The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins This is another thrilling YA novel that features a dangerous competition. The Hunger Games are a fight to the death between young people from different districts, and the story is full of danger, suspense and well-drawn characters. The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater If you like Stiefvater’s writing […]
***TRIGGER WARNING: adult/minor sexual relationship, sexual/physical/etc abuse, addiction, mention of suicide The Electric Heir is the finale in Victoria Lee’s Feverwake duology. Several months have passed since Dara and Noam parted ways. They’ve both changed, and now they’re ostensibly mortal enemies, fighting on different sides. As Lehrer’s conquest plans ramp up, Noam and Dara must […]
The Fever King is first in Victoria Lee’s Feverwake duology. I got this book as part of the Kindle Firsts program, and am really glad it’s the book I chose! It was a timely read too, given the themes of contagion, and immigration. This is an alternate timeline of our world, where a pandemic of […]
Subject A36 by Teri Polen is the first book in The Colony series. Asher and his family live in a dystopic world where human beings who do not belong to the Colony are hunted down and ‘harvested’ for their desirable DNA traits. The excuse for this inhumane treatment is that it controls the population (a […]
First in the Sum of All Tears series, Icehaven by Kim Cresswell & MK Chester is a post-apocalyptic tale set in the near future. With echoes of classic and modern examples of the genre, such as Make Room, Make Room!, The Postman, The After War, and The Day After Tomorrow, Icehaven is sure to chill […]
1000 Books to Read Before You Die by James Mustich 1000 Books to Read Before You Die by James Mustich is a delightful compendium of important works through history. This volume is arranged alphabetically by author. There are some exceptions to this, such as religious texts, and those works for which we don’t know the […]
Renegade by Mallory McCartney is a prequel to Black Dawn, telling the story of Emory’s time at the Academy, training with friends and family. Nothing good can last, though, and things at the Academy and Kieros in general, are becoming frayed. Fighting and strife still exist in the world, and it comes to Roque’s safe […]
It is said that even a villain is the hero of their own story. And everyone does have a story. In the end, that’s what we are, all we are- stories, little stories that build to bigger stories, that make up the epic of a lifetime. Stories and epics to be cherished, each and every […]
Yellow Locust by Justin Joschko is a far future dystopia where famine and war have decimated the North American continent. Selena and Simon Flood live in the tyrannical country of New Canaan. Following the fall of the tiny, prosperous territory of Niagara, New Canaan sets sights on the Republic of California, far across the Middle […]
Strasser’s Beast of Cretacea is one thrilling ride from start to finish. It was something fresh and innovative, with an unexpected surprise ending. If I could give this captivating read more than 5 stars, it ranks as one of the few books I would do so. Aside from the brilliant story, the cover is absolutely […]
