Excellent resolution to the cliffhanger at the end of book one! This book is action filled, socially aware, wonderfully tragic, and, of course, brilliant! I wouldn't expect anything else from Julia Crane. Kaitlin and Eric are a unique special ops team. Mercenaries, they are not bound by the constrictions of government agents. In this story, they've joined forces with some other ex military men, to kill a rich human-trafficking kingpin. The story takes you back and forth between the IFICS people and a young girl who's been singled out by the slave-trader. It's heart-wrenching at times, and terrifying at others. All in all, a very good book. I've just downloaded book 3, and I'll let you know what I think, when I've finished. ( )

Fractured Innocence is the fantastic sequel in the IFICS series. It is is sci-fi, dystopia, romance, and thriller all wrapped up in one cyborg package. It is also a far darker and more intense read than was the first, Freak of Nature. In this book, Kaitlyn has come into her own and living her new life in the best way that she can. Her humanity and her creation to be a weapon have come together to make her what she is today... a black ops-style soldier on a mission of good.

The villain in this book is a bad guy of the worst kind. He is the leader of a human sex trafficking ring who also dabbles in drugs and illegal weapons. As much as the story is about Kaitlyn, it is also about Aaliyah, a girl stolen with her little brother off the streets of Detroit. What this girl goes through in this book, and her fellow captives, fractures her soul and changes her irrevocably. It is the mission of Kaitlyn and her partner Erik to take this leader down, and everyone with him so that the captive boys and girls can be rescued.
There was such depth of emotion in this book, something that is surprising when you take into account the main character is a cyborg who had lost much of her humanity. But we feel her pain and, more than that, we feel the pain of Aaliyah as she suffers through hell. It is undeniably dark and intense and there are parts that truly touch the heart and shake you to the core.

Things to love about Fractured Innocence...

--The intense emotions. There is so much pain and happiness and every emotion in between. It is a beautiful, although gritty, ride through humanity in all of its beauty and ugliness.
--Kaitlyn. She continues to grow and become more human, although her moments of confusion between her human side and her cyborg side are often hilarious.
--The action. As a military girl, I kinda loved the black ops parts!

Some quotastic goodness...

--There’d been a time in the not so distant past when she was lonely and ached for any human connection (Loc. 45).
--Kaitlyn wanted Dasvoik to see exactly what was coming for him. To see the fear in his eyes when he saw a half human raining hell down on him (Loc. 94).
--The room seemed to grow smaller as the fear began to swallow her. She was not naive; she knew what he meant by breaking her in (Loc. 595).
--And I am probably one of the weakest. She kept that thought to herself. Maybe if she continued to work with Kaitlyn, she, too, would one day be brave (Loc. 2888).

My recommendation: Dark and intense,with a heart wrenching story! FANTASTIC sequel! ( )