Publisher: Dutton Adult
Publication date: July 24th 2014
My rating: 5 stars
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The stunning debut that began with Archetype— and has readers buzzing—concludes in Prototype, when a woman’s dual pasts lock onto a collision course, threatening her present and future.
Emma looks forward to the day when she can let go of her past—both of them. After more than a year on the run, with clues to her parents’ whereabouts within her grasp, she may finally find a place to settle down. Start a new life. Maybe even create new memories with a new family.
But the past rises to haunt her and to make sure there’s nowhere on the planet she can hide. Declan Burke wants his wife back, and with a little manipulation and a lot of reward money, he’s got the entire world on his side. Except for the one man she dreads confronting the most: Noah Tucker.
Emma returns to face what she’s done but finds that the past isn’t the problem. It’s the present—and the future it represents. Noah has moved on and another woman is raising their daughter.
In the shocking conclusion to M.D. Waters’s spectacular debut, Emma battles for her life and her freedom, tearing down walls and ripping off masks to reveal the truth. She’s decided to play their game and prove she isn’t the woman they thought she was. Even if it means she winds up dead. Or worse, reborn.
*****Spoilers if you haven’t read Archetype*****
Prototype picked up one year and a few months after the end
of Archetype (my review) where Emma’s world comes crashing down after a shocking
revelation, and instead of staying and watching the pity or mistrust in
everyone’s eyes, she ran. The last year has been filled with the trying to find
her parents, and staying out of Declan’s grasp. But this all changes when
Declan ups the stakes and puts up a high payout for anyone who finds her. His desperate
and tireless pursuits forces Emma back into Noah’s hub with the
resistance. To Emma’s great shock, Noah
has taken up with Sonya, and Sonya has managed to worm her way into the life
that Emma left, acting as mother to her daughter Adrienne, as well. *gag* Emma
realizes this is all her fault for leaving, but that doesn’t make it hurt any
less.
Rather than focus on her heartache, Emma realizes she must
help put an end to the nefarious plans of Declan and Dr. Trivista, not only for
her own safety, but for the safety of all women, because Declan will not stop
exploiting women or his efforts to get her back. If he does, the first thing
he’ll do is wipe her memory again and she’ll be no better than a sex slave to
him once again. *shudders*
With Archetype the love triangle didn’t affect me much. This one was a COMPLETELY different story. In
Prototype the love triangle was like a punch to the gut! With having Emma’s POV
I felt every hurt she experienced, and it was painful, to me at least. That Sonya was one nasty piece of work,
and I pretty much hated her with the heat of a thousand suns! I wasn’t pleased
with Noah AT ALL either! Grrr!!! BUT it
was evident that he still completely loved Emma, and it was just a matter of
time before they came together again.
“I made the choice to
leave him. I cannot blame him for moving on.”
Frowning, he lowers
his head, then nods.
“You’re right. You
couldn’t blame him.” He looks up through lowered lashes. “If it were true.”
You may wonder why this triangle bothered me more. Here’s my
answer: it was worse because we have the POV of the injured party, Emma,
whereas we did not have Noah’s side of things in Archetype while she was with
Declan. Plus, Noah didn’t think Emma was Emma at the time, lessening the blow
for him, and lastly Emma didn’t KNOW she had a relationship with anyone but
Declan until her memories started coming back!
So she didn’t cheat on Noah on purpose, because she had no memory of him
at the start of Archetype.
With all that said, I
still LOVED this story, even more than the first one, but it brought out very
intense emotions! Don’t let the idea of the love triangle stop you from
reading this riveting story! With
danger, action, and a twist at every turn, you’ll be distracted enough to bear
the pain until things are set to right. I
was consumed for two days with this series, reading the books back to back with
no time in between and I still think about the story now! Just writing this review makes me want to
read this all over again. This series was action packed, beautiful, intense,
heartbreaking and with an epic love story to think about long after turning the
last page.
Favorite Quotes:
“There are no words
for how much I love you,” he whispers.
“I am his entire
universe, and he is every life I have ever lived.”
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10 comments:
Ok, ok. I won't read your review since spoilers, but I'm so glad to see that rating! I remember you and Lauren loving the first book and I didn't expect anything less than a 5 star read for you guys :) ALSOOOO. I don't remember, but did the triangle get solved in book 1? Let me know, please. So happy you enjoyed, my lovely!
I haven't read the first book so I won't read your review. But I have seen your review for the first book in this series and it seemed really good. I'm so glad that you enjoyed the second one. Great review, Rachel :)
I had to do a quick skim read of your review because I haven't read Archetype. But you have given Prototype a 5 start rating so it must be good. I will be sure to put these on my Tbr pile. Wonderful review, I'm glad you enjoyed it so much.
I only read your last paragraph because of the spoilers, Rachel, but I'm going to get the first book first and I'll come back and read your review later.
I'm glad you warned us about the love triangle. I think I would have been a little frustrated with that had I not known. I'm glad you enjoyed this so much, Rachel. :)
Oh, don't you love when the second book is as good or better than the first? I haven't read this because of the triangle but I might have to put aside my prejudice and read it!
Great review :)
I really enjoyed the first book and can't wait to read the sequel!
The punch in the gut love triangle sounds terrifying and intriguing all at the same time.
Omg. Amazing review sweetie. <3 Glad you liked this book :) But my god. THANK YOU for sharing spoilers for book one, lol :D Now I know that I will never ever read these books :p Sigh. Sounds too painful and not the books I would like at all :( And awful love triangle? No thank you. Sobs. Still. I'm glad you loved it. <3
The love triangle in this duo certainly seems like a doozy--aspects I wouldn't mind and ones I'd have a tough time coming to terms with. I gave Archetype a whirl and something about the slow pacing just put me off. I even tried skimming ahead and couldn't get into the story. :( I'm seriously glad it worked out so well for you, though, Rachel! I love duos so I'll hopefully return to this in the future sometime and enjoy it. Lovely review, dearest. :)
I was completely addicted to this series - as you know! But I totally agree about the triangle. I think Noah's behavior is pretty icky here towards both women. He wants Emma, but he's not sure she'll stick around, so he's going to hang onto Sonya because she's there and he wants someone to help raise his daughter. I wish he'd had the courage to get away from her earlier. And I don't think that Sonya's mean behavior later, is an excuse to let Noah off the hook for how awful he was to her. Ugh. However, I try to think of this as Noah and Emma's love story with a 2 year awful break in the middle due to unfortunate circumstances. It really is them throughout, even though they both make poor choices at times. I haven't reviewed this one yet! I need to get on that.
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