This is one of the only dystopia books that take on a dark world. Yeah, we know that "The Hunger Games" was a scary book about districts and fighting, but in my opinion it has nothing against "The Chemical Gardens" series. They're both amazing stories. "The Chemical Gardens" scares me the most. When I read it I get shivers, that's how scary this world that Rhine lives in is. That's why I support her with her every choice and I don't get frustrated when she's stuck in a nother place~becuase it is a scary world. 
 This is also not one of those books in which everything happens to fall into the main characters hands. She doesn't just walk for a while and find her house, she doesn't just escape and make out with her boyfriend. It's not one of those books where after they do something the main character is like, "Let's forget the world and be with each other." Rhine is the type of girl character who doesn't rest. She's always thinking about what to do, how to do it, and she never rests. She barely ever takes time to cry. She just wants to protect the people she loves and find her twin brother. 
 That's Rhine~and that's why she's strong and one of my favorite characters in Literature. 
 Of course, if you're like me, you thought that "Wither" was sort of the end of that horrible time she was at the mansion. Beginning the first chapters of this story, you realize you're wrong. This book brings on a more scarier level than "Wither" did. It shows us a horrible image of what the world has come to be. Starting out with a scary Carnival ran by an evil crazy lady named Madame, Rhine and Gabriel are in horrible hands. When you think carnival, you think performances from clowns, ferris wheels, cotton candy, animals. I can tell you know that in "Fever" that is not the case. 
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 This carnival is not about clowns or animals, it's basically a prostitution place ran by some sick physco lady. It's horrible to read, and thankfully Rhine and Gabriel finally escape with Maddie (a malformed child). After the escape, things only get a little bit easier. Not Really. I think one of the reasons I like Gabriel is because he's not the average YA romance guy. He's a realist. He admits to Rhine that he's a little bit dissapointed and that he wished they had a plan. He protects her and doesn't focus on the kissing or other stuff like that. Their connection is sincere and not fake. It's developed and real. I love his character. As they make their way to Manhatten, I was happy~knowing that Rhine and Rowan would finally be united (but even a little part of me knew that this book wasn't so simple) and I was right. They weren't united~but this is the truth. Of course he wouldn't just sit around for her. 
 They go to the orphanage, and I thought life was at a perfect stop. Then Rhine got sick, and the book got crazy. The writing got crazy--in a good unique way--and things started to freak me out and make me cry. Seriously, as the main character got sick and hallucinated the writing in the novel shifted from a strong girl to a hallucinating maniac. At first I thought reality had hit her bad and that hope had finally ended. Instead she was sick, something Vaughn had done in the first book. I really hate him. I hate him and Madame. He's worst in this book. He finds her and he tortures her and for a couple of chapters you read the hell she lives through. As she goes mad and crazy strapped to a table, you start to read crazy things and it gets harder to tell the difference between reality and what she's dreaming. She hears nothing but horrid news and it gets worst and worst all the way to the lowest point. At the part when she's about to cut the tracker out of her skin---I was agreeing with her. I was so hurt with what I had been reading, the torture that everyone was going through---what she had gone through....DAMN I wanted her to cut the tracker out. I wanted her to go and hide and die on her own accord. I would have rather have her dead than to continue on with the pain and hallucination. Then Cecily came and Lindin. 
 Lindin sounds like a good thing in the end, but he's not. Just like the first book, he's too blind and naive. He's a reminder of why Rhine left him in the first place. She never loved him. Even though he's a jerk at the end---I felt glad that he wasn't one of those boys in novels that just threw their hearts at the main character, forgetting everyone else. He cared for Rose~and nothing is going to change that. 
 All in all, this book was good and the writing was fantastic. This isn't some happy happy novel with a main character that gets what she wants. This is a story about a girl who lives in a horrible world and wants to find her brother. 
 I'm going to buy the last book in this series because I NEED TO KNOW how the author is going to end the whole series. Is she gonna place a cure in the next book? Will Rhine die? Will they be stuck in this horrible world forever? Will something change? and finally~Will Rhine and Rowen be reunited? 
 I NEED TO KNOW!