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Underground

(Reintegration #2)

Ashley Bogner (Goodreads Author)

4.33 · Rating details · 6 ratings · 6 reviews

Katherine Holliday has left behind her life in the Federation. She is ready to start a new one with Matthew and the Intolerants. But it isn’t long before the Underground leaders send her on a mission that takes her back to the Federation. Katherine finds herself in City 1, with the help of new and unexpected allies, in an attempt to locate information that could help the U ...more

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Jan 15, 2019 Kate Willis rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: cover-love, dystopian, christian, sweet-romance, indie-published

Okay, so I just discovered a new book syndrome--the exact antithesis to Dispensable Middle Book in a Trilogy syndrome, and I call it The Sequel Is Better Than the First Book, Wow syndrome. I liked Reintegration well enough and was a big fan of some specific aspects, but this one was really, really good.

Underground picked up just days after the first book, and Katherine is a mixture of rejoicing and reeling. No spoilers, but she has a lot to take in. At first, I was a little frustrated or surpris Okay, so I just discovered a new book syndrome--the exact antithesis to Dispensable Middle Book in a Trilogy syndrome, and I call it The Sequel Is Better Than the First Book, Wow syndrome. I liked Reintegration well enough and was a big fan of some specific aspects, but this one was really, really good.

Underground picked up just days after the first book, and Katherine is a mixture of rejoicing and reeling. No spoilers, but she has a lot to take in. At first, I was a little frustrated or surprised or something that she wasn’t immediately thinking like a Christian (I know the Christian fiction drill), but seeing her slow journey of learning to live in the reality of what Christ has done ended up being really encouraging because I feel that sometimes…

Matthew is still Matthew (<3), and I love his family. The few characters I met of the Underground were interesting as well. Also, Locke and Rush both had me intrigued. O.o. Like, A+ for complicatedness.

Speaking of complicated, I ate up the political and ideological discussions/conflicts. Isolationism vs. impacting the world, physical warfare vs. spiritual warfare, and the definition of true freedom… It was all good. :D And it didn’t slow down the plot one bit, either! The mission was crazy and really cool. Also, CRAZY.

The worldbuilding in this one went into a little more depth which was fun. Some of the tech was pretty cool, though it was freaky how the Federation could change so quickly.

There was a little bit of repetition of internal thoughts, but really not a lot and I didn’t mind it all. ;)

Just a note, there were many mentions of executions, the possibility of medical experimentation on young children, and some more gunshots, though they weren’t described.

Best quotes: Suddenly it hits me. I can’t lie to them. Who I was is part of who I am. Christ saved me from who I was. Who I am now proves that He changed me.

“We would be safer that way, but I think something inside of us would die if we gave up and stopped fighting. We’d no longer be standing up for what’s right.”

Altogether, I really enjoyed and was encouraged by this book. Book three can’t come soon enough. ;) ...more

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Jan 20, 2019 Ashley Bogner added it · (Review from the author)

Release date: August 24, 2019!

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Aug 30, 2019 Laura Grace rated it really liked it

If you enjoyed the first book, I can assure you'll enjoy the sequel!

I really loved how even though Katherine has changed due to her faith, she's still is herself. She didn't change so differently in the Underground that I felt she wasn't the character I enjoyed reading about in Reintegration. Seeing her however in the Federation with her faith was awesome. Her struggles felt real and her thoughts of trying to show others the truth was eye-opening. (There was an internal dialogue concerning logic ...more

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Jun 28, 2019 Gabrielle rated it it was amazing

Shelves: christian, sci-fi-dystopian

SO. I've been wanting to tell you all about this book ever since I was gifted the chance to beta read it for the lovely Ashley earlier this year. AND I PROMISE I WILL TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT. Soon. Just know that it was fantastic, and I can't wait to share more details. Keep an eye out on my blog mid-July for a full review to come!! ...more

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Aug 28, 2019 Mya Gray rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2019, arcs, indie-published

Underground picked up right where Reintegration left off, the day after Katherine and Matthew arrived at the Underground. Katherine learns what life is like at the Underground and spends some quality time with Matthew’s family. But of course, you can’t have a proper book without some tension and high-stakes. 😉 Councillor Amelia Haynes is fighting to enact Project Endgame. If nobody stops her, the Underground could be wiped out for good.

Katherine is the Underground’s best chance of surviving. She Underground picked up right where Reintegration left off, the day after Katherine and Matthew arrived at the Underground. Katherine learns what life is like at the Underground and spends some quality time with Matthew’s family. But of course, you can’t have a proper book without some tension and high-stakes. 😉 Councillor Amelia Haynes is fighting to enact Project Endgame. If nobody stops her, the Underground could be wiped out for good.

Katherine is the Underground’s best chance of surviving. She knows the Federation better than anyone else. Her mission is to sneak into the Underground and steal the files containing the plan for Project Endgame. Will she be able to get the information in time to save the Intolerants?

I really liked the characters in this book. Evan Locke was a complex and intriguing new addition. Katherine was a fleshed-out character, just like in book one. She had faults and strengths, and she didn’t always make the right decisions the first time around. But she definitely grew as a character throughout the story. I was also really happy to see Chelsea more. Matthew is sweet, but I wished he had a more present character flaw. Overall, I can’t wait to see where book three takes all of them!

The plot was very interesting. The stakes were high. New characters came into play, and Katherine had to choose who to trust. She dealt with difficult questions: Would she sacrifice her life to potentially save the Underground? Could she place her trust in anyone in the Federation? The first half of the book was a bit slow, but it really picked up in the second half. I was on the edge of my seat.

The only con I have besides the slow first part is Councillor Amelia Haynes. I don’t know why… she just didn’t really scare me? I know she’s evil and makes a lot of threats. But I didn’t really see what made her so much “worse” than the other Councillors, besides that she created Project Endgame. She wasn’t LIKABLE, by any means. She just wasn’t terrifying. But maybe that was a personal thing. *shrugs*

Thank you to Ashley Bogner for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review! Underground was a great book. If you’ve read Reintegration, go read this now! ...more

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Oct 02, 2019 Mikayla rated it really liked it

Shelves: distopian, four-stars, homeschool-author

After reading the first book in this series, I was pretty interested in what book two would hold. While I had some problems with the first, I wanted to give this one a try, and I'm glad I did. I ended up liking it better than the first book.
Katherine is a loveable character, different than a lot of YA heroines. She wants to follow the rules, she's quiet, and I loved her. Matthew was pretty sweet too.
This book kind of threw me through a loop trying to keep up with who I was supposed to trust, a ...more

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Ashley Bogner is a nerdy author whose nerdy theologian husband may possibly own more books than she does. She is a homeschool graduate who wrote her first “novel” when she was in fifth grade (which was really a thirty page story about talking cats she is grateful no one will ever read). It’s a rare occasion when she isn’t writing—she works as a technical writer at her day job and writes novels in ...more