When I first read synopsis for Any Second I knew I signed up for a serious ride.
However, nothing could prepare me for this...

This novel deals with extremely difficult topics such as child abduction, molesting, brain washing...
It is also diverse read.

The begging of the novel was very strong and tense. It made me nervous from the very beginning, and I had to put the book down.
After some months I decided to give it another try, and I am glad I did.
Even though it still made me bit uncomfortable, I enjoyed the story.
My favourite were slow parts where we learn more about Elian and Maya.
The end was strong and satisfying.

I would definitely recommend Any Second to older teenagers and adults.

I have not had the time or interest to get through this book, unfortunately.  I requested based on the author and would love to get to it eventually.

I tried reading this book but sadly I didn't make it very far while reading this book. I think that the different point of views made it a bit difficult to understand . I usually love this author's books and I hoped that this one would work out for me.

I absolutely love raw, emotional books like Any Second. There’s just something about a book that guts you to the core and changes your outlook forever that is incredibly beautiful.

Thank you for the opportunity to read and review this book! I really enjoyed this fast-paced and intense read about two unlikely teens bonding over their trauma. I thought it was sharp, raw and honest.

This book talks a lot about PTSD; however, sometimes the characters feel like caricatures for their traumas so the story can't breath properly.

I was expecting I was going to love Any Second by Kevin Emerson but I sadly didn't. It was hard to get into this book with the characters being so flat and the plot being flat as well and not the best pacing either,

I found Any Second by Kevin Emerson to be quite interesting. Elian Martinez is abducted from his way home from school and was held captive for over three years. I found that the bits and pieces the reader received about Elian's capture where quite heartbreaking. I felt so bad for him. These abductors spent years breaking Elian and brainwashing him. Then one day they stick him in a mall with a bomb strapped to him. I feel like this book deals with so may sensitive topics. I thought Emerson did a great job writing it. He definitely captured my attention and held it the entire story.

Thank you so much to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC, 

Sadly I was unable to finish this book as it was just a little too much for me to absorb especially with the characters being so flat.

This book was intense!!!! Here’s a boy who was kidnapped and is expected to blow up a building for his kidnappers Purpose. A girl who self mutilates by pulling her hair out and causes herself to bleed on her fingers who notices him and tries to stop him. Months later they find each other at the same school and they are told to stay away from each other so nobody will connect the two. He makes a friend who possibly isn’t good for him. She has a girlfriend that may not be so good for her. Intense from beginning to end and definitely not for the faint of heart. I had to take a break for a bit from this. Whew.

No one should ever have had to deal with what they did in such a short period of time. I wanted more than once to hug Eli and Maya.. This book was so emotional and packed with so much suspense. 
Elain Martinez is abducted on his way home from school and held captive for 3.5 years while being brainwashed.. His abductor spends years breaking him down and reprogramming him until the fateful day he leads him into a mall strapped with a bomb to his body..

This book deals with so many sensitive topics. It is definitely best suited for older audiences. This book explores deeper parts of life. It was a heavy reading. I couldn't stop turning the pages...

I enjoyed this so much. I honestly cannot wait to read more by this promising author!
The characters were exquisite, and I thought they were very well flushed out.

Thank you to the publishers and Net Galley for allowing me an advanced copy of this book. but I was unfortunately unable to finish it due to flat characters, poor pacing, and flat plot.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an e-arc in exchange for an honest review. I could not finish this book.

I don't know how to feel about this book. On the one hand, it feels a bit exploitative. It's like everyone's worst fear, their child being not only kidnapped and routinely abused but also made into a terrorist. I question the value of exploring that degree of abuse and trauma in a teen novel. It's like watching a slasher movie. Do we really gain any valuable insight in a case like this or is it just there to make us gasp? At the same time, I value narratives that humanize fringe characters. We need reminders that terrorists, school shooters, gang members, "bad guys" are people. They have families and stories of what lead them to desperate acts. WE also have a dynamic presentation of mental illness, of anxiety and PTSD and the stigma attached. WE see a "bad guy" who gets away with his crimes. But then the school shooter is a total cliche.

I loved the premise of this but the execution (specifically, the pacing) felt off. I thought the whole book would be about the bomb situation, which was by far the most gripping part of the book. However, this deals with how the two teens deal with going to school together a year later, and that felt like a sad retread of every book wherein a teen has to forgive another teen for something.

This book didn’t end at all how I expected it. It really delved deeper into the minds of several troubled teens, including one who was going to potentially murder other students. Showing more than just a caricature of him. Very thought-provoking.

I really enjoyed this book, even if it was a difficult read.  I felt for Elian and Maya and what both them were dealing with.  The were both so broken and just I wanted to scream because neither of them had very good friends.  One of my pet peeves in books is bad best friends.  Both of these kids had friends who just made their own issues worse.  I'm glad that the found each other, even though they were never supposed too.  I loved the suspense and turmoil and it definitely hurt my heart, but it was worth it.

I truly don’t know how to rate this book.  It’s definitely a very important topic and was very emotionally written, but then it sort of went in a different direction and I felt the emotions were lacking.  I do think that it’s something that needs to be read in a mood, where you are ready to have your heart strings pulled.  
Will be using in a challenge and letting the members of chapter chatter pub know about its release.

This is not an easy book. I wanted more than once to be able to hug Eli and Maya... No one should have dealt with that much in such a short period of time... They are so young, so broken, it’s heartbreaking. It’s an emotion and suspense-packed book.

Thank you Kevin Emerson for my early copy!