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heabooknerd's review
5.0
THE POWER OF TWO is an old favorite of mine but it's been many years since I read it. As one of the first science fiction romances I ever read it has a special place in my heart and I enjoyed it just as much today as I have in the past. I loved the world which has emerged in the future and found The Quantum Brain Tandem Project to be a really cool idea. Cai and Jake can communicate psychically and Cai, a computer genius, has access to almost unlimited information on all the UCE systems; plus she's a bit of a hacker so that gives her even more information. When they're first linked Jake believes that Cai is a computer, and as a socially awkward 16 year old she never says anything. Several years later she has to reveal that she's actually human because Cai is being sent into the field for the next mission.
To make things even better, especially for my trope loving heart, this is a fake relationship romance and I loved reading about Cai and Jake pretending to be lovers on the Raft Cities. Cai has always crushed on Jake but it's only been recently that Jake is dealing with feelings for Cai. Jake carries a lot of baggage over a mission gone wrong several years before and he believes Cai deserved better so he puts up a lot of resistance. These two were so much fun to read about and I love how determined, loyal, and feisty Cai is.
This is technically the 4th book in a multi-author series but you can read it as a standalone. While all the books are set in the same world and involve a growing rebellion/uprising undercurrent, the book's individual plots are fairly contained. There's full resolution to Cai and Jake's relationship as well as their mission.
To make things even better, especially for my trope loving heart, this is a fake relationship romance and I loved reading about Cai and Jake pretending to be lovers on the Raft Cities. Cai has always crushed on Jake but it's only been recently that Jake is dealing with feelings for Cai. Jake carries a lot of baggage over a mission gone wrong several years before and he believes Cai deserved better so he puts up a lot of resistance. These two were so much fun to read about and I love how determined, loyal, and feisty Cai is.
This is technically the 4th book in a multi-author series but you can read it as a standalone. While all the books are set in the same world and involve a growing rebellion/uprising undercurrent, the book's individual plots are fairly contained. There's full resolution to Cai and Jake's relationship as well as their mission.
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