Author: Lorraine Thomson
Genre: dystopia/sci-fi
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Rating:
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| frustrating |
Summary (provided by publisher): "She thought she knew who she was and where she came from.Then her home was destroyed. Her brother lost amongst the ashes. And the boy she loves vanished. She owed her own survival to a mutant — the very forces behind the destruction. Now Sorrel will never be the same again."
There is no "Before", there is only "Now". Because now there’s no internet, no TV, no power grid. Food is scarce, and the world’s a hostile place. But Sorrel lives a quiet life in the tiny settlement of Amat. It’s all she’s ever known ...
Until a gang of marauding mutants destroys the village, snatching her brother Eli, and David, her boyfriend. Sorrel sets out after them, embarking on a journey fraught with danger. Can she survive? The only thing that keeps her going is Eli and David. They are out there somewhere. They must be alive. And if she has her way, she will find them.
My opinion: I liked the base elements of this story. We've bot some mysterious, near apocalyptic event that lead to subsistence living and some level of mutation. This, in turn, leads to human trafficking and discrimination. So the bones are decent if somewhat predictable. The actual line-to-line writing, though, was less than fantastic. Almost painful at times. The dialogue is awkward and unnatural. Events take strange logical leaps. As much as I wanted to like the story, I found it too frustrating to read.
Advanced Reader Copy provided by NetGalley.
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