{"id":5057,"date":"2015-04-06T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-06T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=5057"},"modified":"2015-03-10T10:48:06","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T15:48:06","slug":"e-for-etherworld-by-claudia-gabel-cheryl-klam-book-review-escape-from-virtual-paradise-turned-hell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=5057","title":{"rendered":"E for Etherworld, by Claudia Gabel & Cheryl Klam (book review) – escape from virtual paradise turned hell!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"book<\/a>Escape from polluted world to nature paradise through virtual reality<\/a>!
\nIt’s simple, it’s safe… it’s addictive.<\/p>\n

Regan has mourned her father’s death for too many months, watched his fabulous virtual reality creation be exploited by young protege whose mother is profits-first, realized the dangers of Elusion – and discovered that Dad may be alive!<\/p>\n

All she has to do is enter Elusion undetected, tweak technical stuff beyond her understanding, and pray that new boyfriend Josh is really on her side…<\/p>\n

Just published on March 31st, Etherworld<\/em>\u00a0 is the answer to the potential and peril begun in Elusion<\/em>\u00a0 (my no-spoiler recommendation here<\/a>) which recently came out in paperback – so you can read them both now!<\/p>\n

**kmm<\/p>\n

Book info<\/strong>: Etherworld (Elusion, book 2) \/ Claudia Gabel & Cheryl Klam. Katherine Tegen Books, 2015.\u00a0 [Claudia\u2019s website<\/a>]\u00a0 [Cheryl\u2019s website<\/a>]\u00a0 [publisher site<\/a>] Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n

My book talk<\/strong>: Missing teens and a criminal conspiracy – if Regan can escape from Elusion using her father’s Etherworld technology, she can prove that the virtual reality system makers knew its addictive dangers, unless they get her first!<\/p>\n

In pollution-clogged 22nd century test cities, some teens who hacked their Equips to stay in Elusion far past the safe time limits have disappeared, but the escape-to-nature vr will still be released nationwide.<\/p>\n

Regan travels into Elusion with her boyfriend Josh, whose sister is among the missing, as they follow clues that Regan’s father is still alive. Warnings from the Elusion creator’s protege Patrick don’t ring true once they learn that his mother falsified Elusion’s safety data so their company could make millions.<\/p>\n

Elusion’s ads say that nothing can harm you in an Escape since your body isn’t really there, but Regan and Josh discover that’s not true! A vicious predator follows them from Escape to Escape, safe havens become traps, and they meet others who cannot be in a two-person Escape, yet are.<\/p>\n

Returning from Elusion will land her in the psych ward, staying there may unhinge her mind… but finding her father is worth the risk.<\/p>\n

This exciting sequel to Elusion<\/em>\u00a0 (my review here<\/a>) examines the limits of loyalty, the dangers of greed, and the potential good and bad that any new technology can bring. (One of 6,000 books recommended on www.abookandahug.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Escape from polluted world to nature paradise through virtual reality! It’s simple, it’s safe… it’s addictive. Regan has mourned her father’s death for too many months, watched his fabulous virtual reality creation be exploited by young protege whose mother is profits-first, realized the dangers of Elusion – and discovered that Dad may be alive! All […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,68],"tags":[10,90,22,7,11,20,5,70,37,16,18,40,44,71,39,49,15,21,66,35,33,58,3,8,28],"class_list":["post-5057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fiction","category-future","tag-a2z","tag-abandonment","tag-behavior","tag-beliefs","tag-communication","tag-conflict","tag-coping","tag-crime","tag-death","tag-determination","tag-family","tag-fathers","tag-friendship","tag-kidnapping","tag-love","tag-memories","tag-relationships","tag-self-image","tag-series","tag-surprises","tag-survival","tag-technology","tag-teens","tag-us-author","tag-villains"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5057"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5370,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5057\/revisions\/5370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}