Dystopian

Review: The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa

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A Blood of Eden Novel, #1

The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa

Title: The Immortal Rules (A Blood of Eden Novel, #1)
Author: Julie Kagawa
Genre: Dystopian, Urban Fantasy, Young Adult
Publisher: MiraInk (24th April 2012)
Blurb:

IN A FUTURE WORLD VAMPIRES REIGN.

HUMANS ARE BLOOD CATTLE.

AND ONE GIRL WILL SEARCH FOR THE KEY TO SAVE HUMANITY.

SHE MUST DECIDE WHAT – AND WHO – ARE WORTH DYING FOR.

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MY VAMPIRE CREATOR TOLD ME THIS:
‘Sometime in your life, Allison Sekemoto, you will kill a human being. The question is not if it will happen, but when. Do you understand?’

I DIDN’T THEN, NOT REALLY.

I DO NOW.

Rating: **** (4 stars)
Review:

The Immortal Rules is the first book in Julie Kagawa’s second series Blood of Eden. Kagawa has moved away from the fair folk who populated her first series The Iron Fey, and is instead focusing on vampires. In The Immortal Rules we follow Allison – Allie – Sekemoto, who has learnt how to survive in a dystopian future.

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Review: Dark Parties by Sara Grant

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Dark Parties by Sara Grant

Title: Dark Parties
Author: Sara Grant
Genre: Dystopian, Urban Fantasy, Young Adult
Publisher:  Indigo (22nd December 2011)
Blurb:

Neva keeps a list of The Missing – people like her grandmother who have vanished. The people that everyone pretends never existed.

In a world isolated by the Protectosphere – a dome which protecrs, but also imprisons – Neva and her friends dream of freedom.

But a forbidden party leads to complications. Suddenly, Neva’s falling for her best friend’s boyfriend, uncovering secrets and lies that threaten to destroy her world – and learning he truth about what happens to The Missing . . .

Rating: ** (2 stars)

Review:

Dark Parties is Sara Grant’s debut novel. It tells the story of Neva, a sixteen-year-old girl in a dystopian world, who feels trapped in a world she cannot connect with.

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Review: Struck by Jennifer Bosworth

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Struck by Jennifer Bosworth

Title: Struck
Author: Jennifer Bosworth
Genre: Dystopian, Young Adult
Publisher:  Doubleday Childrens (26th April 2012)
Blurb:

My name is Mia Price and I am a
LIGHTNING ADDICT.

I want the lightning to find me. I crave it like
LUNGS CRAVE OXYGEN.

Nothing makes you feel more alive than being
STRUCK.

Rating: ** (2 stars)

Review:

There has always been something about lightning that has interested me, even if I am terrified of the reality. The idea of a “lightning addict” sounded really interesting, so I thought I’d give Mia’s story a try.

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Review: Slated by Teri Terry

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Slated by Teri Terry, UK edition cover.

Title: Slated (Slated #1)
Author: Teri Terry
Genre: Dystopian, Young Adult
Publisher:  Orchard (3rd May 2012)
Blurb:

Kyla’s memory has been erased,
her personality wiped blank,
her memories lost for ever.

She’s been Slated.

The government claims she was a terrorist,
and that they are giving her a second chance –
as long as she plays by their rules. But echoes of
the past whisper in Kyla’s mind. Someone is
lying to her, and nothing is as it seems.
Who can she trust in her search for the  truth?

Rating: *** (3 stars)

Review:

Slated is the first book in Teri Terry’s Slated series. It tells the story of a girl called Kyla as she struggles to adapt in a world that’s unfamiliar to her.

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Review: Divergent by Veronica Roth

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Divergent by Veronica Roth

Title: Divergent
Author: Veronica Roth
Genre: Dystopian, Young Adult
Publisher:  HarperCollins Children’s Books (2nd February 2012)
Blurb:

THREE FLYING BIRDS . . . ONE FOR EACH MEMBER OF THE FAMILY I LEFT BEHIND.

Sixteen-year-old Tris is forced to make a terrible choice. In a divided society where everyone must conform, Tris does not fit.

So she ventures out alone, determined to discover where she truly belongs. Shocked by her brutal new life, Tris can trust no one. And yet she is drawn to a boy who seems to both threaten and protect her.

The hardest choice lies ahead.

Rating: ***** (5 stars)

Review:

Divergent is the first book in Veronica Roth’s series. In this book we meet Tris, a sixteen-year-old with some difficult choices to make.

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Review: All These Things I’ve Done by Gabrielle Zevin

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Birthright: Book The First

All These Things I’ve Done by Gabrielle Zevin, UK edition cover.

Title: All These Things I’ve Done (Birthright: Book The First)
Author: Gabrielle Zevin
Genre: Dystopian, Thriller, Young Adult
Publisher:  Macmillan’s Children’s Books (29th March 2012)
Blurb:

FOR ANYA, LOVE WILL BECOME A LIFE – OR – DEATH CHOICE . . .

New York 2082. When Anya is arrested for attempted murder, the District Attorney offers her a choice: stay away from his son or watch helplessly as he destroys her family. It should be a straightforward decision. Except that the DA’s son is the boy Anya loves, and her family is at the heart of the city’s criminal underworld.

Anya must choose between love and loyalty, knowing that whatever she decides will have shattering consequences: heartbreak or a gangland war that will tear the city apart.

Rating: *** (3 stars)

Review:

All These Things I’ve Done is the first book in Gabrielle Zevin’s Birthright trilogy. It tells the story of a girl called Anya who is struggling to keep her family together in a dystopian near-future where things are both very similar and very different to now.

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Review: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Title: The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games #1)
Author: Suzanne Collins
Genre: Dystopian, Young Adult
Publisher:  Scholastic Children’s Books (1st December 2011)
Blurb:

MAY THE ODDS EVER BEEN IN YOUR FAVOR

WINNING WILL MAKE YOU FAMOUS.
LOSING MEANS CERTAIN DEATH.

In a dark vision of the near future, twelve boys and twelve girls are forced to appear in a live TV show called The Hunger Games. There is only one rule: kill or be killed.

When sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen steps forward to take her sister’s place in the games, she sees it as a death sentence. But Katniss has been close to death before. For her, survival is second nature.

Rating: **** (4 stars)

Review:

The Hunger Games is the first book in The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins. It is one of the must-read books for anyone who likes dystopian fiction. This book has been turned into the film. I had already watched and enjoyed the film before I read the book.

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Review: Exodus by Julie Bertagna

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Exodus by Julie Bertagna

Title: Exodus (Exodus #1)
Author: Julie Bertagna
Genre:  Dystopian, Young Adult
Publisher:  Pan MacMillan (6th June 2003)
Blurb:

Mara’s island home is drowning as the ice caps melt and Earth loses its land to the ocean. But one night, in the ruined virtual world of the Weave, Mara meets the mysterious Fox – a fiery-eyed boy who tells her of sky cities that rise from the sea. Mara sets sail on a daring journey to find a new life for herself and her friends – instead she discovers a love that threatens to tear her apart . . .


Rating: * (1 star)
Review:

Exodus is the first book in Julie Bertagna’s Exodus trilogy in which the Earth is slowly drowning, and the human population is fighting to stay alive.

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Review: Wither by Lauren DeStefano

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The Chemical Garden Trilogy #1

Wither by Lauren DeStefano

Title: Wither (The Chemical Garden Trilogy #1)
Author: Lauren DeStefano
Genre:  Dystopian, Young Adult
Publisher:  HarperVoyager (4th August 2011)
Blurb:

What if you knew exactly when you would die?

In our brave new future, DNA engineering has resulted in a terrible genetic flaw. Women die at the age of 20, men at 25. Young girls are being abducted and forced to breed in a desperate attempt to keep humanity ahead of the disease that threatens to eradicate it.

16-year-old Rhine Ellery is kidnapped and sold as a bride to Linden, a rich young man with a dying wife. Even though he is kind to her, Rhine is desperate to escape her gilded cage – and Linden’s cruel father. With the help of Gabriel, a servant she is growing dangerously attracted to, Rhine attempts to break free, in what little time she has left.


Rating: *** (3 stars)
Review:

Wither is the first book in Lauren DeStefano’s The Chemical Garden Trilogy. Time is running out for Rhine, for Linden, and for Gabriel: for the rest of humanity too.

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