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Luis Fuentes has always been sheltered from the gang violence that nearly destroyed his brothers’ lives. But that hasn’t stopped him from other thrill-seeking behavior—like scaling a mountain in the Rockies or dreaming of a future as an astronaut. Nikki Cruz lives her life by three rules—boys lie to get their way, don’t trust a boy who says "I love you," and never date a boy from the south side of Fairfield. Then she meets Luis at his brother Alex’s wedding, and suddenly she’s tempted to break all her rules.

Getting Nikki to take a chance on a south sider is Luis’s biggest challenge, until he finds himself targeted by Chuy Soto, the new head of the Latino Blood. When Chuy reveals a disturbing secret about Luis’s family, the youngest Fuentes finds himself questioning everything he’s ever believed to be true. Will his feelings for Nikki be enough to stop Luis from entering a dark and violent world?

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Gr 10 Up—Chain Reaction follows Perfect Chemistry (2009) and Rules of Attraction (2010, both Walker), a trilogy centered on the lives and loves of the Fuentes brothers. Luis, the youngest, is a smart, macho "adrenaline junkie" who has a way with the chicas. The story is told in alternating chapters by Luis, who opens with a rock-climbing stunt that lands him in the hospital, and by Nikki, 15, who opens intending to tell her boyfriend that she is pregnant. The importance of la familia is a thread throughout the story, and when the Fuentes family returns to Chicago's South Side, Luis finds himself drawn into the gang life that Alex and Carlos worked so hard to leave behind. Nikki, dumped by her boyfriend, has sworn off relationships, putting her energy into helping out at an animal shelter. The fast-paced story is a melodramatic roller coaster, with gangbanging, drug selling, steamy encounters in pool cabanas, and a shocking family secret revealed. The story is laced with Spanish words and phrases, four letter words, and up-front descriptions of loving teenage trysts. Derek shows some depth of character as a friend who stands up for Luis, as does Reyes, an ex-gang member turned cop. Most of the characters are clearly either good or bad, but this simplicity keeps the story moving briskly along. A no-loose-ends epilogue revisits the family 26 years later, to assure readers that all ends well. The books are best read in order and will find the strongest audience among fans of the first two installments.—Maggie Knapp, Trinity Valley School, Fort Worth, TX

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780802720870
Publisher: Walker & Company
Publication date: 8/16/2011
Pages: 320
Sales rank: 573
Age range: 14 - 18 Years
Series: Perfect Chemistry Series , #3
Product dimensions: 5.60 (w) x 8.40 (h) x 1.20 (d)

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Simone Elkeles

Simone Elkeles is the author of Perfect Chemistry, Rules of Attraction, and Leaving Paradise, a Book Sense Pick. Simone was named Author of the Year by the Illinois Association of Teachers of English.

www.simoneelkeles.net

www.perfectchemistrythebook.com

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Anonymous

Posted December 14, 2010

AAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

these books are amazing. first alex then carlos and now luis it just keeps getting better. i really enjoy that at the end of each book it goes to the future to show how things turn on. this book is going to be as amazing as the first two were.Simone is an awesome writer who's books just get you screaming for more.

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Balina

Posted August 18, 2011

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Very good

The chain reaction is definitely a must read. I have enjoyed reading this book from start to finish.

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lautnergirl

Posted December 20, 2010

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OMG OMG OMG

I LOVE THESE BOOKS SOOOOOOO MUCH!!!!!! I GOT ALL MY FRIENDS INTO THIS BOOK AND WE ARE ALL SOOOOO EXCITED FOR THIS BOOK!!!! SIMONE ELKELES IS SOOOOOOO GOOD AT WRITING BOOKS ITS LIKE AMAZING!!! I DONT WANT THE SERIES TO END!!!!!

12 out of 12 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous

Posted December 19, 2010

FINALLY!!!!!!

This series in incredible!!!!!!! I can't wait until this book comes. I'm dying to read what happens to Luis

11 out of 12 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous

Posted December 28, 2010

You have to read it!!

I can not wait to read this book. i absolutely loved "perfect chemistry" and "rules of attraction". i'm sure this book is going to be just as good..or even better!!!!!!!!!!

7 out of 7 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous

Posted September 12, 2011

Such a dissapointment

I love Simone Elkeles' books. The first two in the Perfect Chemistry series were so great. But this one totally fell flat in my opinion. None of the characters were developed, the main characters made stupid decisions for no apparent reason, and the connection between Luis and Nikki seemed fake. In the other books, all of the characters seemed so real. Even the secondary ones, like friends and family all had distinct personalities. However, if you did read the first two I would recommend reading this one even if its just for closure on the series.

4 out of 8 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous

Posted December 22, 2010

^.^

simone elkeles had capture my eyes. its incredible how her books show exactly wat everything is really about! i love the perfect chemistry series and all her book !! sime uh rock

4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
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TryFresh

Posted September 30, 2011

Hmm...

I know that in everyone else's reviews, they say that they loved the book, and that it was, by far, the best in the series. To me, actually, it's the opposite. I LOVED the first book, and then the 2nd book was AMAZING. But this one? It's good. Yeah, it's nice, but it's like a remake of the first book with stuff added in here and there. Personally, I like the 1st and 2nd books the best, but whatever. To each her own. (:

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Anonymous

Posted September 16, 2011

Nice ending, but sort of predictable

The first two were soooooo amazing! But with this book, I felt like Elkeles ran out of time to write. I found myself hating Nikki through most of the book. However,Luis' family problems were really unexpected and cool. Overall though, it was still good. It was just missing that spark the first two had.

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Breathing-Books_Not-Fire

Posted February 2, 2011

So exciting!!

This series is literaly one of my favorites! I'm so excited that there's another one coming out. This is a MUST READ series!

3 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous

Posted January 17, 2011

MUST READ!

i want to read this book so badly i am a huge fan of perfect chemisty and rules of attraction i must read this book soon ugh may come quickly!

3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous

Posted December 18, 2011

Liked it, but left disappointed

To start, I loved the first two books. Especially Perfect Chemistry. When I found out that Chain Reaction was coming out, I was very excited and had high hopes for it. A little more then half way, I had to stop reading for a while. I couldn't find Nikki likeable, and Luis was just okay to me. While the book was still good, compared to the first two and the high hopes I had, it fell short.

A funny story, I had this book with me in my math class. My table group member was carious because of the cover. He took the book while I wasn't looking and begun reading it. Next day, I saw that he had Perfect Chemistry and Rules of Attraction with him.

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Anonymous

Posted October 7, 2011

Love the series

It's a great series. If you love the bad boy, who is really a soft hearted hero (when it comes to the girl they love) then this is a great series for you to read. I have to admitt that the first one is my favorite but you can't go wrong with any of these brothers. *Note: It's more for the 17 plus age group.

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Anonymous

Posted October 3, 2011

Liked It But I Did'nt Love It

HONESTLY THE BOOK WAS GOOD BUT I WAS LEFT VERY DISSAPOINTED. I FEEL LIKE IT WAS A UNREVISED COPY OF THE BOOK, AND IT STILL NOT FINISH. THE CHARACTERS WERE'NT VERY WELL DEVELOPED OR VERY LIKED,NIKKI GOT ON MY NERVES FOR MOST OF THE BOOK WHICH IN THE OTHERS I ALWAYS LIKED BOTH CHARACTHERS BUT I COULD'NT STOMACH NIKKI AT ALL,THE ONLY CHARACTER I LIKED WAS LUIS AND THE OLD CHARACTERS (LIKE CARLOS,ALEXS, ETC.)DON'T GET ME WRONG I LIKED IT BUT NOT A LOT. THE PLOT SOUNDED VERY FAMILIAR. I THOUGHT THE FIRST WAS GREAT, THE SECOND WAS EVEN GREATER, AND THE THIRD WAS JUST PLAIN GOOD. DON'T GET MAD AT ME IT'S JUST AN OPINION AND LIKE I SAID IM STILL AND ALWAYS WILL BE A FAN AND SUPPORT IT IN THE FUTURE IF THE TRILOGY IS TURNED INTO A MOVIE FRANSCHISE. SIMONE ELKELES PLEASE KEEP WRITING ABOUT THE FUENTES BROTHERS (ESPECIALLY CARLOS HE'S MY FAV).

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous

Posted September 17, 2011

I'm sorry but this just completely sucked!

I absolutely loved the first two books of this series but the third one is completely lacking. I couldn't connect with the characters and it felt as if the author was just rushing through to get the book done and over with. I'm sooo disappointed because i waited so long to read this and it fell short. It just didn't have the overall connection that the other books gave you.

2 out of 6 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous

Posted August 30, 2011

epppp

it was sooo good! i feel sooo bad for Isa though. two guys thats she's interested in died!! love love love the ending!

2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
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StarletGlade14

Posted January 20, 2011

MUST READ!!!

If you've already read the first two books then you know you have GOT to read the third one. I'm sssooooo excited!! And if you haven't read the series, GET A MOVE ON IT! Great job Simone!

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PerfectChemistry101

Posted December 29, 2010

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WHAT WE HAVE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR

I love all her books!! I read perfect chemistry and then i literally got all the girls in my grade HOOKED on the books!! They are THE best books i have read!!! cant wait to read it!!

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Anonymous

Posted January 31, 2012

Chain reaction

This book was awesome!!! I have read them all Plus the "Paradise" books... they are all great... i hope that the glance in to luis jr. Life means their is more to come....

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BooksWithBite

Posted October 24, 2011

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Great book!

I have to say that I expected more of this book but still enjoyed nonetheless. I loved the Fuentes brothers and to see their futures come to life before my eyes is something I love to read!

What I enjoyed most about this book is that both characters come from troubled back rounds. Though it is not the same but similar, they both fight constantly. Their bickering flirting left me snickering through out the book. I loved that they both had such a attraction to each other that left my heart swooning. Even the way they met, it left me smiling from ear to ear.

Both characters did a lot of growing up in this book. The life lessons they both had to learn left me happy that they finally found each other after all of that trouble. Both had to go on a life journey to find out who they are and who they are meant to be.

In the end, this book is great! I loved reading the obnoxious flirting as well as the love that grew before me. The Fuentes family stuck by each other and they're loyalty is divine. Luis fought who he was and came into the man he is meant to be. Secrets and a love that started with a knee-kick, Ms. Elkeles delighted me with her wonderful story!

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