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Enigma was an entertaining conclusion to the Schrodinger's Consortium duology. It was fast paced, had an adorable romance, fun superpowers, and I couldn't help but like some of the new characters. I'm so glad I gave this duology a try, and I will definitely be picking up Tonya Kuper's future releases! Here are some of my thoughts on Enigma -

✮ A strong yet realistic heroine -

    Anger seethed in my stomach as I watched thunderhead clouds billow from behind the mountain peaks. Energy buzzed in my fingers. This mole, this accomplice to my attempted murder, this orchestrator of the deaths of innocent people, didn’t know what was coming for him. - Josie 


It's been three days since Anomaly ended, and my heart was saddened to see how much Josie was suffering. She was struggling emotionally from the fight she was in, along with the fact that she took someone's life. Someone who she thought she trusted, and was even a friend. But I had faith that Josie would pull herself together. And till then, I loved watching how she trained. She was was beyond fierce and brave. Yet her fears were always there too. See, that's one of the many reasons I liked her. She was someone who was not only realistic, but easy to like!

✮ Book boyfriend material -

    The thought of Josie putting her life on the line split me into pieces. Part of me, the part that respected her decision to do this and knew she was capable of making her own decisions, ballooned with pride. But the other part of me, the part that wanted a future with her, the selfish part of me, ached from the terror of possibly losing her. - Reid 


Probably my favorite thing about this whole book was Reid. I know. I'm hopeless. I loved that his top priority was keeping Josie safe. I loved that he was her biggest champion. And I absolutely loved when he was authoritative to others. He was amazing when he took charge! You'll see what I mean when they arrive in the Hub. Reid was still sexy as ever, such a good guy, and someone I could easily obsess about.

✮ Unique abilities and powers -

    Reid slid his hands off my waist and one corner of his mouth curved upward. “Time to kick ass.” 


I know I said this in my first review, but I have to mention it again. The powers and abilities in this book, I've never read about them before. It was fascinating to learn about, and I loved that they were entirely different from everything else out there. It made reading about their training, fighting or even every day moments SO much fun! And I loved seeing how Josie's powers manifested *she was fierce!!*!

✮ My only two wishes -

    This moment mattered. This moment was all those other kisses, and touches, and years of watching each other rolled into one. He felt it, too. - Josie 


I wish that some moments between Josie and Reid were expanded, because I'm greedy like that. Especially in the beginning when they were traveling around and staying in motel rooms. And had to share a bed. I wanted those good night moments. Whether they were sweet, awkward or even if it showed Josie waking up from her nightmares in the middle of the night. I couldn't have had enough of Josie and Reid time (I was a little obsessed about them). And I also wish there was more expansion on the Consortium. I wanted to know why they were the way they were and learn more about them.

    His hand wrapped around mine as I watched the sky and my chest suddenly seemed full. Reid was like quicksand— all consuming, sifting into parts of me I didn’t even know needed filling. - Josie 


So while I guessed how a few things would turn out, there were some twists and turns that were wonderful and surprising. I love when that happens! But but but, there was mention of a thing in the future *yes I'm being vague here haha*. So while it wrapped up beautifully, it also left room for a future book or even a spin-off? Maybe it's wishful thinking on my part, but I'd love to read more about these characters. I wasn't ready to say goodbye to them just yet, so fingers crossed!

*ARC kindly provided by Entangled Publishing via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review*

**4.5 Out Of 5 Stars**
Two weeks after the devastating events of book one, Josie and Reid have been on the move, trying to stay ahead of the mole in their organization that will take out everything they are trying to save. When Josie is given the option to stay with Reid and go to a safe house, or follow her family to the Resistance base where a mole is hiding, Josie has no choice. She decided to protect her family and bring the Consortium down, even if it costs her her life. This will be war and Josie will not back down.

This book is the perfect blend of imagination, mystery and suspense. Keep in mid that this is not a standalone story, but instead a second book in a complicated, much bigger world. Tonya is able to create this amazing, fantastical world full of people who pretty much have super powers and for the most part anything is possible (at least where Josie is concerned). The magic used by the Anomaly's reminded me kind of the movie the Matrix, where the mind can alter every scenario, making everything more fluid and reality is questionable. This can be so much fun, but it can also be even more dangerous for our main characters. I stumbled upon this series when it first came out around January 2015 and I could not stop thinking about what I had read and how I NEEDED more (it went past a want and to a very serious need). I did not want the story to end since I wanted to continue the action, danger, magic and most importantly, the romance.

Josie is such an awesome character, able to keep going and think of others when her own safety is on the line. Not to mention the fact that she just barely learned about her powers and the strange new world she was pushed into, yet she is rolling with the punches like a pro. She was determined, competent and related everything to something nerd-based, which makes her one of my favorite main characters (and look, the nerd saves the day and gets the love interest!). 
Reid was so cute and strong, willing to help Josie in any way, yet knowing she was capable on her own without his interference. He was the charmer too, but my absolute favorite line in the book was near the end of the story "...but I already had my eye on a treat. I like Nerds." See, swoon worthy, while being funny and true, which I think sums up Reid perfectly. Keep in mind that the romance was not the focus of the story, but I still loved the secret moments that Josie and Reid shared, how they complimented each other so well and I just wanted to wrap them in a smooshy hug, that's how much I liked them together. 

I enjoyed how the story kept me on my toes guessing, be it about what Josie can do next magically, or even suspect wise since nobody was off the table for potential guilt. I can't wait to see what else Tonya wants to write about, be it more in this series (which I am not sure will be more since this appeared to wrap up nicely but who knows) or something completely different. I was not let down by this story and enjoyed it just as much as I did the first book. This is the perfect series for fans of supernatural adventures, dangerous mysteries and a whole lot of fun nerdy references (which I forgot how much I loved them).

I received this book in return for my honest review, but I also pre-ordered a copy to go with my book 1, which should tell you my appreciation for the series.

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Thanks to NetGalley and Entangled Publishing for the opportunity to read and review Enigma by Tonya Kuper!  Reid and Josie are undercover because they are being hunted by the Oculi headquarters. They want to reach the Hub, the Resistance, and find out who the mole is. They make it to the Hub and don't know who they can trust, as they keep working on Josie's training. The mystery of the mole is solved and the entire Hub is compromised. The mystery and suspense kept me riveted and Josie's anxiety was definitely warranted. The author discusses anxiety after the story ends and gives hotline information for readers who deal with their own anxiety or know someone who does. 5 stars for this fantastic sci-fi story with realistic, lovable characters and unique abilities!

Josie hears that her mom and little brother are headed to the Resistance secret hideout so she and Reid decide to go there to protect them. Someone wants Josie dead so she is on the run with Reid protecting her with someone after Josie it puts her mom and little brother in more danger. 

When they arrive at the secret hideout they discover that her mom and brother have not arrived yet. This puts Josie on edge wondering if they are ok and if she needs to go find them but alas they finally make it safely. 

Josie and Reid discover that they have a mole among them in the Resistance hideout. The Consortium has infiltrated their camp biding their time until they can take Josie either dead or alive. Who is this mole? What exactly do they want with Josie? Do they want her dead? Or do they want her alive? Do they want her for her powers? 

Josie is the most powerful anomaly that they have run across so far. Josie needs a lot more practice using her powers if she is going to be able to defeat the mole and stop the Consortium. Josie has come a long way with the use of her powers in such a very short time. She has come a lot further than most. While Josie can control her powers better than most since she has come into her powers she still has a long way to go. She has to learn better control over her powers or she may she kill someone else. 

Josie has had a very difficult time dealing with killing Santos and never wants to do it again if she can help it but if killing someone else means saving someone she cares about and loves then she will do what she has to. 

I loved reading Anomaly the first book in the Schrodinger's Consortium so when I saw that the second book Enigma I knew I had to read it. I love all the characters and seeing them use their powers. I love how Josie cares for and loved her little brother Eli. I like how strong Josie was to put herself up for bait to save the people she cared about. Ok here is the part where I say I can’t wait to read more about Josie, Reid and all the other characters but I can’t say that now because sadly Enigma is the last book in series but I can say that I am going to miss Josie, Reid and everyone else. 

If you have not read Enigma then let me suggest that you do but you might want to read Anomaly first as you don’t want to miss out on another good book besides you might want to know what is going in Enigma as well. So pick up your copies of Anomaly and Enigma today!

in anomaly, josie's worldview changed entirely. she learned she had the ability to push and retract and affect the reality around her. she learned that when it came to fighting for her life, she could kill someone. she learned that she had greater reserves of strength that she could have ever imagined. 

and in enigma it's going to take all those reserves to battle the mole that is destroying the oculi world from within. it's not just josie and her family that are in danger, it's the entire oculi world. and the problem is that it's impossible to know who to trust, especially since oculi have the ability to shift heir appearance with a push of their thoughts. 

and if all that weren't problematic enough, she also has to hide her relationship with reid. especially given that trainers are not supposed to get involved with their trainees. except she has no one else she can really trust. and it's already hard enough to trust him. so staying away from him isn't really the answer. and given that leadership is understandably occupied with other matters, like figuring out the threats to their very existence, maybe they can keep their relationship under the radar. 

eventually everything will get blown up out into the open. who the mole is. what they've done. what the plan is. the truth about josie and reid. only some of those things are world changing. 

at the end of the day, all they want is the chance for some normal. even for people with extraordinary abilities, sometimes normal is all you need.

Thanks to Netgalley and Entangled Teen for a copy of the eARC in exchange for a fair review.

Josie and Reid are back and everything is fraught with danger on top of it all she has to live with killing someone. Worse there is a traitor in the resistance and the Consortium is still after her. Her family is in danger and she had to figure it out before it is too late.

Her powers are continuing to develop as well, and living with and training with her boyfriend is making things even more difficult. Soon she will have to us herself as Bait and hope that she can survive what is coming.

I have to say I wish I had reread the first book, the length of time between the two releasing made it so that I really didn't recall what happened in the first book. I remembered I liked it, but I couldn't remember much else. So I didn't enjoy this as much, it was well written and interesting. Tonya wrapped up the duology really well. 

 
This was a quick good read, it was fast paced and I kind of wish there was more. However, it didn't hold my interest as much as the first book did.

Sometimes you're not quite sure what you'll get with a sequel, especially one as heart-pounding as its predecessor. When it comes to Enigma there's no need to worry. The start gives you just enough time to gather your thoughts and take a few deep breaths before Josie and Reid have to run a few errands like find the mole within the Resistance and you know, save the world. 

Josie has barely had enough time to absorb the full impact of how her life has turned upside down and now the fact that her family is in danger reverberates throughout the book. Rather than run away, she chooses to take on the danger heading straight for the Resistance headquarters to find support and most importantly the mole. Reid is as ever loyal but also reeling from the shock that his partner turned out to be not so trustworthy. This is one of the central themes of the book - trust. How to find it again after the rug has been pulled out from under them. Going to the Resistance means a fine balancing act of trust and also independence in search of the truth. Both Josie and Reid are fully aware of this which means they must be even tighter than ever in order to survive and win the fight.

My favourite thing about what Tonya Kuper has created here is Josie. This girl owns who she is. She's a nerd, loves science and geeks out on all things superhero. She has never succumbed to the pressure to dumb down or be embarrassed by her nerdiness. She is full of grit and determination, a logical thinker but also pays heed to her heart. Reid admires her as she is and it's great to have a male character not feel intimidated or emasculated by her strength and powers. I think she's a fantastic role model for young girls.

As for the story, I actually enjoyed Enigma even more. In Anomaly, Josie was just getting to understand who she was. In Enigma, no longer isolated and now surrounded by her peers, she puts her I-mean-business hat on. Now they work together towards the greater good. Josie grows up fast taking on responsibilities she couldn't have imagined a year before. 

Enigma has adventure, action, love and intelligence. It's about a young woman who instead of asking "why me" adds purpose to her life. Definitely read this one!

 ~ Bel

Tonya Kuper's Enigma is the second installment in the authors Schrodinger's Consortium duology. Enigma is a story filled with deception, intrigue, plenty of action, and romance. As the result of protagonist Josie Harper's actions in Anomaly that led to a characters death, there is the distinct feeling that she and her trainer/partner Reid Wentworth are up against something they can't control without help. With the Consortium hot on Josie's tail because she isn't like other Oculi, it is time to meet the Resistance who she has aligned herself with. But, can she really trust them since it is apparent that something is rotten in the organization?

Josie and Reid have had 3 days of peace since the end of Anomaly. 3 days of hiding in hotels while avoiding the Resistance and the Consortium's mole who has their eyes set on Josie. 3 days of Josie coming to terms with her parent's role in the Resistance, while knowing that their serum made her who she is today. She is different from other Anomalies which makes her desirable to become a weapon of choice. But, she is also a human being with human feelings, especially towards her younger brother Eli who is an innocent caught in something he can't understand.

Enigma continues the story about people who are called Oculi. Oculi have abilities that allow them to manipulate and change reality. They also have a bank of limited energy, unlike Josie who seems to have an unlimited supply. For example, Reid can retract a motorcycle, and push a Jeep into existence. Reid is also co-narrator of this story. I like Reid. I like how he tries hard to restrain himself when it comes to Josie and his relationship. While it might be silly, Reid has a reputation to uphold. At the same time, his heart knows that Josie is his rock and his home. 

While Josie and Reid are the main characters, there are several others to keep your eyes out for. They include Cohen, Kat, and Zac Brown, who along with Josie and Reid, make up a group of Oculi with powerful abilities. Was curious to meet Reid's long lost father, Harrison Ross, since he was missing for so long. It was fun to run through the action packed conflict between the Consortium and the Resistance. In this world, everyone is guilty until proven innocent. You just don't know who has sold their soul to the Consortium, or who will give their left arm to stand by you. 


In closing, I think the story wrapped up perfectly fine. I appreciated that Kuper didn't toss Josie's best friend Hannah away for the sake of Josie's new world. Truth be told, I am disappointed that there won't be a third novel. With the group already mentioned, Josie, Reid, Zac, Kat, and Cohen, there is still a whole lot more they can explore.

Enigma is the second, and final instalment in the Schrodinger's Consortium series.


Josie and Reid are escaping on a road trip. Reid's main priority is to keep Josie safe, but decisions need to be made to keep her family, and others of their kind safe too. They choose to try and catch the hole (The inside man). It's going to be dangerous, but it needs to be done. 


Just like book one, there is action, fantasy, romance, and a little sci-fi. 


Josie and Reid's relationship needs to be on the low down but is heating up quickly. 


Another interesting read, which concludes the story. I would recommend it for fans of sci-fi fantasy like The Tomorrow People, and Divergent.


Enigma can be read as a standalone (It contains catch-up information) however, I would highly recommend you start with Anomaly. 


4 stars out of 5. 


*I received this book in exchange for a fair review*

I really wanted to love this book, I loved the first book when I first read it a couple of years ago, and have been waiting patiently since for this sequel. I re-read the first book just  before reading Enigma, and I have to admit it wasn’t as great as I remembered it, but I held out hope that with a few extra years the author would have developed and grown as a writer and as such the sequel would be better than the first. Sadly that wasn’t the case for me. 

Enigma picks up Josie and Reid’s story just a few days after we leave them in a hotel at the end of Anomaly. As the blurb explains the two of them decide to join Josie’s mum and brother at the Hub, and hope to root out the traitor they believe is feeding information back to the Consortium. With the Oculi’s ability to cSohange their ability to change their appearance the traitor could look like anyone! Mean that Josie has to constantly suspect everyone and it also leads to the consistent need to check that someone was in fact that person, it reminded a bit of Marvels Jessica Jones and also Vampire Diaries (season 4). I like this aspect of the plot as it keep you on the lookout for hints of the traitor in everyone’s actions.  Another thing I loved about this book was the pop culture references, it reminds you of Josie’s ‘roots’ and inherent geekiness. 

However, the second part of this book just felt a bit rushed and lack any kind of world building, maybe this was because of the decision to make this a duology instead of a trilogy. If felt as though one moment Josie and Reid were searching for the mole, the next it was over. I couldn’t connect with any of the newly introduced secondary characters they didn’t really have strong personalities, and I felt as though the short lived attempt at a love triangle was a bit unnecessary.   

So a bit of a mixed opinion of this book, although there were some good aspects which I enjoyed, however I couldn’t connect with other parts and the second part of the book just felt too rushed for me.

“Enigma” is the second and last book in the Schrodinger’s Consortium series. I enjoyed the first mainly because it had a little bit of everything- sci-fi, adventure, romance, science… but this second one fell a little short to me. I was hoping there would be a third that could redeem the series, but this one appears as though it will be the last! Here, we start with Reid and Josie on a roadtrip. When they hear Josie’s mother and brother are heading to the Hub, they decide to go to protect them, as we learned in the first book that there is someone out to get them- and likely someone with a lot of power. When they get to the hub, it’s a series of fast/slow spurts of activity as we identify the traitors and save the day.

The pace of the book felt a little off, like some small things were described a lot and then other important things were glossed over. I wonder if it’s because this series was originally slated to be a trilogy so there was just too much to fit comfortably in one book. Regardless, a lot of things I loved about the first book took a backseat in this book, and we get relatively little world development or understanding of the enemy. I found myself scratching my head a few times wondering why/what was happening. Reid and Josie have some weird hurdles in this book, with some teenage angst (not wanting people to find out about their relationship because it’s against the rules- while breaking a bunch of other rules without a problem- but NEEDING to be together) taking the front row to what should have been some much bigger issues- e.g. panic attacks, people trying to kill them, people drugging people, fears over losing their sanity, etc. (some really serious stuff in this book!).

That being said, I enjoyed getting to some of the conclusions to the series we had been waiting for. I wish there was more explanation, as it all felt pretty superficial. We don’t really grow to understand the other side much in this book (even though they seem to get a lot of important people on their side) and there are some heavy betrayals that come without deeper reasoning. I really wish the book had gone a little slower and took more time to explain and build up what was going on. This whole world is so interesting, and I loved the combination of science/physics with action. I did read the book the whole way through, and so I am giving it 3 stars. 

Please note that I received an ARC from the publisher through netgalley. All opinions are my own.

I found this to be a very interesting read. This book is full of suspense that will leave you wondering what will happen next. A true page turner that is hard to put down. The author does an amazing job creating a unique plot line and a group of characters that make this a truly amazing book. A real must read

This book was an okay read and it just wasn't for me