Book 1- 5 teams are sent into the future to bring back plans for new technology. Only 3 make it back alive. They suffer different degrees of guilt over what happened. Elena considers herself the leader therefore all that happened is her fault. She is very paranoid and suffers nighmares.
Book 2 continues from there but can easily be read as a stand alone as the events mentioned are explained enough to make sense without reading 1..
The teams are kdnapped, drugged and sent back when another team disappears. They decide to change the past to save their dead friends while hunting the missing team. Things don't work out. Hey try again. Could someone be sabotaging their mission? Is there a traitor among them?
Good story line and world building, plenty of action, but unlikeable characters.

I was pleasantly surprised by this. I thought Future Shock was an awesome standalone, so I wasn't sure if this would enhance the last story or take away from its impact. Luckily, it enhanced it! I liked the stronger mystery element in this one, and the multiple timelines was great

DNF

While I liked the previous installment I couldn't get into this book
Not sure why
Just didn't work for me

Future Threat is the second book in the Future Shock trilogy by Elizabeth Briggs. To fully appreciate and understand the characters, you really do need to read this trilogy in order.

Six months ago Aether Corporation sent Elena, Adam, and three other recruits on a trip to the future where they brought back secret information—but not everyone made it back to the present alive. Now Elena’s dealing with her survivor’s guilt and trying to make her relationship with Adam work. All she knows for sure is that she’s done with time travel and Aether Corporation, but Aether’s not done with her, Adam, or fellow survivor Chris. The travelers on Aether’s latest mission to the future have gone missing, and Elena and her friends are drafted into the rescue effort. They arrive in a future that’s amazingly advanced, thanks to Aether Corporation’s reverse-engineered technology. The mission has deadly consequences, though, and they return to the future to try to alter the course of events. But the future is different yet again. Now every trip through time reveals new complications, and more lives lost or never born. Elena and Adam must risk everything, including their relationship, to save their friends.

Future Threat is a book full of adventure, twists and turns, and people struggling to come to terms with the world. I understood Elena's stress and struggles, and think that they were completely consistent with her character and what she has gone through. The growth of Elena and Adam's characters, and their relationship is very well done, and a cornerstone to the story, and was as compelling as any of the action. The new characters, and the varying futures, were well designed and slowly revealed their depth as the story continued. I found the twists and turns of the trips to the future to be very dramatic, and had me holding my breath on a few occasions. I loved seeing some of the possibilities and worried over the changes as the story continued. I will admit that I rather suspected the guilty party of all the bad things that happen to the team pretty early on, but the journey the story takes us on as Elena puts the pieces together was very suspenseful and gave all of the characters room to grow and show their true selves to the readers, and each other.

Future Threat is a solid follow up to Future Shock, and I enjoyed the read. I like that while each book seems to build perfectly on the previous, the ending of each book feels complete- with only hints that more might follow. I already have the third book waiting on my Kindle for me- since it took me way to long to pick this one up, and I am confident that the third book will continue with the same or maybe even higher quality. My biggest regret with this book is how long it took me to get reading.

Such an interesting concept. Totally something I'd recommend to my students.

This is a true young adult novel - no sex, graphic violence, or harsh language. I would have no issues handing this to either, or both, of my children to read. Also, I have not read anything by Elizabeth prior to this book - including the 1st novel in the series - so this can be read as a stand alone if desired.

This story line addresses the age-old question of time travel affecting both past and future realities. How little a change is necessary to completely warp not only the future, but also the past? Can too much knowledge be a bad thing? And, who really is the culprit here... Aether? Or, someone else?

Synopsis:
Six months ago Aether Corporation sent Elena, Adam, and three other recruits on a trip to the future where they brought back secret information--but not everyone made it back to the present alive. Now Elena's dealing with her survivor's guilt and trying to make her relationship with Adam work. All she knows for sure is that she's done with time travel and Aether Corporation.

Unfortunately, they are not done with her...

Review:
Overall this was an entertaining read, but I would recommend it more to young adults than to seasoned readers. The plot is well-written; the characters well-developed; but the culprit is a little predictable.

**I received a complimentary copy of this ebook via NetGalley.**

The idea of this book was very intriguing and made me want to learn more.

I did not download or review this book and I am not sure how it became in my not downloaded not reviewed tab because when I tried to requested it that it was no longer available. This is obviously a system error of some sort.

Briggs has done it again in the exciting second installment of the Future Shock series! Although not quite as good as Future Shock, Future Threat is a thrilling ride with plenty of twists and intriguing mystery to keep a reader guessing. Also, Briggs seems to have a talent for writing novels that are enthralling – you can read the entire novel without realizing you’ve been reading for hours!

We return to the life of Elena a few months following the events covered in Future Shock. Aether Corp has promised to leave the ill-fated team of misfit teenagers alone and Elena struggles with PTSD. Meanwhile, the rest of the surviving crew are well on their way towards creating a better life for themselves using the Aether Corporation pay-off and are relieved to be done with time travel forever. Unfortunately, it seems Aether needs Elena and her friends’ help once again on a dangerous mission to save another team pushed into time travel like Elena’s crew. Elena and Adam struggle to fix the future once more in Future Threat by sleuthing out who is betraying Aether Corporation and destroying the future of the world.

Strong, bad ass characters? Check. Beautiful and creative futures? Check. Sweet and flawed romance? Check. Danger, intrigue and a murder mystery? Definitely. What else could a YA novel about time travel and corporate greed need?!

Elena Michaels is just as bad ass as the first novel in this series, but more broken. Her experiences in the future and her stand off with Lynne has left her with nightmares and extreme trust issues that have spilled over into her relationship with Adam. Meanwhile, Adam struggles to support Elena regardless of how much she pushes him away. Adam’s understanding and support are undeniably sweet and develop a relationship worth mentioning in YA literature: it’s a healthy relationship strategy and one that makes Adam’s love for Elena all the more realistic. I loved the Elena/Adam struggle mostly because while Elena is so damaged from her childhood and most recent events, Adam is patiently waiting for Elena to heal. However, I am a bit concerned that Adam will become Elena’s door mat because he does allow her to push him away in times when he needs her the most.

The time travel in this novel is just as interesting as the last with worlds very different and yet similar to today’s. I doubt the world will change this much in twenty years, but it still stokes my curiosity of what kinds of worlds Briggs will come up with in Future Lost. Extreme recession, Golden Age of technology, apocalyptic world, genetic warfare..it will be interesting to see what happens with the secrets revealed at the end of Future Threat. Readers are in for a treat.

Readers should must read the first installment of this series before venturing into Future Threat. The story will make sense to new readers, but the depth of the characters, their emotional turmoil and the effects of the events of Future Threat will be lost on readers without the first book. The Future Shock series is worth the read from beginning to end!

This novel will appeal to readers who enjoy time travel novels, mysteries set in futuristic worlds, murder mysteries and novels that centre around relationship drama. I would recommend this to readers who have had difficult upbringings since the character still maintains her edge and legitimacy throughout Future Threat and also recommend this to lovers of YA science fiction.

Future Lost is going to be awesome and people should not miss out on this series!

After reading this first book in this series (you can see my review here) I was curious to see where it would go. I was hoping to like this one in a similar way to Future Shock but was disappointed in quite a few ways. My biggest issue with this book was Elena and many of her choices. I found myself getting really frustrated with her, far more than I had in the previous book, especially in the way she treated Adam. I appreciated that the amount of trauma she’d been through already was taken into account and portrayed through PTSD. Her symptoms were understandable and believable but in the end felt a little too neatly wrapped up.

I was also disappointed that the romance took such a front seat in this book. It had been present in the first book but never felt like it took over completely. I wanted to get to know the other characters more but they often felt left in the shadows while the story focused in on tensions between Adam and Elena. I admit though that this probably wouldn’t frustrate fans of the romance genre as much as it did me.

As much as this book frustrated me I’m still really curious as to where the next book will take Elena. Unlike many series, this second book had a fairly wrapped up ending which made me wonder if it was a duology rather than an ongoing story. Even though this wasn’t my favorite I still enjoyed it as a light read and know that others will enjoy it more than I did. Any fans of romance wanting to venture into science fiction will be the best group for this series.

I won the first book in this series, FUTURE SHOCK (”FS”), at the end of spring last year, not long after it had been released. I had put FS on my TBR from the moment I first heard of it, because I am a sucker for time travel books (and seeing the cover clinched it for me, I will not lie). I will read anything and everything having to do with the idea of traveling through time (as well as to other worlds/universes)! Something about the concept captured my imagination when I was young and never let go. I love the consideration of all the possibilities time travel holds, as well as the paradoxes it may hold - even while thinking about the latter sometimes makes my head hurt!q

However, despite having won FS almost a year ago, I hadn’t yet found time to read it; so many books, so little time, as usual! When I saw the tour announcement, then, I jumped at the chance to take part, so I’d be “forced” to make time to read it. Luckily, I was not at all disappointed as I read through FS! I found it to be a great mix of mystery/thriller and sci-fi that dealt with time travel in a fairly simple and straightforward way. I didn’t have any lulls in reading; the story was exciting and had me constantly wanting to read “just one more chapter!” I experienced every emotion the characters experienced, and I could “see” the bleak future in which they found themselves as if I was there, too. Ms. Briggs even brought me to tears once or twice!

I was actually very happy that I had FUTURE THREAT (”FT”) in hand to read right away when I finished FS, because I enjoyed FS so much and had fallen in love with Adam and Elena. Now, FS does not end on a cliffhanger, and if you wanted to end your experience there, for some reason, you certainly could; Ms. Briggs excelled at telling a complete story in the one book. That said, I was thrilled to have the opportunity to read more about Elena and Adam and, hopefully, to get a taste of how their actions in FS may have changed their future.

It’s fascinating to me to think about how all the little decisions we make in life impact and shape the future we will have, and to consider what would be different had we made a different choice, had we chosen the other path with which we’d been presented. Elena and Adam get an up-close, in-person look at how the future can be positively affected by altering their behavior in the present. However, in their second time travel adventure, they also find out that the future can be affected - positively and negatively - by their actions *in the future* to which they have traveled. At that point, they must decide whether or not to travel back to that future, to see if they can prevent tragedy from befalling their team – and if they make the attempt and it doesn’t work, then what? Do they try a third time? Is it even possible to get back to the seemingly perfect future they found at the beginning of the book, or have circumstances spun out of their control completely?

While FS spent more time acquainting us with the characters and the mystery behind the fate they each discover while breaking the rule against looking up their future selves, FT digs deeper into the paradoxes of time travel and the intricacy and fragility of “the future.” Elena, Adam, and the others are exposed to how quickly - and drastically - the future can be altered, even by what seems like such a small deviation from the plan. Ms. Briggs really gets the reader thinking about the “butterfly effect,” as it becomes clear how interconnected everything in our universe is. Because of this, the small change the group makes to their actions in their second trip to the future at the beginning of FT results in drastic, large changes to that future. Then they must decide if it’s worth it to try and override that mistaken change by making a third trip to the future. What if, in doing so, they accidentally make yet another small change that will add up to another drastic alteration of the future, and so on and so forth? When does it ever end? And should they be “playing God” in this way??

FUTURE THREAT is a smart, sophisticated book that really gets the reader thinking about time travel and all its potential possibilities and pitfalls. I kept saying, “but wait! what about xyz??” and “oh no, you can’t change the plan! that’s a terrible idea!” I loved how Ms. Briggs handled this complex issue without overwhelming the reader (or making my head hurt!). Like I said, I’m a sucker for time travel books, and FUTURE THREAT (as well as FUTURE SHOCK) is right up there with some of the best YA time travel books I’ve read.

I also want to make sure I mention how much I loved the characters, apart from all the time travel stuff, because I really did feel like I got close to them in both of these books. Adam is just…ADORKABLE!, and I loved him from pretty much the moment he appeared in the Aether conference room in FS. What can I say? He’s so very much my type! Chris is also a great character, a young man who’s had such a hard time in the foster care system and wants nothing more than to have a future in which he can be the great parent he wishes he had growing up. The new characters that we meet in this book are also likable, although they didn’t quite shine for me in the way that the rest of the original team (ie, Zoe and Trent) did in FUTURE SHOCK. 

As great as Adam, Chris, and the others are, though, my favorite character was definitely Elena. She was tough, smart, sarcastic, caring, empathetic, brave, courageous, daring, and so much more. I loved her tattoos, her self-doubt, her strength in the face of daunting odds, and her determination. She is the type of female main character that I LOVE to read about. I would dearly love to see more characters like her, and even more importantly, I know there are young women much younger than me who don’t just *want* to see characters like Elena, they *NEED* to see characters like Elena. Why? Because she is them. She reflects what many of our young women face, in one aspect or another, whether it’s as a foster child, as a Latina, as a smart girl with a talent (her eidetic memory) that she feels the need to hide, or as a victim/survivor of, and witness to, domestic abuse. I sincerely hope we will continue to see more and more great characters like Elena in YA literature, and I want to say thanks to Ms. Briggs for giving us such a wonderful, strong, complex heroine!

Well, this review was way longer than I’d intended for it to be, but I guess sometimes the words won’t stay put and feel the need to be set forth! For those who aren’t so in to reading long reviews, though, I’ll say this:

TL;DR – Read this series, especially if you enjoy time travel adventures and wonderfully complex, strong, courageous, but also flawed heroines!

While I enjoyed Future Shock, it wasn't a book I was necessarily dying to re-read. So when I discovered the book would have two sequels, I added them to my to-read list and promptly forgot about them. If it wasn't for NetGalley, I might have never read Future Threat. I'm glad I did.

Future Threat picks up six months after the events of Future Shock. I don't want to spoil too much, but Elena and Adam are forced back into the future again for Aether Corporation. But unlike Future Shock, they don't go to one future but to three throughout the course of the storyline. With each future radically different, Elena and Adam go through a whirlwind of emotions over their possible fates and the obstacles they face.

The suspense and the actions are fantastic in this book, as is the romance and mystery. I think it can be entirely owed to the three futures the characters experience. I couldn't put it down at points (and read most of it in two sittings) and was completely shocked by the twist at the end. I now eagerly await Future Lost, which I unfortunately won't be able to get my hands on until 2018.

Future Shock was a fast-paced, time-travel mystery full of twists and turns, and I was excited to see where the sequel, Future Threat, would go after finishing it last year.

Future Threat picks up six months after Future Shock ended with Elena, Adam, and Chris dealing with the aftermath of what happened in book one. They thought they were done with Aether Corp for good, but just when they thought they were out, they are pulled back in. Aether sends Elena, Adam, and Chris again into the future in order to save another group of teenagers who have been making trips into the future. After their mission goes horribly wrong, Elena and crew are sent back to the future for another time in order to try to fix their mistakes from their previous mission.

Time-travel books can be hard to pull off, but Elizabeth Briggs succeeds again with Future Threat. I loved seeing the different futures that were created based off of the different choices Elena and crew made. These parallel worlds were interesting and conjured up so many questions.

I was able to predict the outcome of the mystery fairly early in Future Shock, so I loved that the new mystery kept me on the edge of my seat while trying to guess what happens next. I really enjoyed the diverse cast of characters in Future Shock and was happy with the new additions that were introduced.

Overall, Future Threat was a strong sequel to Future Shock, and I look forward to reading the last installment of this thriller time-travel trilogy next year!

I wish Briggs had just stopped with Future Shock, which I loved. Future Threat is a lot less fun and a lot more angst-filled. It's basically the same thing as the first book but without the buoyancy. Predictable and pointless.

I'm sorry I didn't get to read this. I didn't realise it was the second in the series. I couldn't afford a copy of the first book.

Future Threat is the second installment in author Elizabeth Briggs Future Shock trilogy. As the story opens, it has been (6) months since protagonist Elena Martinez was part of a research project called Project Chronos that sent a group of teenagers into the future 30 years in order to collect future technology. In those six months, Elena found a niche to fall into.

She's going to college, she is in a relationship with Adam O'Neill, the boy who will one day discover for a cure for cancer, and her own personal demons, Aether Corporation, has stuck by their agreement and left Elena and the remaining members of Team Delta alone. For her friend Chris, that means that he has had time to be with his girlfriend who is expecting their first son any day. How quickly things change.

Aether once again drags Elena, Chris, and Adam (formerly Team Delta) back into the fold after one of their newest teams, Team Echo, fails to return from the future. Given absolutely no option but to do what they are told, Elena and team once again find themselves 30 years in to the future. This time, things have drastically changed since the last time they were here. Things are more advanced, and some interesting twists have happened since there were there last.

For Elena, who has perfect memory recall, this trip to the future will test her in every possible way imaginable, including her relationship with Adam. As Elena & team track down Team Echo, Ken, Zahra, Paige, & Jeremy, they encounter some troubling aspects that lead them to find a way to prevent even more troubling effects from happening in the future.

I love the fact that Briggs doesn't leave readers in a lurch. She concisely summarizes what happened in the previous novel, but also gives Elena realistic issues like flashbacks, and nightmares to deal with. We see her struggling to come to terms with her relationship that has grown leaps and bounds over the past 6 months. And yet, she still believes that she somehow isn't worthy of being loved after what happened in the past.

We also see an Elena that is suffering from survivors guilt knowing that she survived when others weren't so lucky. One could say that this story is Elena's way of making things right for what she believes is her fault. It may put a heavy load of responsibility on her back, but she isn't going to leave anyone behind, no matter how much they desire otherwise.

The ending has left me with a bitter taste in my mouth, but not because of anything that the author did. No, this book is a fantastic ride with a really fascinating storyline, and twists that will keep you guessing right until the ending. Rather it's because of what certain characters do behind Elena's back that has now forced her to rethink things. With one more book in the series to come, I dare say that I am hopeful of more Chris, and yes, even more of Team Echo who has become some of the more interesting characters you will read about.

AW Teen and NetGalley provided me with an electronic copy of Future Threat. This is my honest opinion of the book.

It has been six months since the Aether Corporation sent Elena, Adam, Chris, and two other teenagers to the future on a secret mission. Trying to get her life back on track, which includes dealing with the aftermath of her trip to the future timeline, Elena is forced into working for the company again. When the future trip has deadly implications, how far will Elena and the rest of the travelers go to set things right?

Future Shock had the uniqueness of the concept and characters on its side, but Future Threat unfortunately is just more of the same. The characters are sent to the future to right some wrongs, only to make an even bigger mess of things. With a plot line filled with alternate futures, paradoxes, and time travel issues, the repetitive nature of the story made the book drag. I only finished reading Future Threat because of its length, as it is a little over 250 pages. I recommended Future Shock, book 1 of this series, but I would decline to refer readers to Future Threat.

What. A. Ride.
The only thing that matters is now.
This is a fast paced, action packed book with twists and turns to the plot that you never see a coming. Well unless you are me. Called it but hey I still love every moment of this book well nearly every moment. As my main problem with everything that is going on in the book is Elena.
Elena as a female lead is strong. She has a strong sense of honor and morals otherwise she wouldn’t have done everything that she did in the book. I personally think that it could have been done without all the self-flagellating she was doing. After a while it got tiresome. Oh, and why she kept on pushing Adam away. Adam has the patience of a frigging saint.
The newly introduced characters make up for Elena’s martyrdom without a doubt and fingers crossed we get to see them in the next book. Which is 2018.
The story has you on the edge of your seat it is so gripping that you don’t want to put it down. That is saying something on my part because it is YA. YA and I have a somewhat difficult relationship. But due to the time travel element and that there is a dystopian feel with a dash of science fiction added that makes it even more engaging and enticing then it did to begin with.
It was also so refreshing to read a book that was without very little sex. It happens at the end and the Hero Adam is a virgin. Sometime I just need a book without intense sex, you know?
The author did an excellent job in creating alternative futures every single time by showing that even the smallest changes can have a strong impact on everything. This series leaves me wanting more. The last book is released in 2018. I’m sure I mentioned that but I don’t mind mentioning it again. A reread will be in order.

Initial thoughts upon finishing (more of a full review to come :) ):

In ways, this was more interesting - the murder mystery more convoluted. The future changing so much (which was more a plus and minus for me)

But in others, it was frustrating. Elena was ridiculously stubborn and self-centered. Chris dies and she doesn't think they should have stayed together (despite knowing how that future plays out) but that she should have taken his place. And her anxiety over her relationship was too much. They were almost never happy and she just shut Adam out, not caring that it hurt him each time.

It also bothered me that the future was so much more advanced and that it was because of the cheating. I get why it was done but i guess I just liked how realistic the first future was.

Adam is sort of less of a character here, which is also a bit sad because he was my favorite character in the first book. I liked the new characters well enough, but none of them necessarily stood out all that much.

The mystery was better here. I got the motive quickly enough but not the who or how. There were some surprises, for sure.

Definitely an interesting and suspenseful sci fi and I am excited for a third book where perhaps Elena is less neurotic.