Review: Dead Zone

I received this book for free from FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Dead Zone by Robison Wells Published by HarperTeen on September 30th, 2014 Genres: Young Adult-Science Fiction/Dsytopian Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads America is at war—and five teens are caught in the crossfire. It began with a virus. Then a series of attacks erupted across the nation. Now the true invasion has begun, and a handful of teenagers with impossible powers are America’s only defense. Loving the first book, I was ready to take on the sequel. Who isn’t ready to read a book about war? One can only image that this book is going...

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Review: Blackout

Blackout by Robison Wells Published by HarperTeen on July 28, 2014 Genres: Young Adult-Science Fiction Source: Gifted Buy on Amazon Goodreads Laura and Alec are trained terrorists. Jack and Aubrey are high school students. There was no reason for them to ever meet. But now, a mysterious virus is spreading throughout America, infecting teenagers with impossible powers. And these four are about to find their lives intertwined in a complex web of deception, loyalty, and catastrophic danger—where one wrong choice could trigger an explosion that ends it all. After reading the prequel I had to get my hands on this series to know more and what would happen. I love the novellas because they give you some information that can help the world build and it usually leaves you...

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Review: Going Dark

Going Dark by Robison Wells Published by HarperTeen on July 26, 2014 Genres: Young Adult -Fantasy Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads Something strange is happening to Krezi. She has a dangerously high fever her doctors can't explain, and objects keep bursting into flames around her—but the fire doesn't seem to hurt her at all. Krezi wants nothing more than to control her mysterious abilities. But what she doesn't know is that there are others like her out there . . . and in the wrong hands, this power could be deadly. Robison Wells comes back with an amazing prequel to a series that is new and exciting. I read this in one sitting and I immediately wanted to read the series. I was excited to see where this would go. Going Dark is a great opening. This story is...

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Review: Variant

Title: VariantSeries: Variant #1Genre: Young Adult- Dystopian/FantasyAuthor: Robison WellsPublisher: HarperTeenRelease Date: October 4, 2011Book: ARC Sent by publisher “Benson Fisher thought that a scholarship to Maxfield Academy would be the ticket out of his dead-end life. He was wrong. Now he’s trapped in a school that’s surrounded by a razor-wire fence. A school where video cameras monitor his every move. Where there are no adults. Where the kids have split into groups in order to survive. Where breaking the rules equals death. But when Benson stumbles upon the school’s real secret, he realizes that playing by the rules could spell a fate worse than death, and that escape—his only real hope for survival—may be impossible.” Variant is one of those...

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