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Review: OTHEREARTH
OTHEREARTH by Jason Segel and Kirsten Miller (PSST: If you read to the end there is a special GIVEAWAY for you) I love that this picks RIGHT back up where the last book left off. No jumping forward or any unrealistic changes from one book to the next. Plus, it’s now getting a little too […]
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Review: Original Syn
“You’ll be surprised to see how quickly the world can change…” SYNOPSIS Buy: Indiebound | Amazon Fifty years after an epic event called The Singularity, the entire world is divided into just two categories: The powerful, age-defying Syns (“synthetic citizens,” human-computer hybrids with extraordinary enhancements) and the dying, oppressed Originals (those who did not merge […]
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Imposters by Scott Westerfeld
The Uglies Series is Back, with four new novels. Everyone stop what you are doing. The Uglies series is back and it comes out TOMORROW!!!! And we aren’t only getting one… we are getting FOUR. GET IT HERE “I am returning to the world of Uglies with four new novels.” Scot Westerfeld, author of The […]
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The Adjustment
The Adjustment By Suzanne Young I thought for sure The Program Series was over, so when this little gem come in the mail you can image how excited I was to be able to continue the series. And let me tell you, it is alive and well! The suspense, the romance, the betrayal, it all […]
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Perfect
Perfect by Cecelia Ahern Perfect, is absolutely PERFECT! If you couldn’t already tell from my review of the first novel: Flawed, I LOVE this series. Cecelia Ahern is by far my new favorite author. So, the book community seems to hate the repetition of facts and happenings from the first book, but honestly having read […]
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Graduation Day
Graduation Day by Joelle Charbonneau The final installment of Joelle Charbonneaus’s The Testing series is brilliant. All too often with dystopia, the book ends too perfect – the girl saves the day and the entire government it completely changed – this in NOT that book and I couldn’t be more thrilled. Graduation day did not […]
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The Storm (H20 #2)
The Storm by Virginia Bergin The H20 series (or The Rain series if you are from the UK), is no doubt my new favorite YA Dystopian series. I hope they never turn it into a movie and ruin it for me. The story-line, the character development, the plot, the writing style – oh the writing […]
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The Testing
Review of YA Dystopian, The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau If you are looking for your next Hunger Games-esk read, this is it. Its a perfect mix of Hunger Games and Divergent. The Testing is a YA dystopian book where leaders take the brightest recent graduations through ‘The Testing’ to see if they have what it […]
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The Treatment
The Treatment by Suzanne Young The treatment brought up a really good question. If someone told you that the life you know is not real and that you use to be a different person, would you want to know those memories? Would you take the pill which would allow you to regain the memories which […]
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The Program
The Program by Suzanne Young Imagine: your brother commits suicide, your BFF no longer remembers you, your guy BFF (your BFFs boyfriend) commits suicide, everywhere you turn your classmates are entering “The Program” and getting their memories erased… and you know that you’re next. Enter the Program. In a world were suicide rates are high […]
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Children of Eden
Children of Eden by Joey Graceffa For those who grew up with Margaret Peterson Haddix’s Shadow Children series are sure to LOVE Joey Graceffa’s Children of Eden. Now for me, running into this book was an accident, I was looking for the book Need by Joelle Charbonneau and for some reason I thought the cover […]
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H20
H20 by Virginia Bergin Remember the game we all played as children called “Hot Lava” where you jumped from couch to table to desk to avoid touching the ground aka “the lava”. Sometimes you even got creative and took the couch cushions and pillows with you to get farther through the house. Well, that is […]
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Replica
Replica by Lauren Oliver I LOVE Lauren Oliver’s Delirium series, so when i found out she has a new book coming out I was STOKED! Oliver’s new book is a dystopian about clones aka “Replica’s” where the two main characters. Lyra and Gemma, search for answers to the mysterious Haven. During their journey they uncover […]
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Pandemonium (Delirium Trilogy)
Pandemonium (Delirium Trilogy) by Lauren Oliver After reading Delirium, I had to start the second book immediately! I love what Lauren did with this book with introducing the “Then” and “Now” chapters to tell of the present and the past the Lena faced after cross the fence – it really helped to keep the story […]
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Delirium
Delirium by Lauren Oliver I HAVE THE DELIRIA; I AM IN LOVE WITH THIS BOOK! This is the book I have been looking for; Ever since I finished the Legend series, I haven’t found another good dystopian – until now. Now, I know many of you will think ‘great, another book about love’, but trust […]
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Review: Flawed
Flawed by Cecelia Ahern Cecelia Ahern’s young adult debut, Flawed takes readers to a dystopian future where society looks at perfection as essential and punishes any flaws. If found flawed, one’s flaws are publicly named and their skin branded with an F in one of five places. For bad decisions, it’s their temple. For Lying, […]
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#Review: Altantia
Atlantia By Ally Condie “We are not lost mermaids with seaweed hair and coins for eyes, but human girls, alive and found. We are sisters, and we did not drown.” First, I just have to say, I love everything about Ally Condie’s writing; it’s just so magical! If you liked Matched you will like Atlantia; […]
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Red Queen Review
Red Queen Review by Guest Contributor Megan McClure “I thought being their puppet would be easy compared to everything else. I was so wrong. But I cannot let them break me, not now. Not even when my own doom lingers on the horizon. I must do everything I can until my blood is matched and my […]
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The Surface’s End
The Surface’s End By David Joel Stevenson “You’re telling me that my daughter got mixed up with a boy who thinks that he can talk to a man who has been dead for generations, and somehow convinced her to break into the most sophisticated security system in the history of humanity?” Quick Overview: Jonah always […]
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The Matched Trilogy
The Matched Trilogy By Ally Condie A MUST read for the dystopian fans. Once I picked up the first book in the Matched Trilogy, I couldn’t set it down and HAD to have the next two as soon as I could. Quick Overview: The Matched Trilogy consists of ‘Matched’, ‘Crossed’, and ‘Reached’. This series takes […]
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Deviation (The Sophisticates Book 1)
Deviation (The Sophisticates Book 1) by Christine Manzari How have I never heard of this book before?!?!?! I will never again judge a book by its cover. This is officially my new favorite read of 2015! And will be my go to recommendation for anyone who liked Divergent. A must read for dystopian fans. Deviation […]
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The Cresecren Chronicles: Novus
The Cresecren Chronicles: Novus by Crystal Marcos “I may never know what it feels like to lose a mate. As I watched Zira rock back and forth moaning, I wondered if love was worth what she felt. “ Adventure-packed experience with a Cinder-like feel and a iRobot-like storyline. Marcos takes you into a dystopian world […]
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Prophecy Review
Prophecy Review The Legacy Series Book 2 by Ellery Kane The Legacy Series is alive and well. I take back any hesitation I had over this series from my review of LEGACY. Ellery Kane’s captivating sequel to LEGACY is a novel that truly delivers – with suspense, mystery, deviance, secrets, betrayal, kidnapping and heartache perceived […]
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The Legend Series
The Legend Series by Marie Lu So, here is the deal. I absolutely LOVED this entire series. However, it has been about 2 years since I read it, aka forgot a lot of details, but I NEED to give some hype to this series on the new blog. And, yes, I know you are probably […]
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Blue Karma Book Review
Blue Karma – Book Review Author: J.K. Ullrich Publisher: J.K. Ullrich Release Date: May 2015 Rating: FIVE STARS Disclaimer: ebook copy received from the author in exchange for an honest review. Forget dystopian. Cli-fi is about to explode and BLUE KARMA is going to take it there. Cli-Fi is the new Dystopian, as Blue is […]
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The Uglies
The Uglies – Book Review THE UGLIES is an amazing book filled with adventure, rebellion, and HOVERBOARDS! More than your typical heroine vs. government book like Divergent, Hunger Games etc. THE UGLIES makes you take a deep look at how we as a society think – our culture’s continued obsession with physical perfection. Westerfeld creates […]
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The Heir Review
The Heir by Kiera Cass The Selection Series Book 4 Kiera Cass continues America’s story in the best way possible…. twenty years later from the perspective of America’s daughter. Although you may feel a void in your heart where America and Maxon use to be, this void will soon be filled with their “who-run-the-world-GIRLS” daughter, […]
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Review: Afterimage
AFTERIMAGE The Enertia Trials Book 1 by J. Kowallis My feelings were torn about this book, and I have contemplated for a few weeks now what rating properly reflects this story. I am a HUGE fan of dystopian novels, and was kind of pumped to read a new, not overly hyped dystopian book. Let me […]
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The Selection Review
The Selection by Kiera Cass “True love is usually the most inconvenient kind” An epic battle between young love. The Selection is set in a world where society is set into different castes from 1 (royalty) to 8 (servants). America, a 5, has her life figured out. She is in love with a boy from […]
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Cinder Review
Cinder by Marissa Meyer “Even in the future the story begins with ‘Once Upon A Time'”. A futuristic spin to the classic cinderella story. Do not be thrown-off if the disney princess stories are not your kind of read. Cinder is a brilliant retelling of the traditional fairy tale princess story with the perfect combination […]
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UnWind Dystology: Full Series Review
The Hunger Games was my first experience with YA Dystopian. (I had read The Giver prior to this, but didn’t consider it to be dystopian at the time.) That trilogy made me go, “WOW!” Behind Harry Potter, this is my favorite book series. Naturally, I had to read more dystopian – and YA in general. […]
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5 YA Dystopian Series You Need To Read in 2015
If you haven’t done so already, these 5 YA dystopian novel series are a must read. If you are a dystopian lover, ie Hunger Games, Maze Runner, Divergent, etc. stop what you are reading and bump these 5 titles to the top of your TBR list. 1) Unwind Overview:In America after the Second Civil War, […]
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