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    Audiobook13 hours

    Prototype

    Written by M. D. Waters

    Narrated by Khristine Hvam

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    The stunning debut that began with Archetype- and has readers buzzing-concludes in Prototype, when a woman's dual pasts lock onto a collision course, threatening her present and future.

    Emma looks forward to the day when she can let go of her past-both of them. After more than a year on the run, with clues to her parents' whereabouts within her grasp, she may finally find a place to settle down. Start a new life. Maybe even create new memories with a new family.

    But the past rises to haunt her and to make sure there's nowhere on the planet she can hide. Declan Burke wants his wife back, and with a little manipulation and a lot of reward money, he's got the entire world on his side. Except for the one man she dreads confronting the most: Noah Tucker.

    Emma returns to face what she's done but finds that the past isn't the problem. It's the present-and the future it represents. Noah has moved on and another woman is raising their daughter.

    In the shocking conclusion to M.D. Waters's spectacular debut, Emma battles for her life and her freedom, tearing down walls and ripping off masks to reveal the truth. She's decided to play their game and prove she isn't the woman they thought she was. Even if it means she winds up dead. Or worse, reborn.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateJul 24, 2014
    ISBN9780698162259
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    Prototype
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    M. D. Waters

    M. D. WATERS is the author of Archetype. She lives in Maryland.

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    Reviews for Prototype

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    • 2/5
      Um. No. This has no story. Nothing happens. Maybe it was supposed to be a "romance" but even that was weak (and there is no sex). But there is no plot, action is contrived, and there is wayyyyy too much whining from afar about "the man you love" And, even on that, the main character waffles...
    • 5/5
      I love both books by this author. Archtype is the first in the series. You definitely have to read that one first to understand what is going on with this story.My only criticism would be that unless you read both books close together, you may have trouble remembering the story plot right away in the 2nd book. There was not much in a way of a quick back story to refresh the reader.Other than that, this sequel is a fantastic conclusion to the story of Emma and Noah. Mixed in is a bit of action, a love story, suspense and great characters.The book does not disappoint and I cannot recommend both of these books enough.
    • 4/5
      A great follow up and satisfying conclusion to an original and engaging series.

      This audiobook is narrated by the amazing Khristine Hvam. As always, Hvam does a superb job bringing to life the characters and the story.
    • 4/5
      Satisfying conclusion to Archetype. Raises some thought provoking questions regarding the legal status clones would have in the future.
    • 4/5
      Prototype confused me with the time jump a bit but I quickly was able to dive back into this cool futuristic setting with some great characters. I love the emphasis that was placed on true friends and made families and definitely recommend these two books to fans of romantic scifi!
    • 5/5
      Good conclusion. Although, I wished more against the villain. ? Only 1 erotic scene between married couple ?. I especially liked that this story was dystopian, a bit of Sci Fi action & romance all in one!
    • 4/5
      Note: There are spoilers for Archetype, Book One of this two-book series, but no spoilers for this book, which is the second and final book of the series. Archetype beings with Emma Burke waking up in a hospital with no idea who she is or what happened in the accident that took away her memories. Her handsome and rich husband, Declan, works patiently with her to help her remember, and doesn’t push her to resume her role as his wife. But gradually, being a wife to Declan is what Emma wants for herself.However, something is strange about Emma’s recovery: she keeps hearing a voice inside of her head, a voice Emma refers to as She or Her, who guides Emma and provides her with memories that her husband and doctor do not. They are disturbing memories, and what they reveal is at odds with everything Emma has been told to believe. Moreover, many of these memories involve a man who is not Declan, but who Emma comes to understand she loves fiercely. She becomes determined to find out the truth about her life.Prototype begins over a year after Archetype. Emma is now on the run, looking for her parents, or at least, the parents of the woman from whom she was cloned. She now understands that she was made from the cells of Emma Wade, a former officer in the Resistance, wife of Noah Tucker, and mother of Adrienne. The original Emma was fatally injured, but kept alive until Adrienne was born, and now only cloned Emma remains. She no longer has the thoughts of the original Emma to guide her and provide memories, and she is trying to make a new life for herself for who she is. She left Noah because she knew she was not really the woman he loved.Declan locates Emma and tries to recapture her, so she takes a step she was trying to avoid, and returns to the safety of the Resistance headquarters and to Noah. But Noah is now with Sonya, the doctor who kept Emma live until the baby was born, and who has stepped in to be a partner to Noah and mother to Adrienne. Although Emma is devastated, she decides not to leave Adrienne again, and reenlists with the Resistance. She continues to look for her parents though, and Declan continues to look for Emma. Emma and Noah grow close, and Sonya tells Noah she will leave, so everything seems like it might work out for the best. But then a betrayal in the Resistance threatens everyone, and it turns out the clones aren’t the only ones who aren’t really who they appear to be.Discussion: The storyline in these books falters from some of the scaffolding, including an awkward attempt to tie the science of cloning to a problem with female fertility. The author also adds a motif similar to Atwood’s A Handmaid’s Tale about captive girls living in guarded compounds and destined for purchase by men seeking fertile mates. These subplots are not fully developed and somewhat muddled. What I did like about the story is the relationship between the original Emma and her clone. To me, this is the true romance of the book, and what makes them worth reading. As the clone Emma says about her original:"One thing She got right that I never learned is that family is what you make it. It has nothing to do with blood and everything to do with the connections we nurture throughout our lives.”The original Emma is in fact “related” to her clone, but theirs is a relationship that is unique and exceptional, and one of the most interesting part of these books. The other friendships were well-drawn as well.I also liked the fact that the usual romance triangle is a bit inverted. It is not a matter of two males vying for a female, but a female who is conflicted over two males in a complex manner. I think that this is an area the author could have expanded upon even more. The clone Emma had to negotiate not only her own feelings, but also the feelings from her original donor. Neither male was simply good or bad, and both Emmas had a complicated history with each of them. Was the resolution justified? Worth considering.Worst aspect? The way the author gives the clone Emma a distinctive voice by having her speak in a stilted manner, never using contractions. There is absolutely no justification for this. First of all, we know when the original Emma speaks (as opposed to the cloned Emma) because italics are always used. Second, since the clone Emma is a clone, there is no reason her language would be different. And after a year and a half living in the world, even had the clone Emma started out speaking awkwardly, she would not continue to do that after all that time. Evaluation: I found both good and bad points about these two books which, as mentioned above, should be read together. Overall though, I think the author was able to add enough distinctive elements to her dystopia to make it an interesting and at times even gripping read.