Stuffed Animal Saturday: Ringer - Lauren Oliver

Stuffed Animal Saturday is a meme that we post here at We Live and Breathe Books to showcase the book we're currently reading with one of our favorite stuffed animals and discuss our stuffed animal's opinion (well, it's really our opinion, but that's besides the point). We hope you enjoy our quirky feature as much as we enjoy writing it!

This Saturday, me and fat Yeti are reading Ringer by Lauren Oliver!

So Far: I started with Gemma's story, and it begins shortly after their return from Haven. Gemma and Pete are still together, but she is constantly pre-occupied with what happened at Haven and what she is. When Gemma and Pete overhear her father's plans to have Caelum and Lyra killed, they rush to Tennessee in an attempt to warn them. However, once there, Pete and Gemma are taken hostage, most likely because they are mistaken for Caelum and Lyra. We are learning a lot more about Gemma's dad. He seems cold and calculated, but then he has this sort of soft spot for Gemma. Not sure what to make of him yet, but I do think he leans toward the evil side of things. 

Sneak peek: 

"Your daughter," he said, and Gemma's blood turned cold and heavy. "She was made at Haven. One of the first."

"She was born there, yes," Geoff said, and Gemma heard the importance of the correction - born, not made. But did it matter? Made, spliced, implanted - she might as well have been a fast-growing variety of bean sprout.
Fortune coughed. "You ever wonder what makes the difference?" When Geoff said nothing, he went on, "You want to put the replicas to good use, and I'm with you. But what makes them any different from your girl?"

"What do you think makes them different?" Geoff's voice had turned cold. "Someone wanted her."

Someone. Gemma noticed that he did not say I.

Thanks to HarperCollins for the ARC I received via Edelweiss and at BookExpo!

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