Incurable is the second book in the Ellie Chronicles, a trilogy that continues to inform us about Ellie Linton and the life she, her young adopted brother Gavin, and the rest of her friends are living since the war and invasion of her country is over. The uneasy peace continues with raids occurring back and forth across the borders, but Ellie is mostly concerned with keeping her farm afloat and trying to give Gavin the security and love that he most obviously needs. Gavin is still feeling the repercussions of the horror and terror that the war dealt to him.

She and Gavin have a few life or death adventures during the course of this book, with the most terrifying one happening in the closing pages. Gavin learns that his sister is alive but before they are able to have a reunion, Gavin and Ellie come face to face with an evil from Gavin’s past. There is one more book in the trilogy and I am hoping that this last book will bring prosperity, peace and happiness to Ellie and those whom she loves.

Although Ellie remains one of my favorite characters I will be happy to finish the series as I am finding the action is becoming quite repetitive. I have enjoyed this series so much that I am hoping it ends on a high note. ( )

Kan iemand die de spanning en gevaren van een oorlog heeft overleefd ooit een 'normaal' leven leiden? hoe kan de adrenaline van de oorlog ooit herhaald worden in een normaal leven?

Ellie heeft de boerderij van haar vermoordde ouders overgenomen. Ze houdt Gavin bij haar, hij helpt haar bij het werk op de boerderij. Maar het zijn moeilijke tijden.
De Liberation groep, die regelmatig invallen doet over de grens om te voorkomen dat terroristen een aanval doen op wat nog over is van Australië, wil dat Ellie zich bij hen aansluit. Vrienden van haar zijn al lid. Maar zij heeft Gavin en de boerderij om voor te zorgen. Nadat Gavin weg gelopen is om zich aan te sluiten bij vier van haar vrienden op een Librarator actie, is Ellie opnieuw in de spanning van bijna-dood ervaringen en begint zich te beseffen dat het een deel van haar leven is.

Later worden zij en Gavin bedreigd door de stief-vader van Gavin, die gezien heeft hoe hij zijn moeder vermoordde. ( )

This novel does measure up to the others in the series. One thing I did find different though, is that it seems the author figured if you got to this one, you must have read the others. He made mention of many things that referenced events or persons from the other books without explanation and I didn't feel they stood well on their own. Since I've read the books before this one I had no problem with this, however it means for persons you may not have read the others that this book does not do well on its own.

****SPOILERS****
It seems that poor Ellie just can't catch a break. Life is so difficult for her on a daily basis that it seems like she would have given up by now. She has to rescue the Liberation gang - AGAIN! In addition to farm crises, having to save Gavin's life TWICE (three times if you count when he followed the guys from Liberation), and at the end seems to be getting involved with Liberation - AGAIN! It did seem to be a little over the top in such a short time period in the novel.

I'm anxious to read the final installment in the series and hope I am satisfied with the ending. ( )

The Ellie Chronicles picks up where the Tomorrow series left off. When you've been to war, when you've fought, when you've killed, how do you return to normal life? How do you cope with school, farming and parenthood when you've grown used to just surviving? Especially when your land borders on a newly formed nation?

In this trilogy we see Ellie trying to cope with normal life as she faces challenges posed by her friends' decision to join a guerrilla organisation, a corrupt lawyer and the fact that the enemy hasn't forgotten about her...

The Ellie Chronicles are well worth reading. ( )

You'd think I'd get bored of this, especially after reading 9 books in a row (pretty much) of the same subject. But I love every one as much as the last. This one was great, we're getting back into battles between the Liberation group and the raiding parties of the invaders. Also the truth of Gavin's past is revealed, which I found utterly fascinating. ( )