This review was first posted on Ruby's Reads. 
 Narrator Review: After listening to Matthew Brown narrate The Fox Inheritance, I could not have imagined anyone else as Locke. Not only does Matthew Brown embody Locke Jenkins, he does a delightful job with all the other characters. I don't doubt that this is because Fox Forever is entirely Locke's story-all the characters are seen and heard through the filter of Locke's perceptions-but I think even that is something that Brown manages to convey. The slightest intonation makes me wonder how accurately I'm seeing Raine, Xavier-and especially Jenna-given who is relating the conversations or events. 
 Book Review: Although The Fox Inheritance and Fox Forever are technically sequels to The Adoration of Jenna Fox, I see them more as companion novels. Jenna's story was a stand-alone as far as I'm concerned. Jenna reached the apex of her journey long before Locke was ever resurrected and, frankly, I wasn't happy with the way that their stories converged at the end of The Fox Inheritance. Fortunately, Fox Forever deals with all the issues I had with Locke and Jenna's reunion, almost without a word on the subject. That's what I call good writing. 
 In Fox Forever, Locke is called on to return a favor. Since he promised, Locke knows he must answer the call, even if it means putting living on hold. At the end of the last book, Locke set out to live his life. He's in a hurry to catch up on all the years he missed. In particular, he wants to hurry up and live so he can get back to Jenna. Locke may have spent 260 locked in a black box, but he's still got every bit of a teenager's impatience for life to "start." And, though he believes that repaying the favor is just a thing he has to do before getting on with his life, what Locke doesn't realize is that doing so will bring all his desires to fruition faster than he could have imagined. Just not in the way he imagined. 
 I won't say that Locke's job of repayment (aka the plot) held any surprises. I guessed every twist and turn. Honestly, I thought it was slightly run-of-the-mill. Locke's circumstances (and, I'll admit, the cool futuristic elements) make it just interesting enough to save the story from banality. Some unique takes on a familiar plot would have upped the ante for me, but I didn't hate what I got, either. I already knew I liked Locke (and Fox Forever doesn't change that), and I liked Raine, even if I wanted more depth from her. The other characters were bland, mostly, though I was glad to see the return of sentient bots. 
 Fox Forever is a love story, a coming-of-age story and an exploration of what it means to be human. While this concept has been a recurring theme in each of the Jenna Fox books, Locke's story pushes the envelope. Jenna had that all-important 10% that made her still human, but Locke is entirely man-made. His memories, his very consciousness, are/is a product of science. Is it his capacity for love that makes him human? And what about his mind kept him from turning insane, like Kara? Locke doesn't know, and this book is about how he comes to terms with the strange, bewildering journey that has been his life. 
 And the ending? Well, it's a happy one, which is good-but while there were elements I liked and elements that I found to be too convenient. I'm sorry the series is over-I would have liked Kara to have a story-but Locke and Jenna have completed their journeys. Am I any closer to understanding what it means to be human? Sure, a little. But three books can't answer that question-props to the author for exploring the question.