With the second book, the reverse happened. Wayfarer was my original title and my US publisher was happy to keep it; but my UK editor suggested Rebel , so we went with that. Are your books published in any other languages? Ultraviolet and Quicksilver were also published in Taiwan.
I encourage aspiring authors to join a critique group in their area or on the Internet, where they can share their work with others and get suggestions on how to improve it. Can you answer some questions? I sent you an e-mail today. How long until I get a reply?
I love that author R. Anderson directly addresses and refutes this in the book. That is awesome. And you know what else is awesome? The relationship that unfolds between Tori and Milo is complicated, to say the least, but its one of my favorite YA relationships in a very, very long time. With its skillful genre-busting, plotting and standout characters, Quicksilver is every bit as wonderful as Ultraviolet. Heck, I think I may even love it more than that first book.
Absolutely recommended, and in the running for one of my favorite books of And four weeks later I woke up in my hometown on Saturday morning as Victoria Beaugrand and went to bed that night in another city as completely different person.
Buy the Book: click on the links to purchase. Thea James is one half of the maniacal duo behind The Book Smugglers. A full-time book nerd who works in publishing for her day job, Thea currently resides in Astoria, Queens with her partner and rambunctious cat. I loved this book as well. I thought it was great! Like, OMG, I was so shocked.
A million agreements to this review and especially Tori being asexual. Some of the science-fiction elements threw me off because hard science makes my eyes roll into the back of my head, but this was SUCH a good book. I kind of want to go back and edit my review because the book has grown on me. Maybe I should make one of the medical professionals in my life read Quicksilver before my next appointment with him. He thinks childhood trauma has to do with it and always asks what my nonexistent boyfriend thinks of this or that.
Heteronormative AND unable to wrap his mind around asexuality. I wish I could see someone else instead of him. I love both of them individually and as a couple so much.
I guess I need to read that! I really enjoyed Ultraviolet, more than I suspected I was going to, but hearing that the sequel has an asexual character? I like positive portrayals of people who share my sexual preference like that, and I wish I could have gotten my hands on an early copy of this so that I could geek out over it in public. You guys have rarely steered me wrong! I found it really implausible that a wealthy, high functioning family would have chosen to go on the run instead of hiring a lawyer and getting a restraining order against an ex cop who was stalking their teenaged daughter.
Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Preview — Quicksilver by R. Quicksilver Ultraviolet 2 by R. Anderson Goodreads Author. Back in her hometown, Tori Beaugrand had everything a teenaged girl could want—popularity, money, beauty.
But she also had a secret. A secret that could change her life in an instant, or destroy it. But if she Back in her hometown, Tori Beaugrand had everything a teenaged girl could want—popularity, money, beauty.
But if she wants to have anything like a normal life, she has to blend in and hide her unusual Get A Copy. Paperback , pages. Published May 2nd by Orchard Books first published March 1st More Details Original Title.
Ultraviolet 2. Kitchener, Ontario Canada. Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Quicksilver , please sign up. Will i be able to follow and know whats going on If I havent read the first book?? Moriah This book really goes into detail from the previous book so it shouldn't be too hard to understand but you will understand the relationships between t …more This book really goes into detail from the previous book so it shouldn't be too hard to understand but you will understand the relationships between the charachters more of you read the first book.
Have fun reading!!!! See 2 questions about Quicksilver…. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of Quicksilver Ultraviolet, 2. Dec 25, karen rated it liked it Shelves: netgalley , why-yes-i-ya. View all 13 comments. Oct 24, R. I'll admit it: I was scared to write this book. Not because I didn't believe in the characters or the story, but because I knew it was going to challenge me in all kinds of new ways, and take me to places as an author and as a researcher that I'd never been before.
And at times, the pressure to I'll admit it: I was scared to write this book. And at times, the pressure to live up to my own expectations of what this book ought to be -- let alone worrying about everybody else's expectations -- drove me almost to despair.
But it was worth it. Because the revisions are all done now, and with the help of my editors and critique group and faithful research consultants, the story has become everything I wanted and more. Maybe one day I'll get a notion to write a third book, but I don't think right now there's any need for one, and I can't even really imagine what it would be about or who would narrate it if I did.
I hope you will too. View all 30 comments. Dec 02, Emily May rated it it was amazing Shelves: young-adult , , sci-fi , arc. And the movies with the same? I know you all know what I'm talking about. Well, this is the book that kicks apart and destroys all those old stereotypes and brings to you the story of that popular girl everyone thinks they know but no one really does. There are a whole bunch of secrets hiding behind that pretty face and Anderson expertly uses them to tell a story interwoven with the exploration of sexism, racism, sexuality and mental illness.
I was unsure about my feelings on the first book - Ultraviolet - and my enjoyment was occasionally threatened by the purple prose which was a product of Alison's synesthesia and unusual abilities.
However, this book is an entirely different breed of novel. With Tori Beaugrand, no time is wasted waxing poetic about letters and numbers, we get straight into a fast-paced, well-structured action story that never slows for a second.
Anderson pulls out twists that this time actually came as a huge surprise and she introduces new sides to her old characters that make them so much more well-rounded. Tori is so many things all at once and the author even does something entirely new to me, anyway with her character here and explores an area I have never seen touched upon in any novel. Tori is the perfect balance of strong and flawed, she manages to be brave but struggles with normal human fears that make her someone the reader can relate to but also cheer on.
The author even pauses to look at what it's like to be female in one of the most male-dominated professions of all - engineering. It's amazing how many social issues Anderson incorporates into this novel without making the novel about them or taking anything away from the main plot.
One of the other things I really appreciate in Anderson's novels is that she doesn't concern herself with writing the story the reader wants to happen; she isn't fuelled by a need to find a happy ending or to resolve every character's problems. And I like this. It means that her stories will always be unpredictable because anything could happen, bad stuff happens to the good people and not every relationship will end with hand-holding as they walk off into the sunset.
This is an element that can make even the most unrealistic paranormal novel seem somewhat real. I am deliberately avoiding saying anything about the plot itself because it's very easy to spoil the first book.
But I would highly recommend these novels so much to everyone, I'm even willing to say now that it's worth making it through the first book even if you aren't keen just so you can read Quicksilver. My only hope is that this isn't the last we hear from Tori, Alison and Sebastian, the questions opened by these two books are just too delicious to go unanswered. View all 14 comments. Jan 03, Wendy Darling rated it it was amazing Shelves: sci-fi-or-futuristic , read , may , asian , action-packed , crush-worthy-boys , favorites , publication , poc , to-review.
What a mindfuck of a book. And what a crazily original heroine! I can't even gather coherent thoughts at this point. Review to come. View all 74 comments. Sep 19, B rated it it was amazing Shelves: favorites , read-reviewed , hand-me-some-tissues , hurry-up , netgalley-edelweiss-arc , judge-a-book-by-the-cover , i-want-it-right-now , didn-t-see-that-coming , reads , i-totally-saw-that-coming. This review may contain possible spoilers for Ultraviolet If you were to ask me right now what word I think best describes Quicksilver , while trying to refrain from using the inevitable words such as 'amazing', 'mind-blowing', or even the simple but very accurate 'OMG', the word I would choose would be 'intense'.
And quite honestly, the fact that Quicksilver is as intense as it is is quite a feat given that there is not much action throughout most of the novel and not many fight scenes. But I t This review may contain possible spoilers for Ultraviolet If you were to ask me right now what word I think best describes Quicksilver , while trying to refrain from using the inevitable words such as 'amazing', 'mind-blowing', or even the simple but very accurate 'OMG', the word I would choose would be 'intense'.
But I think the fact that there aren't many fight scenes or much action throughout Quicksilver is refreshing, and, like I mentioned earlier, quite a feat given how intense it is. One of the best things about Quicksilver is that its intensity doesn't rely on action or fight scenes like most novels do. The intensity of Quicksilver relies on, for example, something as simple and innocuous as a telephone ringing on the wall. Such suspense is brought into play with that loud, monotonous ringing of the telephone, and with it I just couldn't help but bite my nails and panic, wondering if the person on the other side of the phone is an antagonist calling to send a warning to Tori and her family, or just the next door neighbor calling Tori to welcome her and her family to the neighborhood.
That type of suspense and intensity is used so often in Quicksilver , and I can say with complete and utter certainty that it kept me on the edge of my seat more than any fight scene I've read in any novel this year.
However, with a determined cop, a few curious doctors, a relay that may or may not engage at any minute, an old enemy on her trail, and an old ally as well, Tori soon finds that escaping her old life is going to be more difficult than she thought. And this time she may bring more people other than herself down with her. If you, too, are a fan of Ultraviolet and was left hanging by its ending that may or may not have torn your heart to shreds it totally tore mine, not sure about you , and are expecting a continuation of Alison and Farraday's relationship and lives in Quicksilver , you will be surprised.
Confession time: I added Quicksilver because I loved Ultraviolet , and I neglected to read its synopsis this seems to be a recurring problem with me: if your book has a pretty cover or it's a sequel to a book I liked, on the TBR list it goes , so when I cracked open the virtual pages of Quicksilver , I was surprised to find that it was a continuation of Tori's story. At first, I was a bit worried that I might not like Tori's character as much as I liked Alison's, or that the plot wouldn't do it for me, but soon all of my worrying turned into complete adoration for the intricate and incredibly well developed story in Quicksilver and the spectacular character and relationship development.
With mesmerizing writing, genius plot twists, some reunions that are guaranteed to make you squeal, and a finale that will undoubtedly blow your mind, Quicksilver is a stunning sequel to an absolutely stunning novel.
While Ultraviolet and Quicksilver are the only two works of RJ Anderson that I've read so far, I think it's pretty safe to say that I'm a big fan of hers. I mean, what's not to be a fan of when she writes books like this? Take THAT, world! I just I can't think coherently right now it's like Ultraviolet all over again!
View all 9 comments. Jan 03, Steph Sinclair rated it it was amazing Recommends it for: Sci-fi fans. Shelves: young-adult , sci-fi , release , cool-author , favs , reads , awesome , pure-win , mystery , ebook. I commission everyone to go out and read this series. Awesome reasons. Why is it that every time I finish a novel by R. Anderson, I can't find the right words to review it? I can do better than that. Let me try this again. Quicksilver had me flipping pages as fast as humanly possible from beginning to end.
If you are a sc 4. If you are a sci-fi fan and you haven't read Quicksliver's predecessor, Ultraviolet , then my question to you would be: DUDE, what the hell are you waiting for?! Even though I thought Ultraviolet was slightly predictable, I enjoyed every minute of it. Immediately after finishing the last page, I knew I needed a sequel.
So I waited and waited. I hadn't even read the synopsis because I had made up my mind a year ago that I'd read it no matter what it was about. You know that feeling when you've read a book that you've been highly anticipating and it exceeds your expectations? Plot: So when I said I didn't even read the description before starting Quicksilver, I really meant it. I went in expecting the story to pick up from Alison's point of view and was surprised to learn that it was Tori Beaugrand instead, proving once again that reading is indeed fundamental.
And I was initially hesitant to this change because Tori wasn't a character that I exactly liked in Ultraviolet. But after reading the first chapter and hearing her 'voice', I was a fan. The novel starts with Tori, her mother and father moving to a different city to avoid police curiosity and more questioning. She leaves behind her old life, friends and even Alison, to start over, renaming herself Niki.
She hopes that the events that occurred at the end of Ultraviolet are far behind her, but she later finds out she is still in danger of returning to Mathis, the scientist who had originally sent her to earth as an experiment. With the help of the enigmatic Sebastian Faraday and a new character, Milo, Tori races against time to do whatever it takes to remain on Earth.
There really wasn't any slow moments or down time in Quicksilver. Tori has a very short window to destroy the relay's ability to beam her back to Mathis and the clock is ticking throughout the entire novel. Quite literally too if you consider the binary countdown clock at the beginning of each new chapter.
I thought that was a really nice touch and added an extra level of suspense. I really wish I could say more about the plot without spoiling anything, but I can't. The plot twists, however, were very well-placed and unexpected.
Dynamic Characters: Anderson really takes her novels to another level with her characters. First it was Alison with her synesthesia and then there is Tori. I can't really say what it is about her that makes her such an interesting character because it's a spoiler, but I have never seen that done in a YA novel.
In fact, I don't think I've ever seen it done at all in any book I've read. It's like Anderson picks these different aspects to really make her characters stand out and feel REAL. These characters have real issue that don't just get solved with fairy dust by the end of the novel. And in Quicksilver, Tori is put in the worst possible situations to the point where I was genuinely horrified during one scene. I kept thinking that Anderson would save her from such a fate, but that's what I love about her books.
Her characters don't always get what they want and you can just feel their pain and desire for it. But you also feel their resolve of the inevitable. Just as in Ultraviolet where I was rooting so hard for Sebastian and Alison to somehow get together by the end of the novel and I was flabbergasted that Anderson would leave Alison so broken after everything she had been through and not give her one piece of happiness.
So I was hoping, with all the power that a reader could posses, that they would work things out. I was angry, yet I was I happy. It makes for a more powerful story. During that scene my heart was racing sooooo hard!
If you ever get a chance to read this book, then you'll understand what I mean. And I really appreciate how things were resolved, but at the same time a small bit of conflict still remains, because there are consequences for our actions, even in the fictional world. So if you are on the market, looking for a suspenseful sci-fi novel with and engaging plot and fresh characters, look no further. I highly recommend Quicksilver.
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I've been waiting for this book since the day I finished my first read of Ultraviolet - aka View all 5 comments. Oct 22, Lindsay rated it really liked it.
Tori Beaugrand and her family have fled the town where they have lived all Tori's life and are living with assumed names. After her disappearance for three months, a sample of her blood found its way to people who very much want access to more of it and a ruthless and implacable detective who desperately wants answers is happy to help them.
But in her new town and with her new life, everything comes crashing down when Sebastian Faraday reappears in her life with the news that Mathis still wants Tori Beaugrand and her family have fled the town where they have lived all Tori's life and are living with assumed names. But in her new town and with her new life, everything comes crashing down when Sebastian Faraday reappears in her life with the news that Mathis still wants her back. Tori Nikki is an interesting character.
Like Alison she has her own unusual elements, and an exploration of her story is necessarily an exploration of her identity issues. She's also a technical genius and it's great to see positive representation of young females excelling in STEM fields. This companion book to Ultraviolet is rather different in tone and to a certain degree content, diving completely into science-fiction.
Afte This companion book to Ultraviolet is rather different in tone and to a certain degree content, diving completely into science-fiction. Once more, appearances are deceiving, and instead we have a girl excelling in technology and a boy going against cultural expectations. At all. I just wanted more! Furthermore, Anderson does the same with the plot, daring to go into the unexpected and often dark side of things. I personally loved it, all of it, and cannot wait to read more from this author.
Dec 24, Maja The Nocturnal Library rated it really liked it Shelves: review-copy , all-the-right-choices , favorites , postcard-from-outer-space , young-adult , own-a-dtb , reviewed-in , sci-fi , hachette.
When Quicksilver was first announced, it was said to be a companion novel to Ultraviolet, R. Quicksilver is more of a sequel — a continuation of the same story told from a different perspective. She is a very down-to-earth kind of person, which is perhaps an odd thing to say about an alien. Tori is a very competent mechanic and her personality reflects this — she is calm, collected and precise in every situation she gets thrown into.
Now that the chip has been removed from her arm and she can leave town without getting seazures, Tori and her parents are on the run: from detective Deckard, from GeneSystem Laboratories and from the crazy alien scientist Mathis. Desperate to keep Tori safe, they change their names and move to a small Canadian town.
Hers is a self-imposed isolation, born out of fear of rejections and a strong sense of not belonging, and it was almost unbearable at times. There is a boy, of course — a loyal, intelligent Korean boy — a friend, pretend boyfriend and quite a few things in between. Not altered, just worked around. When she did join the group, she brought with her the open emotionality Tori sorely lacks, and it was then I realized how different these two books really are.
View all 6 comments. Jan 06, Julie marked it as to-read Shelves: young-adult , awesome-books , dying-to-read , world-better-not-end. The world better not end before the book comes out. Mar 23, TheBookSmugglers rated it it was amazing Shelves: best-of , diversity , lgbt , science-fiction-awesomeness , young-adult , lgbtqia.
You do not have to have read Ultraviolet to read Quicksilver , but if you want to be unspoiled for the first book, you should probably start there. And then, just as inexplicably, Tori returns home, bloodied and beaten, but alive and whole. Tori's disappearance is a mystery to the police and her friends, and she claims that she cannot remember anything of her abduction, or the weeks she was gone. More than anything, Tori wants everyone to forget, and to move on with her life as though nothing has happened.
Of course, the truth isn't so simple. Tori's disappearance is one that spans time and space, her secret one that no one - save for friend Alison and scientist Sebastian Faraday - can ever know. You see, Tori isn't like anyone else on Earth. And now she's being hunted by scientists who want to study her unique DNA, by a rogue cop that can't give up without knowing Tori's story, and by one of her own kind who will stop at nothing to continue his grand experiment.
Tori and her parents uproot themselves, changing their names and their appearances, in the hopes that they can stay safe. Now, Tori is Nikki - a brunette with a pixie cut and dark gray-blue eyes, who is homeschooled and works a part-time job at the local supermarket, trying to keep under the radar.
But to be successful, it will take every ounce of Nikki's unique skills - but more importantly, it means she will have to place her trust in others. The companion book to 's Ultraviolet , Quicksilver is a fantastic science fiction novel from R.
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