History Literature / EveAndAdam

* AppliedPhlebotinum: Eve's [[spoiler: genetic healing powers]].

* BetaCouple: [[spoiler: Aislin and Adam]] are shaping up to be this.

* EvilGenius: Terra [[spoiler: is a subversion.]]

* TitleDrop: Over... and over... and over again...

* GoodThingYouCanHeal: [[spoiler: Terra arranged to have Eve genetically engineered so that she could heal much, much faster than others. It ends up saving her life.]]

* LateArrivalSpoiler: Adam comes to life. And he narrates. It's pretty much impossible to go into the book without knowing this.

* MagicFromTechnology: [[spoiler: Eve's healing abilities.]]

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler: When the scientists capture Solo and want to get into his computer, they ask him for the password. So he gives them a long, thirty-two character combination... that blanks the computer's memory, making it useless.]]

* OfficialCouple: [[spoiler: Eve and Solo.]]

* SavedByThePhlebotinum: [[spoiler: Eve's healing ability saves her life early on in the novel.]]

* ShoutOut: The Logan Serum to ''Film/{{LogansRun}}'''s super health and FreeLoveFuture, and perhaps making the treated having more pheromones, and generally more attractive, causing the sex references due to Eve being treated with an early version of the serum?

* {{Trope Maker|s}}: The authors credit themselves with creating, as they put it, "Biblical sci-fi rom-com thriller."

** [[spoiler:Genetic engineering through viruses that have the new cells replace the old ones, and the primary concern was the heart, so it could have started work there then spread out over... 15 years or so? She was two, so they could have just done the treatment to the cells with most growth, and maybe in her brain too... and then by 17, it would be almost like she had the early Logan Serum her whole life. Someone correct me if this is biologically incorrect...]]

** Genetically engineering via enginnered viruses isn't a explanation?

''Eve and Adam'' is a collaboration between CreatorCouple [[KAApplegate Katherine Applegate]] and Creator/MichaelGrant, co-authors of ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'', ''Literature/{{Everworld}}'', and ''Literature/{{Remnants}}''. It focuses on Evening Spiker, who gets in a car crash that threatens to kill her... except that [[OnlyAFleshWound she's mysteriously fine]] [[GoodThingYouCanHeal after a few days]]. Terra, her mother and [[MadScientist the owner of the hospital where Eve is staying]], wants to keep her in the hospital for longer, and so [[ForTheLulz to keep Eve from being bored]], her mother gives her a project: to genetically engineer the perfect boy, Adam. The book is told in a dual perspective between Eve and Solo Plissken, who worked for Eve's mom at the hospital ever since his parents were killed in a car crash. He knows that there's more to the project than keeping Eve busy, and with her help, he uncovers some horrifying secrets of the hospital...

* RapeAsDrama: [[UnfortunateImplications A bunch of adult scientists joke about wanting to have sex with Eve, a teenager.]]

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: It comes up surprisingly rarely, but there is one place where it's a problem: [[spoiler: it's mentioned that Eve was genetically engineered as a young child. This would've meant that every one of her ''billions'' of cells would've had to been altered, and there would've been no way to do it quickly enough so that she wouldn't know.
** Genetic engineering through viruses that have the new cells replace the old ones, and the primary concern was the heart, so it could have started work there then spread out over... 15 years or so? She was two, so they could have just done the treatment to the cells with most growth, and maybe in her brain too... and then by 17, it would be almost like she had the early Logan Serum her whole life. Someone correct me if this is biologically incorrect...]]

* [[spoiler: EverybodyLives: In contrast to literally every other science fiction book these authors have written, there's not a single death in the entire book.]]

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: It comes up surprisingly rarely, but there is one place where it's a problem: [[spoiler: it's mentioned that Eve was genetically engineered as a young child. This would've meant that every one of her ''billions'' of cells would've had to been altered, and there would've been no way to do it quickly enough so that she wouldn't know.]]
** Genetic engineering through viruses that have the new cells replace the old ones, and the primary concern was the heart, so it could have started work there then spread out over... 15 years or so? She was two, so they could have just done the treatment to the cells with most growth, and maybe in her brain too... and then by 17, it would be almost like she had the early Logan Serum her whole life. Someone correct me if this is biologically incorrect...

** Genetic engineering through viruses that have the new cells replace the old ones, and the primary concern was the heart, so it could have started work there then spread out over... 12 years or so?

* MonochromeCasting: Probably the only work by either author ''ever'' to use this trope.

* Shout-Out: The Logan Serum to ''Film/{{LogansRun}}'''s super health.

* ContrivedCoincidence: [[spoiler: Eve's father and Solo's parents died in the same car crash.]][[spoiler: Not Really, Her dad was chasing them in order to kill them or something due to Terra's fears. Someone fix this...]]

* ContrivedCoincidence: [[spoiler: Eve's father and Solo's parents died in the same car crash.]]

* Shout-Out: The Logan Serum to ''Film/{{Logan's Run}}'''s super health.

* Shout-Out: The Logan Serum to {{Film/Logan's Run}}'s super health.

* Shout-Out: The Logan Serum to ''Film/{{Logan's Run}}'''s super health.

* Shout-Out: The Logan Serum to [[Film/Logan's Run]]'s super health.

* Shout-Out: The Logan Serum to ''Film/Logan's Run'' 's super health?

->''[[WhamLine I'm thinking of an apple when the streetcar hits and my leg severs and my ribs crumble and my arm is no longer an arm but something unrecognizable, wet and red.]]''

''Eve and Adam'' is a collaboration between CreatorCouple [[KAApplegate Katherine Applegate]] and MichaelGrant, co-authors of ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'', ''Literature/{{Everworld}}'', and ''Literature/{{Remnants}}''. It focuses on Evening Spiker, who gets in a car crash that threatens to kill her... except that [[OnlyAFleshWound she's mysteriously fine]] [[GoodThingYouCanHeal after a few days]]. Terra, her mother and [[MadScientist the owner of the hospital where Eve is staying]], wants to keep her in the hospital for longer, and so [[ForTheLulz to keep Eve from being bored]], her mother gives her a project: to genetically engineer the perfect boy, Adam. The book is told in a dual perspective between Eve and Solo Plissken, who worked for Eve's mom at the hospital ever since his parents were killed in a car crash. He knows that there's more to the project than keeping Eve busy, and with her help, he uncovers some horrifying secrets of the hospital...

* AppliedPhlebotinum: Eve's [[spoiler: genetic healing powers.]]

* AwesomeMcCoolName: Solo Plissken.

* DoesNotUnderstandSarcasm: Adam.

** Adam is also pretty similar to [[Literature/{{Animorphs}} Ax]].

* FlippingTheBird: At one point, [[spoiler: Solo is tied up by [=SpikerFarm=] workers who try to make him give them the password to his computer. He gives them a long, thirty-two character password... [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome that deletes the contents of the computer and displays a middle finger.]]]]

* TropeMaker: The authors credit themselves with creating, as they put it, "Biblical sci-fi rom-com thriller."

* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Both authors, according to WordOfGod. Here's how Grant puts it in a school visit:
-->'''Grant''': So, Jean Fiewell [editor of ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}''] comes to us and says, "Hey, do you want to write a book together again?" And of course, we say, "Oh, God no. We don't want any piece of that, because things are peaceful now, life is good in our house." And then she said the words that would change our opinion on this, which were, "I'll pay you a lot of money." And we said, "Oh, okay."

* OnlyAFleshWound: Invoked; despite the fact that Eve is almost killed by the car that hits her, she's better in a few days. Justified one we find out that [[spoiler: Eve was genetically engineered to be able to heal well.]]

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: A guy described so hot that [[EvenTheGuysWantHim everyone]] wants to do it with him? Check. BelligerentSexualTension between Solo and Eve, emphasis on 'sexual'? Check. References to gay people at literally every possible opportunity? Check. All this in a book published by Scholastic? Double check.

** Eve at one point talks about a report she made in which she opened by saying, "Boys have nipples. Why is this?" She then proceeds to show a picture of [[CrowningMomentOfFunny a shirtless man]] that was 'sure to hold the attention of the nine straight girls and [[EvenTheGuysWantHim one gay boy]] in the room.'