Publisher: Lazy Day Publishing
Format: ebook
Source: Received a review copy from author
Genre: Young Adult, Dystopian
Book Synopsis:
In the future dystopian society of
Cabal, the government instills equality for all and offers its citizens the
perfect system. There is food, shelter
and jobs for everyone. The one
requirement is to follow the rules without question, including the government's
match in marriage and "The Day of the Chosen", a lottery that
randomly selects families to conceive children as natural means hasn't existed
in generations. Following her eighteenth
birthday, Olivia Parker accepts her requirement to marry her childhood best
friend, Joshua Warren, and is eager to start her work assignment and new life
when it all comes abruptly to an end as she's arrested and thrown in
prison. The only crime committed, her
existence. Olivia is unlike the rest of
the world born not from "The Day of the Chosen." The truth haunts the government and puts her
life in grave danger as one simple fact would destroy the perfect system.
With Joshua's help, Olivia breaks
free of prison and is forced on the run.
Together they set out to find the promised rebel town in search of a new
home and new life together. Their
situation seems less than promising as they reach the town of Haven. New rules and customs must be adhered to in
order to stay. Leaving would mean most
certain death in the large expanse of the Gravelands. Time is running out as the government mounts
an attack to destroy Olivia and bury her secret with her. Thrown into a world unlike their own, they
must quickly adapt to survive.
My Thoughts:
I absolutely love reading dystopian novels. We just finished doing a study of dystopian literature, music and poetry in my middle grade class. There was no hesitation in agreeing to read and review this book. Ruth Silver is a very talented writer. The world she created is so realistic that as a reader I was sucked into it from the beginning. I was carried along with the action right along with Olivia and Joshua. With the advances we are making in science today this world was scary real. I could not imagine a world where your spouse is chosen for you. I also could not imagine a world where women could no longer have children naturally and they had to be "made" in a lab.
I was horrified to realize that Olivia was imprisoned because her mother was a rarity. Leaving the only home she has ever known was scary for me as I read the book. I was glad she and Joshua were together through all of the hardships they faced. This is one of those books that you really don't want to say too much because you would give away too much. I will say that anyone who loved the Hunger Games will definitely love this book. They will sit and tensely wait for the next book in this series. After all, everything is not as it seems.
Ruth
Silver attended Northern Illinois University and graduated with a Bachelor's in
Communication in the spring of 2005.
While in college, she spent much of her free time writing with friends
she met online and penning her first novel, Deuces
are Wild, which she self-published in 2004.
Her favorite class was Creative Writing senior year where she often
handed in assignments longer than the professor required because she loved to
write and always wanted to finish her stories. Her love of writing led her
on an adventure in 2007 to Melbourne, Australia. Silver enjoys reading, photography, traveling
and most of all writing. She loves
dystopian and fantasy young adult stories.
Ruth has been actively writing since she was a teenager. She currently resides in Plainfield,
Illinois. You can find Ruth by following her on Twitter @writeawaybliss, or on
Facebook: writeawaybliss
The paper back edition of this book comes out July 9th.
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