Tag: dystopian

The One

The One Author: Kiera Cass Genre: YA Romance Publication Date: May 6, 2014 Publisher: HarperTeen Series: The Selection #3 CONTENT WARNING: gun violence, death of a parent, death The time has come for one winner to be crowned. When she was chosen to compete in the Selection, America […]

The Selection

The Selection Author: Kiera Cass Genre: YA Romance/Dystopia Publication Date: April 24, 2012 Publisher: HarperTeen Series: The Selection #1 CONTENT WARNING: implied rape (off-page), trauma For thirty-five girls, the Selection is the chance of a lifetime. The opportunity to escape the life laid out for them since birth. […]

The Doomsday Book Of Fairy Tales

The Doomsday Book of Fairy Tales Author: Emily Brewes Genre: Science Fiction Publication Date: June 8, 2021 Publisher: Dundurn Press Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this book. I am providing my honest opinion voluntarily. CONTENT WARNING: death of a parent, gore, death, […]

Golden Son

Golden Son Author: Pierce Brown Genre: Sci-Fi Publication Date: January 6, 2015 Publisher: Del Rey Series: Red Rising Saga #2 TRIGGER WARNING: violence, gore, bombings, war If you haven’t read Red Rising yet, you’re probably going to want to skip this review. While there are no spoilers for […]

Dry

Dry Author: Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman Genre: YA Dystopia Publication Date: October 2, 2018 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers TRIGGER WARNING: violence, exploitation, riot, murder, attempted sexual assault Everyone’s going to remember where they were when the taps went dry. The drought — or […]

Scythe

I was originally planning to write this as three separate reviews. But I was busy working on a project at the time and didn’t have the time to devote to writing a review when I finished the first book (or the second), and I don’t know about you, […]

War Storm

War Storm by Victoria Aveyard is the fourth and final book in the Red Queen series. For reviews of previous books, see: Red Queen Glass Sword King’s Cage If you haven’t read the previous books, you may want to skip this review. I promise not to reveal any […]

King’s Cage

King’s Cage by Victoria Aveyard was a book that I couldn’t wait to start reading. This review doesn’t include spoilers for this book, but it reveals information that you probably don’t want to read if you haven’t read the previous two books in the series. Mare Barrow is […]

Glass Sword

I couldn’t wait to get started on Glass Sword (book #2 in the Red Queen series) by Victoria Aveyard, especially since I loved Red Queen so much. If you’ve read book #1, you’ll understand my overwhelming urge to ignore my looming TBR pile in favor of reading this […]

Red Queen

When it comes to books, I have absolutely no shelf control. The last time I visited the library, I basically cleared out half a shelf of YA fantasy books. Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard was one of the books I had happened to pick up, it sounded intriguing, […]