Review: Promised

Title: PromisedSeries: Birthmarked # 3Genre: Young Adult- DystopianAuthor: Caragh M. O’BrienPublisher: Roaring Book PressRelease Date: October 2, 2012Book: ARC sent by publisher “After defying the ruthless Enclave, surviving the wasteland, and upending the rigid matriarchy of Sylum, Gaia Stone now faces her biggest challenge ever. She must lead the people of Sylum back to the Enclave and persuade the Protectorat to grant them refuge from the wasteland. In Gaia’s absence, the Enclave has grown more cruel, more desperate to experiment on mothers from outside the wall, and now the stakes of cooperating or rebelling have never been higher. Is Gaia ready, as a leader, to sacrifice what–or whom–she loves most?” Following this book...

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Review: Prized

Title: PrizedSeries: Birthmarked # 2genre: Young Adult- DystopianAuthor: Caragh M. O’BrienPublisher: Roaring Book PressRelease Date: November 8, 2011Book: Netgalley “Striking out into the wasteland with nothing but her baby sister, a handful of supplies, and a rumor to guide her, sixteen-year-old midwife Gaia Stone survives only to be captured by the people of Sylum, a dystopian society where women rule the men who drastically outnumber them, and a kiss is a crime.  In order to see her sister again, Gaia must submit to their strict social code, but how can she deny her sense of justice, her curiosity, and everything in her heart that makes her whole?” I read the first book last year and really loved it. Now that I got to read the next one, I...

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