by Aimster (link)
Genre science fiction, suspense/thriller, mystery
Pairings Isaac/Nikki, Taylor/Natalie, Zac/Kate
Length 12 chapters
Status Completed (part of the Kindred series)
The summary for this installment is not messing around! Who will survive? On the one hand, it puts something of a spoiler right up front. On the other hand, I’m not sure the fic is quite the race against time and free-for-fall murder fest that that summary makes me expect.
In fact, it follows along quite seamlessly with the rest of the series, with a few big missing pieces finally being revealed. Now that Alex knows that there were several more cloning experiments, he realizes it’s actually far worse than he realized. It all sort of ties back in to the mentioned “flaws” that the Russians were trying to fix. and what could the ultimate flaw be?
Seriously dangerous for all the clones at the lab, that’s what. In the end, there are fatalities, which the summary led me to believe there would be. It still doesn’t quite prepare me for one of those to be one of my favorite clones. Although he dies saving the rest of them, it’s little consolation for how quickly it all ends for him. Still–and I’m starting to sound like a broken record here–I appreciate Alex’s role in it all.
For several installments now, the clones have been more major players than Taylor, and that’s fine. They’re all interesting enough characters for that. The cliffhanger ending here, however, suggests that in the final installment, Taylor and the Hanson family are moving back to the forefront, and I’m curious to see how that plays out.
Review by Bethany (website)