Book Review: Vitro by Jessica Khoury

Vitro by Jessica Khoury

On Skin Island, even the laws of creation can be broken.

On a remote island in the Pacific, Corpus scientists have taken test tube embryos and given them life. These beings—the Vitros—have knowledge and abilities most humans can only dream of. But they also have one enormous flaw.

Sophie Crue is determined to get to Skin Island and find her mother, a scientist who left Sophie behind years ago. With the help of Jim Julien, a young charter pilot, she arrives--and discovers a terrifying secret she never imagined: she has a Vitro twin, Lux, who is the culmination of Corpus's dangerous research.

Now Sophie is torn between reuniting with the mother who betrayed her and protecting the genetically enhanced twin she never knew existed. But untangling the twisted strands of these relationships will have to wait, for Sophie and Jim are about to find out what happens when science stretches too far beyond its reach. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17617762-vitro

I rate this book...

3 out of 5 stars

What I thought...

*Non Spoilers Section*

I enjoyed this book but I also was a little disappointed. I found this book difficult to read because it switched between three different characters and some of it overlapped and retold what had already happened. This made it hard for me to connect with the three main characters, Sophie, Lux, and Jim. The story is very interesting. The mystery behind skin island is very well thought out and I liked the idea of it, but I feel it could have been executed better. 


*Spoilers Section*

One thing that really bothered me about the book is that the bomb that was supposed to kill Jim didn't even injure him. He was perfectly fine. And both Sophie and Jim were fine after jumping off the cliff into the water. A lot of the Vitros had died earlier jumping off of the cliff, but they were fine. It was a little too coincidental for me. I like that the ending hints about her other book Origin and possibly hints about future books. I loved Origin and I'm looking forward to see what she comes up with in the future.