Fever by Dee Shulman (Parallon Trilogy #1)

• Received for review
• Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: Penguin (5 April 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0141340266
• ISBN-13: 978-0141340265
• A fearless Roman gladiator. A reckless 21st century girl. A mysterious virus unites them . . .
  
  152 AD. Sethos Leontis, a skilled and mesmerising fighter, is unexpectedly wounded and lies dangerously close to death.
  
  2012 AD. Eva is brilliant - but troubled. Starting her new life at a school for the gifted, a single moment in the lab has terrifying results.
  
  An extraordinary link brings Sethos and Eva together, but it could force them apart - because the fever that grips them cannot be cured and falling in love could be lethal . . . Can love survive when worlds collide and threaten time itself?
• Cover:  This cover is far more effective in person.  It's really bright and vibrant, and I love it.
• The concept of this one really drew me in.  I loved the idea that a Roman Gladiator and a modern school girl, millennia apart, somehow being connected by a mysterious virus.
• I loved that we had both Seth and Eva's points of view.
• The story was unique and I was definitely intrigued to see how the two seemingly separate stories would start to entwine.
• I did have a couple of issues with this one.
• Eva's supposed perfection- beauty, brains, talent.  'Too' well rounded.  Guys falls at her feet without the least provocation.  In this respect I couldn't help but compare Eva to Bella Swan.
• Another issue I had was the 'insta-love' element between Seth and Livia (yeah Livia) he's besotted without even really talking to her, let alone knowing her.  It just screamed unbelievable.
• However I still really enjoyed reading it, and while these things were slightly irritating, they didn't mar the overall enjoyment of the book.
• It was frustrating that the mysterious virus and fever or Parallon was never explained.  I'm hoping that it will be in the next book, that I will definitely be reading.
• 3.5/5 stars.
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