Publication Date: October 2nd 2012 From Goodreads: Sixteen year old Evangeline “Evie” Greene leads a charmed life, until she begins experiencing horrifying hallucinations. When an apocalyptic event decimates her Louisiana hometown, Evie realizes her hallucinations were actually visions of the future—and they’re still happening. Fighting for her life and desperate… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Dystopian
Review: Word and Breath (Wordless Chronicles #1) by Susannah Noel
From Goodreads: Riana has learned how to stay out of trouble. She spends her days studying written texts in the government’s Office of Readers, and she spends her nights taking care of her sick sister. She always—always—follows the rules. Despite her low profile, she has mysteriously become a target. Someone… Read more »
Review: Monsters of Men (Chaos Walking #3) by Patrick Ness
From Goodreads: “War,” says the Mayor. “At last.” Three armies march on New Prentisstown, each one intent on destroying the others. Todd and Viola are caught in the middle, with no chance of escape. As the battles commence, how can they hope to stop the fighting? How can there ever… Read more »
Review: Glitch by Heather Anastasiu
Expected Publication Date: August 7th 2012 by St. Martin’s Griffin From Goodreads: In the Community, there is no more pain or war. Implanted computer chips have wiped humanity clean of destructive emotions, and thoughts are replaced by a feed from the Link network. When Zoe starts to malfunction (or “glitch”),… Read more »
Review: The Ask and the Answer (Chaos Walking #2) by Patrick Ness
From Goodreads: We were in the square, in the square where I’d run, holding her, carrying her, telling her to stay alive, stay alive till we got safe, till we got to Haven so I could save her – But there weren’t no safety, no safety at all, there was… Read more »
Review: The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking #1) by Patrick Ness
From Goodreads: Prentisstown isn’t like other towns. Everyone can hear everyone else’s thoughts in an overwhelming, never-ending stream of Noise. Just a month away from the birthday that will make him a man, Todd and his dog, Manchee — whose thoughts Todd can hear too, whether he wants to or… Read more »
Review: For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund
From Goodreads: (Link) Generations ago, a genetic experiment gone wrong—the Reduction—decimated humanity, giving rise to a Luddite nobility who outlawed most technology. Elliot North has always known her place in this world. Four years ago Elliot refused to run away with her childhood sweetheart, the servant Kai, choosing duty to… Read more »
Genre Breakdown: Dystopian
I decided it would be fun to spend some time on the blog to take a closer look into specific genres, and sub-genres, of Young Adult fiction. Here we can discuss what it is that we love or hate about it, our favorites and I would also love to hear… Read more »
Review: Fever (The Chemical Garden #2) by Lauren DeStefano
From Goodreads: Rhine and Gabriel have escaped the mansion, but danger is never far behind. Running away brings Rhine and Gabriel right into a trap, in the form of a twisted carnival whose ringmistress keeps watch over a menagerie of girls. Just as Rhine uncovers what plans await her, her… Read more »
Review: Insurgent by Veronica Roth
From Goodreads: One choice can transform you—or it can destroy you. But every choice has consequences, and as unrest surges in the factions all around her, Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves—and herself—while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and… Read more »
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