| Lee Urban’s search for truth could destroy everything. After narrowly surviving several attempts on her life, Lee Urban retreats into hiding, seeking refuge with her family for the Lunar New Year. But the relaxing holiday turns into a heist when someone crashes the party with intel on the hybrid’s identity. Driven by desperation, Urban accepts a position within the elite Dragons AI team, a high-stakes gamble that will propel her into the heart of the turbulent West. As she follows the elusive clues to the hybrid, the journey takes her closer to uncovering the truths about her own origins and the odd circumstances surrounding her adoption. Tensions between the Enhanced and Naturals grow increasingly violent and the Western Federation teeters on the brink of civil war. Urban’s choices threaten to tear her family apart, and the secrets she unearths just might shatter the delicate balance of society. |  |
Genre: YA Science Fiction
Release Date: March 5, 2024
Release Date: March 5, 2024
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My Review
The search for The Hybrid just intensified....
Wow, and I thought Enhanced was a wild thrill-a-minute ride...Well, Candace Kade has topped it with Hybrid, the second book in her The Hybrid series. Even more intense, this book spans the globe and takes the hero to new heights – and lows. Old and new enemies converge on Urban every time she seems to be getting close to some answers. And possible betrayal leaves our heroine – not to mention readers – wondering if there is anyone she can trust.
While sci-fi and dystopian are genres that I haven't really read a lot of, it is stories like Hybrid and authors like Candace Kade who keep me coming back and trying new things. The vividness of The Hybrid series is undeniable. You can totally see the story unfolding in your mind's eye and you quickly become invested in Urban's life. At the end of each book it is so hard to say goodbye to the characters but at least with these first two books readers know that there will at least be one more.
Candace Kade's fiction maybe aimed at a YA audience but it is just too good to be limited to only one age group – hence the reason this adult reader is such a fan. I sincerely enjoyed every page of Hybrid and I am on tenterhooks as to what will happen next in the world of The Hybrid...
Tell Tale Book Reviews gives Hybrid by Candace Kade a 4.5 Bark rating.
Wow, and I thought Enhanced was a wild thrill-a-minute ride...Well, Candace Kade has topped it with Hybrid, the second book in her The Hybrid series. Even more intense, this book spans the globe and takes the hero to new heights – and lows. Old and new enemies converge on Urban every time she seems to be getting close to some answers. And possible betrayal leaves our heroine – not to mention readers – wondering if there is anyone she can trust.
While sci-fi and dystopian are genres that I haven't really read a lot of, it is stories like Hybrid and authors like Candace Kade who keep me coming back and trying new things. The vividness of The Hybrid series is undeniable. You can totally see the story unfolding in your mind's eye and you quickly become invested in Urban's life. At the end of each book it is so hard to say goodbye to the characters but at least with these first two books readers know that there will at least be one more.
Candace Kade's fiction maybe aimed at a YA audience but it is just too good to be limited to only one age group – hence the reason this adult reader is such a fan. I sincerely enjoyed every page of Hybrid and I am on tenterhooks as to what will happen next in the world of The Hybrid...
Tell Tale Book Reviews gives Hybrid by Candace Kade a 4.5 Bark rating.
(I received a copy of this book from the author/publisher. All opinions are entirely my own.)
More from Candace
危机 is an interesting character.
It means crisis in Mandarin. The first character, 危 or wei, symbolizes “dangerous.” The second, 機 or ji, means “opportunity.” Put those two words together and you have the Chinese word for crisis.
I learned about the breakdown of this character while I was living in Beijing and starting to write the Hybrid Series. It felt risky moving to Beijing to work in an all-Chinese office using my second language, taking on a completely new role, while in the middle of a serious relationship, and with zero friends or community there to support me.
When my health failed, my long-distance relationship wavered, and the program that sent me dissolved leaving me without a job or visa, I arrived at a crisis.
If you look at the Chinese character for crisis, there’s two ways of thinking about interpreting it. One, a crisis is something dangerous, to be feared, and to run away from. Or two, a crisis could be an opportunity.
The crisis I faced in Beijing led to some incredible things in my life.
Because of it, I ended up writing the Hybrid Series and getting published. My relationship (with my now husband) became stronger. I grew on a personal level in so many ways. My dependence on God deepened as well.
My time in Beijing was one you could not pay me to relive. It’s also a season I wouldn’t trade for the world.
I once heard someone say:
“Do what scares you most.”
Maybe if what you’re chasing after doesn’t scare you, you’re not reaching high enough.
Seeing a crisis as an opportunity involves a great deal of risk. It’s a scary thing. If I avoided the things that scared me, I never would have gone to graduate school, taken half the roles I did in my career, moved overseas, dated, gotten married, learned Krav Maga, given birth, signed a book deal, and many other things that ended up being some of the best experiences in my life.
It’s all a matter of perspective.
In Hybrid, the main character, Lee Urban, faces a crisis in her life.
When Urban risks everything to seek out answers about her birth origins, she finds more than she bargained for and danger ensues. At her darkest moment of despair, she sees the characters weiji, or crisis, for what they could be: a dangerous opportunity. That discovery changes everything for her.
That same discovery changed me.
At some point in our lives, we will all face a crisis. The question is, will we let the fear of danger cow us into taking the path of least resistance? Or will we be true to ourselves, take calculated risks, and pursue the things we know God made us for?
For me, I’m choosing the latter.
“What are you afraid of?”
– Candace
It means crisis in Mandarin. The first character, 危 or wei, symbolizes “dangerous.” The second, 機 or ji, means “opportunity.” Put those two words together and you have the Chinese word for crisis.
I learned about the breakdown of this character while I was living in Beijing and starting to write the Hybrid Series. It felt risky moving to Beijing to work in an all-Chinese office using my second language, taking on a completely new role, while in the middle of a serious relationship, and with zero friends or community there to support me.
When my health failed, my long-distance relationship wavered, and the program that sent me dissolved leaving me without a job or visa, I arrived at a crisis.
If you look at the Chinese character for crisis, there’s two ways of thinking about interpreting it. One, a crisis is something dangerous, to be feared, and to run away from. Or two, a crisis could be an opportunity.
The crisis I faced in Beijing led to some incredible things in my life.
Because of it, I ended up writing the Hybrid Series and getting published. My relationship (with my now husband) became stronger. I grew on a personal level in so many ways. My dependence on God deepened as well.
My time in Beijing was one you could not pay me to relive. It’s also a season I wouldn’t trade for the world.
I once heard someone say:
“Do what scares you most.”
Maybe if what you’re chasing after doesn’t scare you, you’re not reaching high enough.
Seeing a crisis as an opportunity involves a great deal of risk. It’s a scary thing. If I avoided the things that scared me, I never would have gone to graduate school, taken half the roles I did in my career, moved overseas, dated, gotten married, learned Krav Maga, given birth, signed a book deal, and many other things that ended up being some of the best experiences in my life.
It’s all a matter of perspective.
In Hybrid, the main character, Lee Urban, faces a crisis in her life.
When Urban risks everything to seek out answers about her birth origins, she finds more than she bargained for and danger ensues. At her darkest moment of despair, she sees the characters weiji, or crisis, for what they could be: a dangerous opportunity. That discovery changes everything for her.
That same discovery changed me.
At some point in our lives, we will all face a crisis. The question is, will we let the fear of danger cow us into taking the path of least resistance? Or will we be true to ourselves, take calculated risks, and pursue the things we know God made us for?
For me, I’m choosing the latter.
“What are you afraid of?”
– Candace
 Candace Kade | Candace Kade grew up in China and currently lives in Austin, Texas. When she’s not missing Chinese food, she’s busy writing, exploring new countries, volunteering, hiking in national parks, teaching her husband Mandarin, and keeping a baby human alive. |
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Guild Master, March 28 (Author Interview)
Becca Hope: Book Obsessed, March 28
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Library Lady’s Kid Lit, April 1 (Author Interview)
Blogging With Carol, April 2
For the Love of Literature, April 3 (Author Interview)
Beauty in the Binding, April 4 (Author Interview)
Trinity Lofty Pages, April 4
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