{"id":462,"date":"2017-01-04T16:49:55","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T21:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.passarella.com\/blog\/?p=462"},"modified":"2017-01-04T16:49:55","modified_gmt":"2017-01-04T21:49:55","slug":"counterpart-machinations-book-two-by-hayley-stone-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.passarella.com\/blog\/462\/counterpart-machinations-book-two-by-hayley-stone-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Counterpart (Machinations Book Two) by Hayley Stone &#8211; Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B01AQNZQH2\/jackpassareautho\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-446\" src=\"http:\/\/www.passarella.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Counterpart-MachinationsBook2-medium.png\" alt=\"Counterpart (Machinations Book 2)\" width=\"255\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.passarella.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Counterpart-MachinationsBook2-medium.png 255w, http:\/\/www.passarella.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Counterpart-MachinationsBook2-medium-197x300.png 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/><\/a><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B01AQNZQH2\/jackpassareautho\" target=\"_blank\">Counterpart<\/a><\/em> (Machinations Book Two) by Hayley Stone<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Publisher:<\/b> Hydra (Random House LLC)<br \/>\n<strong>Now Available<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>From the Description: <\/strong>The high-intensity sci-fi thriller series that began with Machinations continues as reincarnated insurgent Rhona Long faces off against the one enemy she can\u2019t outwit: her own clone&#8230;. [V]ictory is elusive. The machines have a new technology designed to overcome humanity\u2019s most advanced weaponry. Despite Rhona\u2019s peacekeeping efforts, former nations are feuding over resources as old power struggles resurface. Worse, someone inside the resistance is sabotaging the human cause\u2014someone who, from all appearances, seems to be Rhona . . . or her exact replica.<\/p>\n<p><strong>My Review:<\/strong> I enjoyed <em>Machinations<\/em> which, compared to the sequel, <em>Counerpart<\/em>, was more focused. While I continue to enjoy Stone&#8217;s writing, graceful metaphors and her resistance-leader protagonist, I had hoped for more interactions with the machines in book two, which led to a bit of frustration. The story does, however, build to a big confrontation with the enemy. In the meantime, Rhona deals with the implications of her clones and how they undermine her position in the resistance no matter if she reveals or conceals their existence. Either she is guilty of traitorous actions or she is, herself, no longer trustworthy. Additionally, she begins to doubt her place as the one-true-clone\/heir to the original Rhona Long with a few humorous Highlander references tossed into the mix. In hindsight, <em>Counterpart<\/em> feels like a table-setter for the third book in a trilogy (though these books are billed as a series), where the machines won&#8217;t be her only adversary, because the greatest enemy she&#8217;ll eventually have to face is a version of herself.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Counterpart (Machinations Book Two) by Hayley Stone Publisher: Hydra (Random House LLC) Now Available From the Description: The high-intensity sci-fi thriller series that began with Machinations continues as reincarnated insurgent Rhona Long faces off against the one enemy she can\u2019t &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.passarella.com\/blog\/462\/counterpart-machinations-book-two-by-hayley-stone-review\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[124],"tags":[155,156,153,119,148,147,154,117,49],"class_list":["post-462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-review","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-book-review","tag-counterpart","tag-dystopia","tag-hayley-stone","tag-machinations","tag-robot-apocalypse","tag-sci-fi","tag-thriller"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.passarella.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.passarella.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.passarella.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.passarella.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.passarella.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.passarella.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":464,"href":"http:\/\/www.passarella.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462\/revisions\/464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.passarella.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.passarella.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.passarella.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}