens made in the future would essentially effect not only the past but the future from that past, if that makes sense. I was fascinated by how things changed so easily from visit to visit and was curious what it would all mean to the main couple, Adam and Elena.
Oh Adam and Elena. Elena killed me in this book. She refused to get out of her own way and I wanted to shake her. Actually I wanted to shake Adam too because it was so obvious what she was doing and he ignored it. They definitely frustrated me. But I also really liked there story and how even when they were being weird with each other they still had each other’s back. That is really important to who they are as characters and I was happy that was still the case. I also really liked how they responded differently to things they saw in their futures and wanted to work to make it all happened.
In the end I really liked this installment of the story. I liked where the characters went and how they changed and learned. And I loved the time travel aspect. The end was a little too cliff hangery for my liking, but just all the more reason to look forward to book 3. Final thought…thumbs up
If you know me you know my love for all things time travel and parallel life. I’m a sucker for stories where you get to see the future or what life could have been my making a change. To me these two things really go hand in hand. If someone travels into the future they are now creating a parallel life where this happens and that will change things. It is an endless loop of mind games and questions. And the newest book in the Future Shock trilogy, Future Threat, does just that.
Future Threat takes place 6 months after the end of Future Shock. Elena, Adam and Chris are trying to get back to their normal lives after everything that happened to them and what the Aether Corporation have done to them. But getting back to normal is easier said than done. Each of them struggle with what happened and with the memories they can’t forget, especially Elena. Prepared to never think about Aether or time travel again the 3 of them are once again approached by the company needing their help. Reluctantly the 3 of them travel 30 years into the future to help bring back another team of time travelers. While they are there things don’t go as planned and soon they all find themselves fighting to find a way to fix a future that they could lose forever.
I will say that I found Future Threat predictable. Not in a bad way. I mean I knew how it was all going to go down almost immediately, but I still was on the end of my seat trying to figure out if I was actually wrong or not. I was 100% entertained and interested the whole time. Part of that interest was because of all the parallel worlds that were formed because of changes. I honestly couldn’t stop thinking about them and how each choice these teens made in the future would essentially effect not only the past but the future from that past, if that makes sense. I was fascinated by how things changed so easily from visit to visit and was curious what it would all mean to the main couple, Adam and Elena.
Oh Adam and Elena. Elena killed me in this book. She refused to get out of her own way and I wanted to shake her. Actually I wanted to shake Adam too because it was so obvious what she was doing and he ignored it. They definitely frustrated me. But I also really liked there story and how even when they were being weird with each other they still had each other’s back. That is really important to who they are as characters and I was happy that was still the case. I also really liked how they responded differently to things they saw in their futures and wanted to work to make it all happened.
In the end I really liked this installment of the story. I liked where the characters went and how they changed and learned. And I loved the time travel aspect. The end was a little too cliff hangery for my liking, but just all the more reason to look forward to book 3. Final thought…thumbs up
February 21, 2017
It’s been six months since Elena Martinez has returned from her trip to the future, courtesy of Aether Corporation, and she’s having panic attacks and nightmares. Not everything went well, her budding relationship with Adam O’Neill is progressing, but she still can’t completely shake off her trust issues. Recently, Elena has noticed a black car that seems to be following her, she’s positive it’s from Aether, and her fears are confirmed when, just as she was going out with Adam, they’re both asked to come to the Aether offices. It can’t be good, and it’s even worse than Elena thought, because Elena and Adam, along with their friends from the first mission, have all been tricked into participating in another mission: the voyagers from the latest mission are missing!
I had been waiting for FUTURE THREAT since I had turned the last page from book one, FUTURE SHOCK, which had been one of my favourite books from 2016. My expectations were beyond sky-high, and believe it or not, they were met tenfold! FUTURE THREAT is phenomenal! The new characters are just as fabulous as our old friends, they all have their own voice, the cast is multiethnic, which is so refreshing and not one stereotype in sight. I loved Elena even more the second time around: I identify with her, I want to be her! She is loyal, eager to act, and will do what it takes to succeed, even at her own peril. Elena Martinez has become my favourite fictional heroine. For those who had missed the amazing first book, fear not, you will be able to follow with a problem, as Ms. Briggs recaps succinctly and clearly what happened previously, but I would recommend you treat yourself to FUTURE SHOCK nonetheless to enhance your reading experience, because these types of books seldom happen.
The time travel aspect is even more riveting in FUTURE THREAT, as Elena and her friends go back again thirty years into the future. Not everything is exactly the same, and again Elizabeth Briggs nailed everything. The action starts early on, and sit tight for the ride of your life! The dialogues are spot-on, the action breathtaking, the writing seamless; the author becomes invisible and morphs with Elena. I just cannot believe how creative Ms. Briggs is, and I think her numerous plot twists would keep some authors in business for years. Ms. Briggs’ storytelling skills are such that never attempted to guess where it was all going, because I would have been wrong every single time. A bit past the halfway mark, I thought I would burst with excitement because, in my wildest dreams, I couldn’t have possibly wished myself what happened. Yet, amidst the death, the destruction, and the bitter deceptions, beautiful relationships bloom.
I am not precisely a lover of time travel stories, because I always feel something is off, but Ms. Briggs demonstrates her absolute mastery of the trope: FUTURE THREAT is the best time travel novel I have ever read, bar none! And there will be a third book! Be still my heart!
I voluntarily reviewed an advanced reader copy of this book.
I had been waiting for FUTURE THREAT since I had turned the last page from book one, FUTURE SHOCK, which had been one of my favourite books from 2016. My expectations were beyond sky-high, and believe it or not, they were met tenfold! FUTURE THREAT is phenomenal! The new characters are just as fabulous as our old friends, they all have their own voice, the cast is multiethnic, which is so refreshing and not one stereotype in sight. I loved Elena even more the second time around: I identify with her, I want to be her! She is loyal, eager to act, and will do what it takes to succeed, even at her own peril. Elena Martinez has become my favourite fictional heroine. For those who had missed the amazing first book, fear not, you will be able to follow with a problem, as Ms. Briggs recaps succinctly and clearly what happened previously, but I would recommend you treat yourself to FUTURE SHOCK nonetheless to enhance your reading experience, because these types of books seldom happen.
The time travel aspect is even more riveting in FUTURE THREAT, as Elena and her friends go back again thirty years into the future. Not everything is exactly the same, and again Elizabeth Briggs nailed everything. The action starts early on, and sit tight for the ride of your life! The dialogues are spot-on, the action breathtaking, the writing seamless; the author becomes invisible and morphs with Elena. I just cannot believe how creative Ms. Briggs is, and I think her numerous plot twists would keep some authors in business for years. Ms. Briggs’ storytelling skills are such that never attempted to guess where it was all going, because I would have been wrong every single time. A bit past the halfway mark, I thought I would burst with excitement because, in my wildest dreams, I couldn’t have possibly wished myself what happened. Yet, amidst the death, the destruction, and the bitter deceptions, beautiful relationships bloom.
I am not precisely a lover of time travel stories, because I always feel something is off, but Ms. Briggs demonstrates her absolute mastery of the trope: FUTURE THREAT is the best time travel novel I have ever read, bar none! And there will be a third book! Be still my heart!
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October 8, 2020
Future Threat is the sequel to Future Shock, and it is a YA time-travel thriller with romance.
Six months after traveling to the future, Elena and Adam have settled into college and into dating. Then the organization forces them to travel back to the future to rescue a team that has gone missing — as if it wasn’t dangerous enough the first time.
Future Threat was a pretty interesting story. When the characters go back to the future, choices they made in the past have changed the future into something new. That brings the characters to ask several questions: do I like this future? Do I want to change it? What happens if I accidentally change it if I want to keep it? They try to find the answers to these questions and to change their mistakes as they race thought time to find the other team and prevent any deaths.
This book was quite the thrilling story too. The characters not only have to face the complications of time travel, they also have to fight against known and unknown enemies who are trying to kill them. It was pretty cool.
The only thing I didn’t appreciate about the book, and it is a personal preference, was that it wasn’t entirely clean. It is a teen book, though some of it I would have preferred to be put into an adult novel rather than a teen one.
Still, it was an enjoyable story and I give it 4 stars.
I received a complementary copy of this book. All opinions are my own, and I was not obligated to give a positive review.
Six months after traveling to the future, Elena and Adam have settled into college and into dating. Then the organization forces them to travel back to the future to rescue a team that has gone missing — as if it wasn’t dangerous enough the first time.
Future Threat was a pretty interesting story. When the characters go back to the future, choices they made in the past have changed the future into something new. That brings the characters to ask several questions: do I like this future? Do I want to change it? What happens if I accidentally change it if I want to keep it? They try to find the answers to these questions and to change their mistakes as they race thought time to find the other team and prevent any deaths.
This book was quite the thrilling story too. The characters not only have to face the complications of time travel, they also have to fight against known and unknown enemies who are trying to kill them. It was pretty cool.
The only thing I didn’t appreciate about the book, and it is a personal preference, was that it wasn’t entirely clean. It is a teen book, though some of it I would have preferred to be put into an adult novel rather than a teen one.
Still, it was an enjoyable story and I give it 4 stars.
I received a complementary copy of this book. All opinions are my own, and I was not obligated to give a positive review.
October 9, 2017
I literally cannot wait for the last book in this trilogy...my must spring be for far away!!!
January 24, 2024
This was another really great read, loved watching them deal with all of these complications!
March 27, 2017
(PureTextuality.com)My first thought was to begin this review with the word “fascinating”, but then I thought maybe I said that in my review of the first book in this series, Future Shock. So I looked and I was right, “fascinating” all by itself was how I started that review. That word is pretty perfect to describe the series up to this point. These books are the can’t put down type that keep you turning pages and then you want more. I would classify them as older young adult science fiction/mystery. If you have any intention of reading the first book in the series, than you need to know that this review is going to feature spoilers about that book. Can’t be helped.
Six months previously, five teenagers with special talents were sent thirty years into the future in order to bring back technology by a huge corporation named, Aether. All but one of them, were foster kids, ones that have problems. They only had twenty four hours there, but, managed to find trouble on every corner. After being warned not to try and find out anything about their future selves, of course that is exactly what they do. And it’s not pretty. Now there are only three members of the original team left. And the corporation has just sent them back again-against their will. It seems that even though their foray into the future was so messed up, the corporation has been sending another team back and forth on several occasions. Now the team is missing, so the original team is forced to go. This time they have only a few hours to find the other team. Should go smoothly, right? Wrong!
The main character is Elena. She has an eidetic memory, which means that she remembers everything. It’s also the reason she was initially chosen to go to the future. She was a foster child, jumping from one home to another. Now she’s on her own, in college, and has her own apartment-all thanks to the huge payment from Aether for her work. Also back for this installment is Adam, cute nerd extraordinaire. He was sent to the future due to his genius mind, although he was not a foster child. Elena and Adam are dating now, although Elena has no expectations that someone like Adam would ever stay around with the likes of her.The third character is tough guy, mechanically minded, Chris, who became close friends with Elena and Adam after their shared experiences. He’s married now and his wife is expecting their baby in just a few days. None of them had any intentions of ever going to the future again after what they went through the last time, but of course it happens.
So that’s all I am saying about the actually story this time. Suffice it to say that the book is a huge adventure, featuring murder and mayhem, and lots of edge of your seat moments. The question here is, will the team find the other group in time, and get everyone back to the past in one piece, or will life and death problems still plague this team, as happened previously.
The fascinating part is both the futuristic setting and the uncaring Aether corporation and all it’s evilness. There’s plenty of villains here, but there’s also a descriptive vision of the future that I am sure the author had fun imagining. I also enjoyed the romance between Elena and Adam, and rooted for Elena to get over her self esteem problems when it came to Adam-foster child with a father in prison for killing her mom and a cute nerd that will someday win the Nobel prize for his medical cures-she can’t see it.
Well written, paced, and plotted, I highly recommend this series to young adult and adult readers, ages 15 plus due to violence and language, but not sexual scenes.
Six months previously, five teenagers with special talents were sent thirty years into the future in order to bring back technology by a huge corporation named, Aether. All but one of them, were foster kids, ones that have problems. They only had twenty four hours there, but, managed to find trouble on every corner. After being warned not to try and find out anything about their future selves, of course that is exactly what they do. And it’s not pretty. Now there are only three members of the original team left. And the corporation has just sent them back again-against their will. It seems that even though their foray into the future was so messed up, the corporation has been sending another team back and forth on several occasions. Now the team is missing, so the original team is forced to go. This time they have only a few hours to find the other team. Should go smoothly, right? Wrong!
The main character is Elena. She has an eidetic memory, which means that she remembers everything. It’s also the reason she was initially chosen to go to the future. She was a foster child, jumping from one home to another. Now she’s on her own, in college, and has her own apartment-all thanks to the huge payment from Aether for her work. Also back for this installment is Adam, cute nerd extraordinaire. He was sent to the future due to his genius mind, although he was not a foster child. Elena and Adam are dating now, although Elena has no expectations that someone like Adam would ever stay around with the likes of her.The third character is tough guy, mechanically minded, Chris, who became close friends with Elena and Adam after their shared experiences. He’s married now and his wife is expecting their baby in just a few days. None of them had any intentions of ever going to the future again after what they went through the last time, but of course it happens.
So that’s all I am saying about the actually story this time. Suffice it to say that the book is a huge adventure, featuring murder and mayhem, and lots of edge of your seat moments. The question here is, will the team find the other group in time, and get everyone back to the past in one piece, or will life and death problems still plague this team, as happened previously.
The fascinating part is both the futuristic setting and the uncaring Aether corporation and all it’s evilness. There’s plenty of villains here, but there’s also a descriptive vision of the future that I am sure the author had fun imagining. I also enjoyed the romance between Elena and Adam, and rooted for Elena to get over her self esteem problems when it came to Adam-foster child with a father in prison for killing her mom and a cute nerd that will someday win the Nobel prize for his medical cures-she can’t see it.
Well written, paced, and plotted, I highly recommend this series to young adult and adult readers, ages 15 plus due to violence and language, but not sexual scenes.
March 9, 2017
AW Teen and NetGalley provided me with an electronic copy of Future Threat. This is my honest opinion of the book.
It has been six months since the Aether Corporation sent Elena, Adam, Chris, and two other teenagers to the future on a secret mission. Trying to get her life back on track, which includes dealing with the aftermath of her trip to the future timeline, Elena is forced into working for the company again. When the future trip has deadly implications, how far will Elena and the rest of the travelers go to set things right?
Future Shock had the uniqueness of the concept and characters on its side, but Future Threat unfortunately is just more of the same. The characters are sent to the future to right some wrongs, only to make an even bigger mess of things. With a plot line filled with alternate futures, paradoxes, and time travel issues, the repetitive nature of the story made the book drag. I only finished reading Future Threat because of its length, as it is a little over 250 pages. I recommended Future Shock, book 1 of this series, but I would decline to refer readers to Future Threat.
It has been six months since the Aether Corporation sent Elena, Adam, Chris, and two other teenagers to the future on a secret mission. Trying to get her life back on track, which includes dealing with the aftermath of her trip to the future timeline, Elena is forced into working for the company again. When the future trip has deadly implications, how far will Elena and the rest of the travelers go to set things right?
Future Shock had the uniqueness of the concept and characters on its side, but Future Threat unfortunately is just more of the same. The characters are sent to the future to right some wrongs, only to make an even bigger mess of things. With a plot line filled with alternate futures, paradoxes, and time travel issues, the repetitive nature of the story made the book drag. I only finished reading Future Threat because of its length, as it is a little over 250 pages. I recommended Future Shock, book 1 of this series, but I would decline to refer readers to Future Threat.
September 26, 2017
Future Threat is one of my favorite books. The entire book was filled with action and drama. Usually books will have a section that is dull, or has no action. This book was not like that. If you have read the first book in this series, (Future Shock) or you are into futuristic type books, you should definitely read this.
March 1, 2017
I voluntarily received a copy of Future Threat, in exchange for an honest review.
I really wanted to love Future Threat. I loved the first in this series. It was new, it was unique. It was awesome.
Future Threat was a really intense read, but it fell a little short for me. They had to go back to the future numerous times. I was frustrated with them! I was like, no! don’t do it. I felt like every time they were going to mess something else up. But something that Briggs did that was pretty great was the mystery behind what was happening. I honestly, never would have guessed and I didn’t.
I love these characters. But Elena was driving me nuts lol. Adam is super in love with her, everything about her but she kept pushing and pushing her away. I just wanted to slap some sense into her and different points in the story. Future Threat is an enjoyable read, despite all of that.
Like I said before, Future Threat is intense, it’s nail biting. I couldn’t turn the page quick enough. But I didn’t connect with the story the way I did with the first. Overall, I give this Four Boundless Stars.
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I really wanted to love Future Threat. I loved the first in this series. It was new, it was unique. It was awesome.
Future Threat was a really intense read, but it fell a little short for me. They had to go back to the future numerous times. I was frustrated with them! I was like, no! don’t do it. I felt like every time they were going to mess something else up. But something that Briggs did that was pretty great was the mystery behind what was happening. I honestly, never would have guessed and I didn’t.
I love these characters. But Elena was driving me nuts lol. Adam is super in love with her, everything about her but she kept pushing and pushing her away. I just wanted to slap some sense into her and different points in the story. Future Threat is an enjoyable read, despite all of that.
Like I said before, Future Threat is intense, it’s nail biting. I couldn’t turn the page quick enough. But I didn’t connect with the story the way I did with the first. Overall, I give this Four Boundless Stars.
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February 7, 2018
I requested this book not knowing that it was not the first, but second (?) book in the series. Future Shock is the first, I believe. The reason I requested it was that it sounded very different from any book I've read recently. I'm a big fan of paranormal/fantasy, but every now and then it's good to branch off and get some different stories. Time travel is one of those cool sci-fi things that never gets old. Continuum? Terra Nova? Legends of Tomorrow? I watch/ed all those shows, even if they might not have been well-received. I am a huge fan of sci-fi, but I don't often read sci-fi books. I have a stack of them on my bookcase, but I keep putting them off because I have a strange feeling I might be disappointed in them.
Future Shock was not a disappointment, thankfully.
In this book, Aether Corporation forces Elena, Adam and Chris (part of the team from Future Threat) to go into the future again and bring back the other team they've been sending back and forth to bring to the present new technologies so they can be invented earlier. They are forced because Dr. Vincent, the Aether Corp.'s leather/head honcho, wants his son, Jeremy, back. If only it was as simple as finding a lost team of teenagers/young adults in the future. People die. They return to the present and go back to the future to save said dead people. Other people die. This could have gone really badly, because it's not an unheard of trope, but the author makes it work. The team has to find the perfect formula to avoid anyone dying. Trial and error.
The plot itself was good, if, as I said, a little overdone for the whole time traveling aspect of sci-fi. The author's writing was very clear, and the first book's events were summarized in a way that told me the gist of what happened without replaying it part by part.
I was able to relate to Elena, to her fear of being one hundred percent loved by Adam, her fear of eventual rejection since everyone in her life left sooner or later. Her father was a murderer; she struggles with the guilt/fear that she might turn out the same. A very relatable character. I could understand her thought processes and internal struggles.
I also enjoyed how the rest of the team was diverse. Asian, Hispanic, Black; there was a bit of everyone and everything and it was so good! There were no stereotypical portrayals. You might think so by hearing the background of the characters, but the truth is never what it seems at first glance. The characters are the same.
The who-done-it? mystery of the book was fun to read. I was having so much fun reading the book and the descriptions of the future technology that I didn't think twice about who could have been the killer. Maybe if I would have sat and thought about it, I might have realized who the bad guy was. But I didn't, and it was a good story anyway. The big reveal at the end was very well-done in my opinion, and it went hand-in-hand with Elena's internal struggles.
I don't know if this is the last book in this series, but it wrapped up pretty nicely. Even though I've only been with these characters for a single book, I want them to all have happy endings. Happy endings all around for my time-traveling team!
An unexpectedly good book. Four stars.
I received a free copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
Future Shock was not a disappointment, thankfully.
In this book, Aether Corporation forces Elena, Adam and Chris (part of the team from Future Threat) to go into the future again and bring back the other team they've been sending back and forth to bring to the present new technologies so they can be invented earlier. They are forced because Dr. Vincent, the Aether Corp.'s leather/head honcho, wants his son, Jeremy, back. If only it was as simple as finding a lost team of teenagers/young adults in the future. People die. They return to the present and go back to the future to save said dead people. Other people die. This could have gone really badly, because it's not an unheard of trope, but the author makes it work. The team has to find the perfect formula to avoid anyone dying. Trial and error.
The plot itself was good, if, as I said, a little overdone for the whole time traveling aspect of sci-fi. The author's writing was very clear, and the first book's events were summarized in a way that told me the gist of what happened without replaying it part by part.
I was able to relate to Elena, to her fear of being one hundred percent loved by Adam, her fear of eventual rejection since everyone in her life left sooner or later. Her father was a murderer; she struggles with the guilt/fear that she might turn out the same. A very relatable character. I could understand her thought processes and internal struggles.
I also enjoyed how the rest of the team was diverse. Asian, Hispanic, Black; there was a bit of everyone and everything and it was so good! There were no stereotypical portrayals. You might think so by hearing the background of the characters, but the truth is never what it seems at first glance. The characters are the same.
The who-done-it? mystery of the book was fun to read. I was having so much fun reading the book and the descriptions of the future technology that I didn't think twice about who could have been the killer. Maybe if I would have sat and thought about it, I might have realized who the bad guy was. But I didn't, and it was a good story anyway. The big reveal at the end was very well-done in my opinion, and it went hand-in-hand with Elena's internal struggles.
I don't know if this is the last book in this series, but it wrapped up pretty nicely. Even though I've only been with these characters for a single book, I want them to all have happy endings. Happy endings all around for my time-traveling team!
An unexpectedly good book. Four stars.
I received a free copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
October 18, 2016
Thanks to Albert Whitman and Company for giving me an ARC, It doesn't change my opinion on this book in any way.
I was really excited to read Future Threat by Elizabeth Briggs because I absolutely loved the first book. Elena's story has intrigued me from the very beginning, her adventures never stopped exciting me and Future Threat was a spectacular sequel. I wondered how Future Threat could match it's predecessor but it actually surpassed it on the scale of awesomeness.
Another day another adventure. Elena, Adam and Chris are sent thirty years into the future to recover a team of travelers -which includes the son of the owner of Aether Corporation- who were out of contact.
It is quite different from the first book in many ways but no less enjoyable. Elena is one character that is easy to love and fall for, Adam is just too freaking adorable albeit his tendency to keep secrets and Chris is just Chris <3. New lovable characters are introduced. While they cannot replace the space Trent and Zoe left in my heart (They are irreplaceable), they are awesome and I really love them.
The action is Future Threat was engrossing and left me on the edge of my seat. The main characters have changed in many ways, all of them still bearing emotional scars from the events of the previous book.
Future Threat is full of twists and turns that left me scared of the fate of the protagonists each time they made a decision because there is a lot more to lose this time. This installment in the series is full of time travel, it really explores how easy it is to screw up the lives of a lot of people with a single stupid decision.
Future Threat has a perfect ending that resolved most of the mystery and all my questions and gave us a glimpse of a happy and hopeful Adalena( That's my ship name for Adam and Elena). Filled with action, adventure, mystery, murder, time travel, romance, corporate espionage and cool technology, I can definitely say Future Threat has it all and is utterly perfect.
This is a SciFi book like no other, It manages to be distinct enough to be a special masterpiece. Elizabeth Briggs has made me a huge fan of her work with this bewitching series of hers, I can't wait for the next book. I gladly recommend this book to anyone who loves fantastic SciFi filled with adventure and a touch of romance.
I was really excited to read Future Threat by Elizabeth Briggs because I absolutely loved the first book. Elena's story has intrigued me from the very beginning, her adventures never stopped exciting me and Future Threat was a spectacular sequel. I wondered how Future Threat could match it's predecessor but it actually surpassed it on the scale of awesomeness.
Another day another adventure. Elena, Adam and Chris are sent thirty years into the future to recover a team of travelers -which includes the son of the owner of Aether Corporation- who were out of contact.
It is quite different from the first book in many ways but no less enjoyable. Elena is one character that is easy to love and fall for, Adam is just too freaking adorable albeit his tendency to keep secrets and Chris is just Chris <3. New lovable characters are introduced. While they cannot replace the space Trent and Zoe left in my heart (They are irreplaceable), they are awesome and I really love them.
The action is Future Threat was engrossing and left me on the edge of my seat. The main characters have changed in many ways, all of them still bearing emotional scars from the events of the previous book.
Future Threat is full of twists and turns that left me scared of the fate of the protagonists each time they made a decision because there is a lot more to lose this time. This installment in the series is full of time travel, it really explores how easy it is to screw up the lives of a lot of people with a single stupid decision.
Future Threat has a perfect ending that resolved most of the mystery and all my questions and gave us a glimpse of a happy and hopeful Adalena( That's my ship name for Adam and Elena). Filled with action, adventure, mystery, murder, time travel, romance, corporate espionage and cool technology, I can definitely say Future Threat has it all and is utterly perfect.
This is a SciFi book like no other, It manages to be distinct enough to be a special masterpiece. Elizabeth Briggs has made me a huge fan of her work with this bewitching series of hers, I can't wait for the next book. I gladly recommend this book to anyone who loves fantastic SciFi filled with adventure and a touch of romance.
February 25, 2017
I received an ARC through NetGalley.
I was very excited about Future Threat, because the first book was so much fun! Well, this sequel is good, but it was missing connection for me. Elena, Adam, and Chris have been going about their lives for the past six months. It hasn't been easy, particularly because Elena is suffering from PTSD and her eidetic memory is making the flashbacks worse. But then Aether Corp sucks them back in. They swear this will be the last time that they send the teens into the future, but when things go wrong, Elena finds herself begging to be sent back again.
Where Future Threat lost me was the reasoning behind the plot. Elena and Company are being sent thirty years into the future to recover another group of teens who were sent to the future but didn't come back. That's all well and good, but their only reason for going was to get Aether Corp to agree to stay out of their lives forever. Once there, their main objective is to get one of the scientists' son back, but like I said, things go wrong. They come back to the present and then want to go back again to rescue Ken and *beep*. Who the heck is Ken? I don't really know Ken or care, and why should they risk their lives for him? Then they also have to rescue some other new character that I didn't care about. I was given no reason to care about why Elena was risking her life and her future.
There is a lot more time travel in Future Threat, and we get to see multiple different futures. But like I said, I wasn't given a reason to care. Elena and everyone had their reasons for going back the first time, but after that, it felt just like a way to keep the time travel aspect going. It does end on a cliffhanger though, and I want to know what comes next!
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I was very excited about Future Threat, because the first book was so much fun! Well, this sequel is good, but it was missing connection for me. Elena, Adam, and Chris have been going about their lives for the past six months. It hasn't been easy, particularly because Elena is suffering from PTSD and her eidetic memory is making the flashbacks worse. But then Aether Corp sucks them back in. They swear this will be the last time that they send the teens into the future, but when things go wrong, Elena finds herself begging to be sent back again.
Where Future Threat lost me was the reasoning behind the plot. Elena and Company are being sent thirty years into the future to recover another group of teens who were sent to the future but didn't come back. That's all well and good, but their only reason for going was to get Aether Corp to agree to stay out of their lives forever. Once there, their main objective is to get one of the scientists' son back, but like I said, things go wrong. They come back to the present and then want to go back again to rescue Ken and *beep*. Who the heck is Ken? I don't really know Ken or care, and why should they risk their lives for him? Then they also have to rescue some other new character that I didn't care about. I was given no reason to care about why Elena was risking her life and her future.
There is a lot more time travel in Future Threat, and we get to see multiple different futures. But like I said, I wasn't given a reason to care. Elena and everyone had their reasons for going back the first time, but after that, it felt just like a way to keep the time travel aspect going. It does end on a cliffhanger though, and I want to know what comes next!
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October 30, 2016
Received from NetGalley for my honest review ~ more detailed review to come.
When I read the first one, I thought it was a stand alone. I'm glad it wasn't and this one was just as enjoyable. There were some spots I didn't like, like she didn't know something before it showed up in front of her face, but oh well. :) Really super enjoyable. If no more, would love ot see a short story book about the future and where things went and how it was changed and stayed same.
When I read the first one, I thought it was a stand alone. I'm glad it wasn't and this one was just as enjoyable. There were some spots I didn't like, like she didn't know something before it showed up in front of her face, but oh well. :) Really super enjoyable. If no more, would love ot see a short story book about the future and where things went and how it was changed and stayed same.
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January 12, 2017**4 Boundless Stars** Full Review and rating will be up on Boundless Book Reviews
March 1, 2017
I won the first book in this series, Future Shock ("FS"), at the end of Spring last year, not long after it had been released. I had put FS on my TBR from the moment I first heard of it, because I am a sucker for time travel books (and seeing the cover clinched it for me, I will not lie). I will read anything and everything having to do with the idea of traveling through time (as well as to other worlds/universes)! Something about the concept captured my imagination when I was young and never let go. I love the consideration of all the possibilities time travel holds, as well as the paradoxes it may hold - even while thinking about the latter sometimes makes my head hurt!
However, despite having won FS almost a year ago, I hadn’t yet found time to read it; so many books, so little time, as usual! When I saw the tour announcement, then, I jumped at the chance to take part, so I’d be “forced” to make time to read it. Luckily, I was not at all disappointed as I read through FS! I found it to be a great mix of mystery/thriller and sci-fi that dealt with time travel in a fairly simple and straightforward way. I didn’t have any lulls in reading; the story was exciting and had me constantly wanting to read “just one more chapter!” I experienced every emotion the characters experienced, and I could “see” the bleak future tin which they found themselves as if I was there, too. Ms. Briggs even brought me to tears once or twice!
I was actually very happy that I had Future Threat ("FT") in hand to read right away when I finished FS, because I enjoyed FS so much and had fallen in love with Adam and Elena. Now, FS does not end on a cliffhanger, and if you wanted to end your experience there, for some reason, you certainly could; Ms. Briggs excelled at telling a complete story in the one book. That said, I was thrilled to have the opportunity to read more about Elena and Adam and, hopefully, to get a taste of how their actions in FS may have changed their future.
It’s fascinating to me to think about how all the little decisions we make in life impact and shape the future we will have, and to consider what would be different had we made a different choice, had we chosen the other path with which we’d been presented. Elena and Adam get an up-close, in-person look at how the future can be positively affected by altering their behavior in the present. However, in their second time travel adventure, they also find out that the future can be affected - positively and negatively - by their actions *in the future* to which they have traveled. At that point, they must decide whether or not to travel back to that future, to see if they can prevent tragedy from befalling their team – and if they make the attempt and it doesn’t work, then what? Do they try a third time? Is it even possible to get back to the seemingly perfect future they found at the beginning of the book, or have circumstances spun out of their control completely?
While FS spent more time acquainting us with the characters and the mystery behind the fate they each discover while breaking the rule against looking up their future selves, FT digs deeper into the paradoxes of time travel and the intricacy and fragility of “the future.” Elena, Adam, and the others are exposed to how quickly - and drastically - the future can be altered, even by what seems like such a small deviation from the plan. Ms. Briggs really gets the reader thinking about the “butterfly effect,” as it becomes clear how interconnected everything in our universe is. Because of this, the small change the group makes to their actions in their second trip to the future at the beginning of FT results in drastic, large changes to that future. Then they must decide if it’s worth it to try and override that mistaken change by making a third trip to the future. What if, in doing so, they accidentally make yet another small change that will add up to another drastic alteration of the future, and so on and so forth? When does it ever end? And should they be “playing God” in this way??
Future Threat is a smart, sophisticated book that really gets the reader thinking about time travel and all its potential possibilities and pitfalls. I kept saying, “but wait! what about xyz??” and “oh no, you can’t change the plan! that’s a terrible idea!” I loved how Ms. Briggs handled this complex issue without overwhelming the reader (or making my head hurt!). Like I said, I’m a sucker for time travel books, and Future Threat (as well as Future Shock) is right up there with some of the best YA time travel books I’ve read.
I also want to make sure I mention how much I loved the characters, apart from all the time travel stuff, because I really did feel like I got close to them in both of these books. Adam is just…ADORKABLE!, and I loved him from pretty much the moment he appeared in the Aether conference room in FS. What can I say? He’s so very much my type! Chris is also a great character, a young man who’s had such a hard time in the foster care system and wants nothing more than to have a future in which he can be the great parent he wishes he had growing up. The new characters that we meet in this book are also likable, although they didn’t quite shine for me in the way that the rest of the original team (ie, Zoe and Trent) did in Future Shock.
As great as Adam, Chris, and the others are, though, my favorite character was definitely Elena. She was tough, smart, sarcastic, caring, empathetic, brave, courageous, daring, and so much more. I loved her tattoos, her self-doubt, her strength in the face of daunting odds, and her determination. She is the type of female main character that I LOVE to read about. I would dearly love to see more characters like her, and even more importantly, I know there are young women much younger than me who don’t just *want* to see characters like Elena, they *NEED* to see characters like Elena. Why? Because she is them. She reflects what many of our young women face, in one aspect or another, whether it’s as a foster child, as a Latina, as a smart girl with a talent (her eidetic memory) that she feels the need to hide, or as a victim/survivor of, and witness to, domestic abuse. I sincerely hope we will continue to see more and more great characters like Elena in YA literature, and I want to say thanks to Ms. Briggs for giving us such a wonderful, strong, complex heroine!
Well, this review was way longer than I’d intended for it to be, but I guess sometimes the words won’t stay put and feel the need to be set forth! For those who aren’t so in to reading long reviews, though, I’ll say this:
TL;DR – Read this series, especially if you enjoy time travel adventures and wonderfully complex, strong, courageous, but also flawed heroines!
Rating: 4 stars!
However, despite having won FS almost a year ago, I hadn’t yet found time to read it; so many books, so little time, as usual! When I saw the tour announcement, then, I jumped at the chance to take part, so I’d be “forced” to make time to read it. Luckily, I was not at all disappointed as I read through FS! I found it to be a great mix of mystery/thriller and sci-fi that dealt with time travel in a fairly simple and straightforward way. I didn’t have any lulls in reading; the story was exciting and had me constantly wanting to read “just one more chapter!” I experienced every emotion the characters experienced, and I could “see” the bleak future tin which they found themselves as if I was there, too. Ms. Briggs even brought me to tears once or twice!
I was actually very happy that I had Future Threat ("FT") in hand to read right away when I finished FS, because I enjoyed FS so much and had fallen in love with Adam and Elena. Now, FS does not end on a cliffhanger, and if you wanted to end your experience there, for some reason, you certainly could; Ms. Briggs excelled at telling a complete story in the one book. That said, I was thrilled to have the opportunity to read more about Elena and Adam and, hopefully, to get a taste of how their actions in FS may have changed their future.
It’s fascinating to me to think about how all the little decisions we make in life impact and shape the future we will have, and to consider what would be different had we made a different choice, had we chosen the other path with which we’d been presented. Elena and Adam get an up-close, in-person look at how the future can be positively affected by altering their behavior in the present. However, in their second time travel adventure, they also find out that the future can be affected - positively and negatively - by their actions *in the future* to which they have traveled. At that point, they must decide whether or not to travel back to that future, to see if they can prevent tragedy from befalling their team – and if they make the attempt and it doesn’t work, then what? Do they try a third time? Is it even possible to get back to the seemingly perfect future they found at the beginning of the book, or have circumstances spun out of their control completely?
While FS spent more time acquainting us with the characters and the mystery behind the fate they each discover while breaking the rule against looking up their future selves, FT digs deeper into the paradoxes of time travel and the intricacy and fragility of “the future.” Elena, Adam, and the others are exposed to how quickly - and drastically - the future can be altered, even by what seems like such a small deviation from the plan. Ms. Briggs really gets the reader thinking about the “butterfly effect,” as it becomes clear how interconnected everything in our universe is. Because of this, the small change the group makes to their actions in their second trip to the future at the beginning of FT results in drastic, large changes to that future. Then they must decide if it’s worth it to try and override that mistaken change by making a third trip to the future. What if, in doing so, they accidentally make yet another small change that will add up to another drastic alteration of the future, and so on and so forth? When does it ever end? And should they be “playing God” in this way??
Future Threat is a smart, sophisticated book that really gets the reader thinking about time travel and all its potential possibilities and pitfalls. I kept saying, “but wait! what about xyz??” and “oh no, you can’t change the plan! that’s a terrible idea!” I loved how Ms. Briggs handled this complex issue without overwhelming the reader (or making my head hurt!). Like I said, I’m a sucker for time travel books, and Future Threat (as well as Future Shock) is right up there with some of the best YA time travel books I’ve read.
I also want to make sure I mention how much I loved the characters, apart from all the time travel stuff, because I really did feel like I got close to them in both of these books. Adam is just…ADORKABLE!, and I loved him from pretty much the moment he appeared in the Aether conference room in FS. What can I say? He’s so very much my type! Chris is also a great character, a young man who’s had such a hard time in the foster care system and wants nothing more than to have a future in which he can be the great parent he wishes he had growing up. The new characters that we meet in this book are also likable, although they didn’t quite shine for me in the way that the rest of the original team (ie, Zoe and Trent) did in Future Shock.
As great as Adam, Chris, and the others are, though, my favorite character was definitely Elena. She was tough, smart, sarcastic, caring, empathetic, brave, courageous, daring, and so much more. I loved her tattoos, her self-doubt, her strength in the face of daunting odds, and her determination. She is the type of female main character that I LOVE to read about. I would dearly love to see more characters like her, and even more importantly, I know there are young women much younger than me who don’t just *want* to see characters like Elena, they *NEED* to see characters like Elena. Why? Because she is them. She reflects what many of our young women face, in one aspect or another, whether it’s as a foster child, as a Latina, as a smart girl with a talent (her eidetic memory) that she feels the need to hide, or as a victim/survivor of, and witness to, domestic abuse. I sincerely hope we will continue to see more and more great characters like Elena in YA literature, and I want to say thanks to Ms. Briggs for giving us such a wonderful, strong, complex heroine!
Well, this review was way longer than I’d intended for it to be, but I guess sometimes the words won’t stay put and feel the need to be set forth! For those who aren’t so in to reading long reviews, though, I’ll say this:
TL;DR – Read this series, especially if you enjoy time travel adventures and wonderfully complex, strong, courageous, but also flawed heroines!
Rating: 4 stars!
October 11, 2025
Author: Elizabeth Briggs
Title: Future Threat
Series: Future Shock
Cover Rating:
Silver Star
Book Rating:
4 Stars
About the Book:
Six months ago Aether Corporation sent Elena, Adam, and three other recruits on a trip to the future where they brought back secret information--but not everyone made it back to the present alive. Now Elena's dealing with her survivor's guilt and trying to make her relationship with Adam work. All she knows for sure is that she's done with time travel and Aether Corporation.
But Aether's not done with her--or Adam, or fellow survivor Chris. The travelers on Aether's latest mission to the future have gone missing, and Elena and her friends are drafted into the rescue effort. They arrive in a future that's amazingly advanced, thanks to Aether Corporation's reverse-engineered technology. The mission has deadly consequences, though, and they return to the future to try to alter the course of events.
But the future is different yet again. Now every trip through time reveals new complications, and more lives lost--or never born. Elena and Adam must risk everything--including their relationship--to save their friends.
The second book in the New York Times bestselling Future Shock trilogy.
My Thoughts:
I think Future Threat is such a trip. There is so much going on that I am grateful that the author makes sure to rehash some previous events so that the new establishments of power, weapons and travel effects including the stages of character processing, where they stand how they feel and what they are going through that I almost needed a fresh mental 'download' on what took place the first time around in the first book.
Although I would like to mention that reading the first book isn't completely necessary due to the fact that Briggs did a fantastic job filling in readers I would highly recommend it simply because there is so much going on - on so many levels that I believe the readers need it.
I love the cast in the Future Shock series, they are bright, they're alive and its easy to place yourself in their shoes. Even though I don't really think it was meant to be I do think that this series so far is an emotional read for me.
There is a dash of romance but it doesn't take the whole of the story which is nice because it allows the reader to really focus on what's taking place on a plot level than the character level despite it being so vital to whats going on.
If you haven't read this series yet pick it up, you won't regret it.
Disclaimer:
Krissys Bookshelf Reviews received a digital copy in exchange for an honest review from the author. All thoughts, comments and ratings are my own.
Note:
If any of Krissy's Bookshelf Reviews has been helpful please stop by to like my post or leave a comment to let me know what you think. I love hearing from you!
Title: Future Threat
Series: Future Shock
Cover Rating:
Silver Star
Book Rating:
4 Stars
About the Book:
Six months ago Aether Corporation sent Elena, Adam, and three other recruits on a trip to the future where they brought back secret information--but not everyone made it back to the present alive. Now Elena's dealing with her survivor's guilt and trying to make her relationship with Adam work. All she knows for sure is that she's done with time travel and Aether Corporation.
But Aether's not done with her--or Adam, or fellow survivor Chris. The travelers on Aether's latest mission to the future have gone missing, and Elena and her friends are drafted into the rescue effort. They arrive in a future that's amazingly advanced, thanks to Aether Corporation's reverse-engineered technology. The mission has deadly consequences, though, and they return to the future to try to alter the course of events.
But the future is different yet again. Now every trip through time reveals new complications, and more lives lost--or never born. Elena and Adam must risk everything--including their relationship--to save their friends.
The second book in the New York Times bestselling Future Shock trilogy.
My Thoughts:
I think Future Threat is such a trip. There is so much going on that I am grateful that the author makes sure to rehash some previous events so that the new establishments of power, weapons and travel effects including the stages of character processing, where they stand how they feel and what they are going through that I almost needed a fresh mental 'download' on what took place the first time around in the first book.
Although I would like to mention that reading the first book isn't completely necessary due to the fact that Briggs did a fantastic job filling in readers I would highly recommend it simply because there is so much going on - on so many levels that I believe the readers need it.
I love the cast in the Future Shock series, they are bright, they're alive and its easy to place yourself in their shoes. Even though I don't really think it was meant to be I do think that this series so far is an emotional read for me.
There is a dash of romance but it doesn't take the whole of the story which is nice because it allows the reader to really focus on what's taking place on a plot level than the character level despite it being so vital to whats going on.
If you haven't read this series yet pick it up, you won't regret it.
Disclaimer:
Krissys Bookshelf Reviews received a digital copy in exchange for an honest review from the author. All thoughts, comments and ratings are my own.
Note:
If any of Krissy's Bookshelf Reviews has been helpful please stop by to like my post or leave a comment to let me know what you think. I love hearing from you!
August 23, 2017
This is a true young adult novel - no sex, graphic violence, or harsh language. I would have no issues handing this to either, or both, of my children to read. Also, I have not read anything by Elizabeth prior to this book - including the 1st novel in the series - so this can be read as a stand alone if desired.
This story line addresses the age-old question of time travel affecting both past and future realities. How little a change is necessary to completely warp not only the future, but also the past? Can too much knowledge be a bad thing? And, who really is the culprit here... Aether? Or, someone else?
Synopsis:
Six months ago Aether Corporation sent Elena, Adam, and three other recruits on a trip to the future where they brought back secret information--but not everyone made it back to the present alive. Now Elena's dealing with her survivor's guilt and trying to make her relationship with Adam work. All she knows for sure is that she's done with time travel and Aether Corporation.
Unfortunately, they are not done with her...
Review:
Overall this was an entertaining read, but I would recommend it more to young adults than to seasoned readers. The plot is well-written; the characters well-developed; but the culprit is a little predictable.
**I received a complimentary copy of this ebook via NetGalley.**
This story line addresses the age-old question of time travel affecting both past and future realities. How little a change is necessary to completely warp not only the future, but also the past? Can too much knowledge be a bad thing? And, who really is the culprit here... Aether? Or, someone else?
Synopsis:
Six months ago Aether Corporation sent Elena, Adam, and three other recruits on a trip to the future where they brought back secret information--but not everyone made it back to the present alive. Now Elena's dealing with her survivor's guilt and trying to make her relationship with Adam work. All she knows for sure is that she's done with time travel and Aether Corporation.
Unfortunately, they are not done with her...
Review:
Overall this was an entertaining read, but I would recommend it more to young adults than to seasoned readers. The plot is well-written; the characters well-developed; but the culprit is a little predictable.
**I received a complimentary copy of this ebook via NetGalley.**
May 29, 2020
Urban Fantasy, first published 2017
Definitiv Teenager-Literatur, und zwar für sehr junge Teenager, denn schon 16-Jährige dürften diese kindisch-naive Idee schwer schlucken können:
"...obtain a design for a machine that could create synthetic water, which we believe could potentially cure the drought and hunger problems of the world.”
🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️Brennstoffzelle?? Gibt es schon ewig! Meerwasserentsalzung ist allerdings wesentlich einfacher und billiger... offenbar kann man in den USA einen Hochschulabschluss machen ohne auch nur das allereinfachste Basiswissen in den Naturwissenschaften.
Die Versuche einer bildhaften Sprache zielen auf ein zu Übertreibungen neigendes jugendliches Publikum:
Dread fills my stomach with battery acid...
...die gute alte Magensäure ist offenbar nicht sauer genug?
With every step, my nerves pull tighter and tighter, like a rubber band ready to snap.
Ähm.
When my eyes are raw and red, burning like they’ve been rubbed with sandpaper, ...
Man könnte das Sandpapier noch mit Batteriesäure tränken...
Teenie-Romanze mit ziemlich unausgegorenener Handlung.
Definitiv Teenager-Literatur, und zwar für sehr junge Teenager, denn schon 16-Jährige dürften diese kindisch-naive Idee schwer schlucken können:
"...obtain a design for a machine that could create synthetic water, which we believe could potentially cure the drought and hunger problems of the world.”
🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️Brennstoffzelle?? Gibt es schon ewig! Meerwasserentsalzung ist allerdings wesentlich einfacher und billiger... offenbar kann man in den USA einen Hochschulabschluss machen ohne auch nur das allereinfachste Basiswissen in den Naturwissenschaften.
Die Versuche einer bildhaften Sprache zielen auf ein zu Übertreibungen neigendes jugendliches Publikum:
Dread fills my stomach with battery acid...
...die gute alte Magensäure ist offenbar nicht sauer genug?
With every step, my nerves pull tighter and tighter, like a rubber band ready to snap.
Ähm.
When my eyes are raw and red, burning like they’ve been rubbed with sandpaper, ...
Man könnte das Sandpapier noch mit Batteriesäure tränken...
Teenie-Romanze mit ziemlich unausgegorenener Handlung.
September 13, 2017
I loved the first book in this trilogy, so after we read some of Briggs' New Adult Romances it was time to dive into book two of this YA trilogy.
And this is yet another cool read.
I will confess that I thought the time traveling got a bit... dodgy. Looking at the fact that the future constantly changes by things Elena and the others do, I think that some of the things that happened in this story shouldn't be possible. It sure made me raise and eyebrow at times.
It's a credit to Briggs' writing and storytelling that I was able to let these time travel glitches slide and enjoyed the story even so.
Elena continues to be a cool character. She's slowly learning to trust others and I enjoyed seeing her evolve. I also really liked Adam and Chris. It was the new cast of characters I didn't really warm up to, but the story is cool enough that it didn't matter.
All in all a great read. You bet I'll be getting my trotters on the last book once it releases.
And this is yet another cool read.
I will confess that I thought the time traveling got a bit... dodgy. Looking at the fact that the future constantly changes by things Elena and the others do, I think that some of the things that happened in this story shouldn't be possible. It sure made me raise and eyebrow at times.
It's a credit to Briggs' writing and storytelling that I was able to let these time travel glitches slide and enjoyed the story even so.
Elena continues to be a cool character. She's slowly learning to trust others and I enjoyed seeing her evolve. I also really liked Adam and Chris. It was the new cast of characters I didn't really warm up to, but the story is cool enough that it didn't matter.
All in all a great read. You bet I'll be getting my trotters on the last book once it releases.
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