[Review] V.E. Schwab - Vicious
Title: Vicious ( Goodreads ) Author: V.E. Schwab Publisher: Tor Books Published: September 2013 ISBN13: 9780765335340 Pages: 364 Rating: 5/5 stars Format: ebook Start: 25 April 2015 Finish: 27 April 2015 Synopsis: Victor and Eli started out as college roommates - brilliant, arrogant, lonely boys who recognized the same sharpness and ambition in each other. In their senior year, a shared research interest in adrenaline, near-death experiences, and seemingly supernatural events reveals an intriguing possibility: that under the right conditions, someone could develop extraordinary abilities. But when their thesis moves from the academic to the experimental, things go horribly wrong. Ten years later, Victor breaks out of prison, determined to catch up to his old friend. Meanwhile, Eli is on a mission to eradicate every other super-powered person that he can find. Armed with terrible power on both sides, driven by the memory of betrayal and loss, the archnemeses have set...