Review: The Lives We lost

Title: The Lives We Lost Series: Fallen World # 2Genre: Young Adult-DystopiaAuthor: Megan CrewePublisher: Disney HyperionRelease Date: February 12, 2013Book: ARC sent by publisher “First, the virus took Kaelyn’s friends. Then, her family. Now it’s taken away her home.But she can’t look back—the life she once had is gone forever.A deadly virus has destroyed Kaelyn’s small island community and spread beyond the quarantine. No one is safe. But when Kaelyn finds samples of a vaccine in her father’s abandoned lab, she knows there must be someone, somewhere, who can replicate it. As Kaelyn and her friends head to the mainland, they encounter a world beyond recognition. It’s not only the “friendly flu” that’s a killer—there are people who will stop at...

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Review: The Way We Fall

Title: The Way We FallSeries: The Way We Fall # 1Genre: Young Adult-DystopianAuthor: Megan CrewePublisher: Disney-HyperionRelease Date: January 24, 2012Book: Netgalley “It starts with an itch you just can’t shake. Then comes a fever and a tickle in your throat. A few days later, you’ll be blabbing your secrets and chatting with strangers like they’re old friends. Three more, and the paranoid hallucinations kick in. And then you’re dead.When a deadly virus begins to sweep through sixteen-year-old Kaelyn’s community, the government quarantines her island—no one can leave, and no one can come back.Those still healthy must fight for dwindling supplies, or lose all chance of survival. As everything familiar comes crashing down, Kaelyn joins...

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