EQUILIBRIUM (Portal Chronicles Book Two) [Kindle Edition]

Imogen Rose (Author)

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It’s not every day you see a naked body slumped by the side of the road…

This ominous sight is just the beginning of a mystery that will span two dimensions.

When California teen Arizona Darley and her siblings go missing, their mother, Dr. Olivia Darley, discovers that the time-travel portal she invented has been hijacked.

Is the hijacker responsible for the disappearance of her children? Have the children been transported to another dimension? If so, the police and FBI will never be able to find them, and Olivia Darley must find a way to rescue her children on her own.

How will she do this without access to the portal?

EQUILIBRIUM is book two of the Portal Chronicles.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 528 KB
• Print Length: 357 pages
• Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0615376819
• Publisher: Imogen Rose; Second edition (April 13, 2011)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B003VTZWDW
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (41 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #34,848 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

More About the Author

Imogen Rose is the author of the bestselling YA series, the Portal Chronicles. She was born in a small town in Sweden and moved to London in her twenties. After obtaining a PhD in immunology from Imperial College, she moved with her family to New Jersey, where she's been based for the past ten years.

For as long as she can remember, Imogen has dreamt stories. Stories that continued from night to night, from dream to dream. So, even as a child, going to bed was never an issue, just an anticipation of the story to come.

PORTAL, Imogen's first novel, would have remained in her imagination, to be shared only with her daughter, Lauren, had her eight-year-old not insisted that she write it down. In the course of a month, Imogen typed while Lauren waited eagerly by the printer for the pages to appear, and a novel took shape.

The warm reception PORTAL received encouraged her to continue with the story and the Portal Chronicles. Faustine is Imogen's first book in her new series, the Bonfire Chronicles. She has recently published INITIATION, the prequel to FAUSTINE.

Imogen is a self-confessed Hermès addict who enjoys shopping, traveling, watching movies and playing with her dog, Tallulah.

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14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "You're Not Bella Swan For Goodness Sakes..., July 31, 2010

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Deanna Figueroa (San Diego) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: EQUILIBRIUM (Portal Chronicles Book Two) (Kindle Edition)

So put your big girl panties on and D-E-A-L." - Arizona Daley to herself.

Ahahaha! I love this line from Equilibrium, Imogen Rose's sequel to Portal and the 2nd in the Portal Chronicle Series. The third book is in the works and I say, "None too soon, get to work!" I couldn't resist saying to myself, "Thank goodness!

Everyone else who's reviewed this book so far has mentioned Portal, of course, an "Indie" book that's on the verge of going viral with Kindle readers and fans of YA and Paranormal/Sci Fi readers.

What no one else has mentioned so far is that this book really CAN standalone. Would it be better to read Portal first? Sure, just as with any other series, and Portal was wonderful. I think I told Twighlight fans to check it out to see what real writing is about. But you don't HAVE to read Portal first. Ms. Rose has done a more than sufficient job of filling in the back story in Equilibrium that you can follow the story without reading the first, which is not true of every series, don't I know!

While Portal gave us most of the characters and a tease into the mysterious Portal, as well as the unforgettable phrase, "Meet me two years ago.", Equilibrium fleshes the story out much more.

We're introduced to the Wanderers, a group of very mellow time travelers who "don't need no stinkin' portal" (my quotes, lol) to move through dimensions and time. Some of the Wanderers were in the last book, but we weren't told about them (and I'm not gonna tell you who, neener!). The plot revolves more around the portal this time, as well. Although this book delved deeper into the paranormal, I still found it entirely believable.

Arizona Stevens/Daley finds herself back in her old life pretty rapidly, but still "Barbie Arizona", which freaks out her friends and schoolmates, having been somehow transported against her will back to New Jersey. She finds out quickly that the old life she'd been pining for before wasn't all that great. I couldn't help thinking of the line, "Be careful what you wish for". When people from her other life start showing up in her NJ dimension, things start getting wild.

Equilibrium will sweep you up in the plot and keep you enthralled through every twist and turn in the story. There are also more well-defined villians in this sequel. I couldn't predict the ending at all, which is essential for me.

I hate spoilers, so I won't give anything more away, but Ms. Rose did a great job of setting the story up for the sequel without leaving any disappointing cliffhangers. I can't stand when a book in a series leaves a lot of unanswered questions and I was pleased to find that although I am anxious to read what happens next, I wasn't frustrated by having to wait.

Another sterling effort from this new-ish author, brava!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More to the story ;), October 26, 2011

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Robina - See all my reviews

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This review is from: EQUILIBRIUM (Portal Chronicles Book Two) (Kindle Edition)

Equilibrium is a very interesting book about a teenager, time travel, love, and different in personality from how different things can change the way our personality is. Imogen Rose gave us a exciting story to read along with the strong characters to take us on the journey with them. The second book was even more exciting then the first.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Win!, January 6, 2011

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Virgoddess "Jen" (Texas) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: EQUILIBRIUM (Portal Chronicles Book Two) (Kindle Edition)

It's rare for me that a second book exceeds the first. Usually the first is great and second good. But for me, Equilibrium was a better read than Portal, and I really did enjoy Portal.

I recommend Ms. Rose to anyone that enjoys Young Adult fiction, and will be reading the third shortly!