A review by merilizabeth
The Essence by Kimberly Derting

3.0

The book somewhat felt slower than the first one, the treason and all the running and summit was not what I was looking forward to. It still was entertaining, even I guessed that any of the more main characters would be the one to oppose her reign, but instead it was just a small character that got entered into the story briefly. Also I did enjoy the double romance in the same characters meaning Sabara- Niko and Charlie- Max. Was quite fun to see when she would get caught and how this will evolve. Have to admit this is something similar to The Host and I think there was another similar book there, but I cant recall the title, for what it is worth The Unwind series also seemed from the same shelf as this, but that is not a bad thing, I do enjoy dual personality reads :)