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The Decaying Empire: 2 Paperback – 21 April 2015

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When eighteen-year-old teleporter Ember Pierce wakes up in a Los Angeles hospital, she remembers only the basics: she's been trained by the government as a spy, she's sent on dangerous missions, and her last assignment--the one that landed her in the hospital--was a setup.

Caden Hawthorne has spent the past ten months of his life grieving Ember's death. So when she shows up in his room like an apparition, he can't believe his eyes. But this Ember is different. Her hair is longer, her skin is paler, her gaze is haunted. She tells him what he's already begun to suspect: someone he trusted betrayed her.

Now, uncertain who is friend and who is foe, Ember and Caden face the toughest mission of their lives--to stay together and survive, as they run from danger toward an unknown future.

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Publisher : Skyscape (21 April 2015)
Language : English
Paperback : 330 pages
ISBN-10 : 1477829040
ISBN-13 : 978-1477829042
Reading age : 15 - 17 years
Dimensions : 13.97 x 2.54 x 20.96 cm

Best Sellers Rank: 448,568 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 1,964 in Science Fiction & Dystopian Romance for Young Adults
- 7,144 in Science Fiction for Young Adults

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Born and raised in Fresno, California, Laura Thalassa spent her childhood reading and creating fantastic tales. She now spends her days penning everything from young adult paranormal romance to new-adult dystopian novels. Thalassa lives with her husband and partner in crime, Dan Rix, in sunny Santa Barbara, California. For more information, please visit laurathalassa.blogspot.com.

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Decaying Empire - wow!

Reviewed in Australia on 25 April 2015

I love this series & Laura Thalassa! Book one was great & book 2 OMG! Fantastic! So, I don't want to give the story away but one thing i will say is that you can always count on Laura to provide an amazing experience with any of the books she writes. I love the characters in this story & the storyline is so well written that you get pulled in right from the get go. So I've given 5 stars cause this is in my top list of books to read & recommend (let's be truthful here-any of Laura's books are). Highly recommended! One-click! I promise you won't regret it!

I received a free, advance copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for my unbiased review

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Chz

Amazing and capturing

Reviewed in Australia on 26 July 2018

I absolutely love this series. I only started it a couple of days ago, and since have finished book one and two! I couldn’t put it down. A great mix of action and romance. Bring on the third book!!

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Kaylee

The decaying empire

Reviewed in Australia on 24 May 2020

The decaying empire? Nothing decaying about this book. Great story line, well written. Gripping reading, I would very much recommend!

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Lucy Langtry

Simply amazing!

Reviewed in Australia on 3 March 2019

Amazing! I couldn’t stop turning the pages. It was a love story like no other, and kept you wanting more.

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This book was amazing. Very well written and the story line was ...

Reviewed in Australia on 25 April 2018

This book was amazing. Very well written and the story line was so different from anything I have read recently it was so hard to put down.

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Mrs A Culver

5 stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 February 2020

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Loved this book

Poison

Bien trop mou

Reviewed in France on 18 June 2015

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Le premier tome m'avait pas mal intrigué, et je m'étais retrouvé pressée de lire la suite à la fin. Donc j'ai pré-commandé la version numérique même si j'ai mis un mois à le lire.
On retrouve Ember quelques mois après la fin des éléments du tome 1 - cet écart est essentiel puisque la jeune fille est la narratrice principale et qu'elle était dans un sale état, il fallait qu'elle se requinque tout de même.
Petit à petit les souvenirs lui reviennent, et elle comprend qu'elle a été réveillée - elle ne s'est pas transformé en souris de laboratoire pour une seule raison : Caden.
Son âme-sœur est persuadé d'avoir perdu la femme de sa vie et se met en danger, donc le gouvernement prend le risque de les remettre en contact.

Menacée, en fuite, Ember ne peut pourtant se résoudre à abandonner Caden. Lorsqu'elle le retrouve, ils décident d'être honnête l'un envers l'autre et de ne plus agir seul.
Mais rapidement, Ember retombe dans ses travers, même si elle tente de mieux le dissimuler. J'ai eu un peu de mal à comprendre pourquoi les dirigeants du complexe réagissaient aussi vite dans le tome 2, alors que pour le premier volume il leur a tout de même fallu des mois pour décider quelque chose.

L'entièreté du roman est un ensemble d'aller et retour. On a constamment l'impression de faire un pas en avant, deux pas en arrière. C'est tout le temps la même idée fuite-capture-fuite-capture etc. avec de temps en temps des "projets de fuite" pour distraire le lecture.
On ne progresse pas du tout dans l'intrigue que ce soit du côté des motivations des différents protagonistes ou même dans la découverte des personnages mis en jeu.
On comprend rapidement qu'Ember et Caden ne peuvent pas se fier à tout le monde et qu'un ami de longue date peut très bien vous trahir, pourtant parfois ils n'auront pas le choix.

La fin change un peu les choses, et notre duo s'offre enfin une cavalcade crédible. Dissimulation, vol, stop, on retrouve bien l'idée d'une fuite un peu désorganisé par deux jeunes sans ressources. Malheureusement, comment se font-ils systématiquement talonné je me le demande ?
Enfin, les dernières pages se veulent surprenantes, mais ne le sont pas tant que ça. On se doutait depuis un moment qu'un truc louche se préparait et que ça allait avoir un rapport avec la porte de sortie qu'avait trouvé Ember. Reste à savoir maintenant comment l'auteur va s'en sortir dans le prochain tome.

Si j'ai aimé que les parents d'Ember reviennent un peu sur le devant de la scène, leur intérêt reste limité. Au final, ce roman aura été assez long et ne fait pas progresser l'histoire. Seule la dernière partie est un peu plus rythmée et prenante, offrant un mini-suspens. Je suis tout de même un peu déçue que l'auteur stagne autant de son histoire. Le prochain tome se devra d'être vraiment explosif pour compenser celui-ci, bien trop mou.

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Bootsy (Shell)

Interesting series. Four stars.

Reviewed in Canada on 26 April 2016

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This book is the second in the Vanishing Girl series, and as far as I can tell the last. The book ends resolving some issues, but , with the ending as it is,creates more unresolved issues. I believe there is an opening for a book three.
The Decaying Empire continues Ember and Cadens escape from the government controlled prison where they have been forced to use their teleporting abilities to work missions for the government. But now, have they escaped one captor to be snared by another?
The book is well written and action packed. It's a very interesting and enjoyable premise that the author,Laura Thalassa, has created in this series. Well done, four stars.

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Reviewed in France on 17 April 2017

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Jai adoré!!! J'ai hâte de le lire en français!! En espérant qu'il y est un troisième tome!!! Je recommande fortement!!

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Rebecca

Do not read. No book three to conclude series

Reviewed in the United States on 13 December 2019

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I should have researched before I started reading. Now I’m two books in with a lot of questions and it looks like this author is NEVER going to finish the series. This book was published in 2015 with promise of the third installment called THE DISAPPEARING ACT

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