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Crucible Zero

de Devon Monk

Sèrie: House Immortal (3)

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"Matilda Case never thought of herself as a hero. But because she is galvanized--and nearly immortal in her stitched, endlessly healing body--she doesn't have much of a choice. Even if she doesn't want to save the world, she's the only one capable of traveling in time to do so. But her rescue attempt hasn't gone as planned. She's stuck in an alternate universe, and her world is in danger of disappearing. Worst of all, an unfathomably powerful man who can also travel through history doesn't want her to put things to rights. He's willing to wage blood war to stop Matilda, unless she surrenders a control of time to him. Now, with the minutes ticking, Matilda must make impossible decisions, knowing that one wrong choice will destroy her--and any chance of saving everything she loves ..."--Back cover.… (més)
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3.5/5 stars.

We pick up with Matilda right where we left her: standing in a new timeline (timeway, the book says), explaining to her brother how she's Matilda, and that the Evelyn he knew is gone. Abraham and Foster are there, mercenaries who remember her as a small girl in 1910 but have no memory of the alternate timeway, and Neds and her grandmother are alive.

Matilda not only remembers the other timeway, she seems to be briefly visiting it, and she's not alone because Slater Orange is often with her, still trying to kill her and rule the world. This put rest my fears about abandoning everything that had come before and restarting with this new timeway, because the enemies and issues were the same, even if the timeway was different.

There's some great stuff in here with old friends being given new life, and the chimeras are even more varied and fun (and feral). The mystery of the diary from the first book is solved, and it made so much sense when it was.

I like this series. I like Matilda, the galvanized, her entire family, Neds, Welton, Oscar, chimeras, and specifically tiny blue sheep. I was very pleased with the way this book wrapped up so many things that had been put in play since book 1.

[I received this book free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.]

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  tldegray | Sep 21, 2018 |
Matilda finds herself in a different timeway with all of her loved ones alive and well, but not exactly how she remembers them. She quickly realizes that she can deal with the changes as long as she stops Slater from destroying them all.

CRUCIBLE ZERO brings us back to the House Immortal series and wastes no time picking up where INFINITY BELL left us with its cliffhanger. It was a bit weird seeing how alike and different all of our favorite characters were in the new timeway, but I quickly feel in love with their new counterparts. The world also has a lot of changes to it and Monk did a great job of building it up for us.

I missed the closeness between Abraham and Matilda as she was trying to figure him out again. It did help that Abraham, though different, was still very drawn to Matilda and therefor was very open to a relationship. Still Matilda took a while to give in to her feelings so I missed their easy relationship from INFINITY BELL.

With it's many fight scenes and interesting twists and turns, book 3 lived up to the previous books in the House Immortal series. CRUCIBLE ZERO did a great job proving that happily ever afters can come in very unusual, but interesting ways. Bravo Ms. Monk, another great series!

* This book was provided free of charge from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. ( )
  STACYatUFI | Sep 3, 2015 |
I loved this book! After reading the first two books in this series, I couldn't wait to read the next installment. The second book left a bit of a cliffhanger so I was feeling an urgent need to see what was going to happen to Matilda. This book picked up right where the last one left off. This series really needs to be read in order and I would suggest that all new readers start with the first book in the series, House Immortal.

I had kind of expected this book to leave some kind of thread for the next book in the series and I was a little shocked when the ending felt very final. I check the author's website and found this series is listed as a trilogy. I shed a small tear when I realized that this will most likely be the third and final novel with this group of characters. I then realized that I am actually okay with the fact that this is a trilogy because it is pretty fantastic as it is. I won't have to worry about this series going downhill and I can read these three book again any time that I want.

This book is set in a different timeway than the previous two books. When Matilda tried to fix time in the previous story, she returned to an alternate time, which they call a timeway in this story. Things are different in this timeway but many things are also strangely similar. We do see the same cast of characters but they have lived a very different life. I liked these characters but I really found myself wishing that someone besides Matilda remembered the way things were in the original timeway.

This is one of those stories that I didn't want to put down. I found myself sneaking peeks at this book during the workday, in line at the bank, and really every waking moment that I had from the time I started the book until I had turned the last page. I think that it is incredible that I found every book in this trilogy to be amazing hard to put down. This book does so many things right. It is a completely unique and interesting idea filled with wonderful characters. There was a lot of action and just the right amount of emotions. The chemistry between Matilda and Abraham continued to make the story interesting. The pacing of the story was nearly perfect and I absolutely love this author's writing style.

I would highly recommend this series to all fans of Urban Fiction. I am going to hold out a bit of hope that maybe things aren't quite done in this world because I would love to read more about it. The three books in this trilogy are the only three books that I have read by Devon Monk but I definitely plan to work on some of her older titles and watch for any future works. Bravo!

I received an advance reader edition of this book from Penguin Group - Roc via NetGalley for the purpose of providing an honest review. ( )
  Carolesrandomlife | Aug 25, 2015 |
House Immortal has been my absolute favorite series by Monk so far. I read the Allie Beckstrom series and really enjoyed it. I also read the first couple books in the Age of Steam series and thought they were okay. This book ties up the House Immortal series and it was absolutely perfect; this is just such a great series...it blends together a lot of wonderful genres and has a bit of an urban fantasy feel to it pace-wise.

After fixing time Matilda (Tilly) finds out that things haven’t turned out as planned. She wakes up in an alternate universe, a universe where she didn’t survive her transfer into the galvanized body and everyone thinks of her as Evelyn. Instead of being leaders in society in this world the galvanized are mercenaries and outlaws surviving as they can.

Matilda is willing to deal with all this until she finds out that Slater Orange is still present in this world and still a threat. Even more confusing is that fact that Matilda keeps having brief moments where she falls between realities and Slater is in every reality. However the most heartbreaking thing is that when Matilda finds out that Abraham has no idea who she is. Now Matilda must get her brother and Abraham to believe her outlandish story and to help her stop Slater Orange once and for all.

This was a spectacular conclusion to this amazingly creative trilogy. I continue to love the wonderfully creative world that is a bit post-apocalyptic, a bit steampunk, and a bit sci-fi. The story has an urban fantasy feel to it in how it's paced as well. The underlying Frankenstein theme to how the galvanized are formed adds to the creativity and makes the series even more interesting.

Matilda is an excellent character, she is tough and practical and doing her best to not let the whole “arriving in an alternate reality thing” bother her. You really feel for her as she tries to fit in in a completely new world and cope with reforging friendships. In fact this was one of the highlights of the book; I loved how we had to re-meet all the characters from the previous books and see what kind of lives they had made for themselves and how they fit into this new reality.

Abraham is in the story in a big way. It broke my heart that he didn’t know Tilly. He is a tougher and meaner Abraham than we knew in Tilly’s original world, but he is still Abraham and he is still loyal and capable and drawn to Tilly.

The way the story wraps up is amazing and I absolutely loved it. I pretty much just loved everything about this book.

Overall this was a perfect conclusion to a wonderfully creative and action-packed series. I love the characters and the time travel; the story is just woven together perfectly. This is just an awesome trilogy that I highly recommend to everyone. ( )
  krau0098 | Aug 16, 2015 |
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"Matilda Case never thought of herself as a hero. But because she is galvanized--and nearly immortal in her stitched, endlessly healing body--she doesn't have much of a choice. Even if she doesn't want to save the world, she's the only one capable of traveling in time to do so. But her rescue attempt hasn't gone as planned. She's stuck in an alternate universe, and her world is in danger of disappearing. Worst of all, an unfathomably powerful man who can also travel through history doesn't want her to put things to rights. He's willing to wage blood war to stop Matilda, unless she surrenders a control of time to him. Now, with the minutes ticking, Matilda must make impossible decisions, knowing that one wrong choice will destroy her--and any chance of saving everything she loves ..."--Back cover.

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