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#readyourAtoZ this time for Adventure
A for Adventure in our review this time –
Great front cover
Do you know what it’s like to survive alone in a city plagued by crime? Caw does.
Have you ever wanted to talk to crows? Caw can.
Plunge into a dark dystopian future where Ferals – humans who can talk to animals – are drawn to the city of Blackstone. Some are good, many are bad, all are descended from an ancient line of Ferals. Can Caw and his friends stop the evil Ferals from bringing back the worst Feral ever to walk these lands, the evil spider Feral, the Spinning Man? And can Caw avenge the death of his parents?
Join Caw for an adventure you’ll never forget, where all he has ever known is shaken from its roots – dark roots…
Great review by Andrew- do it make YOU want to pick it up?
No peas in this POD
Oh I do love a dystopian novel and POD by Stephen Wallenfels nestles rather well into this catergory but with aliens thrown in for good measure. A bit like a modern-day War of the Worlds – strangle alien POD things hover in the sky zapping (fun fact: In Dutch the book is called Zap) anyone who dares to come out of their house.
The story is split into two perspectives Meg trapped in a car park and Josh trapped in his house.
The tension is palpable and there are often moments where you truly think “What would I do?”. Despite the aliens the book feels strangely realistic or I wonder if that’s because we are so used to the notion of alien attack that the novel is breaking no new ground here.
If you are a little bit of a sensitive soul I would steer away from this as it has some quite shocking and a touch grisly scenes.
However, for those who are fans of Michael Grant and Susanne Collins I think you will be more than happy.
There is a real twist in the morality of the book as the aliens are not the only enemy in this desperate fight for survival.
So, if this sounds like your cup of literacy, pop into the library and pour yourself a POD. You could also check out his web site at
www.stephenwallenfels.com/
Mrs B.
One Choice can transform you
Well, that’s what it says on the cover of the book so it must be true!
If you Google the word Twilight at the moment you will invariable find someone wittering on (wrongly) about how if you liked drippy Bella and her unhealthy dead boy fascination you will like The Hunger Games – not true don’t listen to them – listen to me instead.
If you liked The Hunger Games there is a good chance you will enjoy Divergent by Veronica Roth. Another chunky monkey dystopian thriller of a book so set aside a good few days to indulge.
We have another strong female lead in the form of Triss who faces her own tough choices in an extremely regulated society much in the same way as Katniss Everdeen has to. However, Triss is a very different type of character – I would say she is harder to like and that is actually part of the appeal of the book – you can distance yourself from her and ask yourself what would you do and where would you choose to put yourself ? Unlike Katniss, Triss seems to want to put herself in danger by making a very difficult choice right at the beginning of the book. But, it is this choice that defines her future. She had to forget everything from her past life and recreate herself in the image of the… oh well that would be telling too much.
Go read, go enjoy and go be annoyed that the sequel – Insurgent is not out … yet!
Blood Red Road by Moira Young
Dystopian fiction is all the rage at the moment; taking over where the vampires all left off.
Obviously, the big blockbuster of the summer is The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins but why not try something a little different?
The first couple of chapters lacked something of punch but stay with it as soon as her quest begins and we witness just how feisty and gutsy our heroine is the story moves along quite nicely.
There is a strong cinematic feel to this book and indeed if rumours are true it may indeed grace the big screen (though hold off on buying the popcorn yet it will be a year or two).
So, back to the book – once Saba is on her quest we meet a rag taggle bunch of heroes and anti-heroes. From a girl gang that would give the Mafia a run for their money to a pompous, vain and brutal King to a handsome hunk!
The author has used an interesting dialect which takes a few pages to get in to the swing of- unless, that is, you are Canadian.
This is another title on the long list for the Carnegie award and another that I think might make it to the short list.
A good read for those who read good!
