Book Review | Eve of Man by Giovanna & Tom Fletcher

Happy Wednesday my lovely readers. Today I’m sharing my review of a reread. I didn’t review the first time round as I was on a blogging slump. But nothing is stopping me now. Two years ago I read this book. Last month the long awaited sequel, The Eve Illusion was released. Whilst I remember the story, I really wanted to go back to the world they created so when I get to the sequel it would be like I never left.

Eve of Man (Eve of Man, #1) by Giovanna Fletcher, Tom Fletcher
Published by Michael Joseph on May 31, 2018
Genres: Dystopian
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AGAINST ALL ODDS, SHE SURVIVED.THE FIRST GIRL BORN IN FIFTY YEARS.THEY CALLED HER EVE . . .
All her life Eve has been kept away from the opposite sex. Kept from the truth of her past.
But at sixteen it's time for Eve to face her destiny. Three potential males have been selected for her. The future of humanity is in her hands. She's always accepted her fate.
Until she meets Bram.
Eve wants control over her life. She wants freedom.
But how do you choose between love and the future of the human race?
EVE OF MAN is the first in an explosive new trilogy by bestselling authors Giovanna & Tom Fletcher.

My Review

So when you see two famous people writing a book, what’s your first impression?! Reading this a second time I felt this book was hugely underrated when it came out. I personally loved this book so much! I remember going to Waterstones a few days before, eager to see if it was released early and it was. It was one of those books that I started straight away and I couldn’t put it down. During my reread I was exactly the same, I felt like there was a huge smile on my face at time, going back to this book. I loved it.

Fifty years in the future, in that time no girls have been born. They don’t know why, until a miracle, they named her Eve. But being the first ever girl isn’t a cause of celebration when she is locked away, imprisoned for own good. They say it’s to protect, to protect the future of the world. But it’s more than that. Now, age sixteen, her destiny awaits, she is partnered with a ‘potential’ too mate with, to start the future of females once more, she knows that she will have no freedom until she meets Bram. Bram is Holly, Eve’s best friend, a projection, to make Eve feel less alone, less isolated. Bram has known Eve all her life, but when her life is threatened, he suddenly sees the flaws in the system, Eve sees as well. Now she wants to fight for her own life and her freedom.

Obviously I loved Bram and Eve, both of them so a like in their rebellious nature, not conforming to society and bringing down the patriarchy. Their romance though, wasn’t full on, it built gradually throughout the book. It fuelled and sparked the book to life. Moments together, that were built on so many sensations and raw emotion. It was perfect! I also felt really drawn to the Mothers, (nothing like Handmaid’s Tales) the nuns that looked after Eve, they were of the old world, down to earth, sacrificing their life, all to protect her. A fantastic cast of characters, that brings so many emotions.

Another element that I have to talk about is the world building. So fact about this book that I found out after I read it the first, is that the Dome where Eve is imprisoned, is actually inspired by the The Eden Project in Cornwall. It’s one of my favourite places I’ve visited. Rereading it also made the world more real and relatable. London, Big Ben, in 50 years time, the collapse of the world, all down to mother nature and the extinction of the human race without any females.

If there’s a team of writers that can work together it’s Tom and Giovanna. As a massive fan of Gi’s contemporary books, I was very intrigued by them writing a book totally outside of their comfort zone. I personally think they thrive as a couple and when I heard how they wrote it together. It’s seamless, each of them have their own unique voices but they both seem to reflect off each other. As Giovanna writes Eve and Tom – Bram’s point of view, it was just perfect. I’ve heard there another POV in the sequel, so I will be interested how that works.

Eve of Man, is a unique book. I haven’t read anything like it before. It’s one even a couple of years down the line, I still remember, even where I read it, Kew Gardens. It’s one of those that stays with you. It’s full of action, fast-paced and completely addictive. I loved how it combined so many elements of a classic dystopia and science-fiction whilst adding a twist to it.