Book Review - The 100

The 100

Author: Kass Morgan

Series: The Hundred #1

Genres: Dystopian, Space | Young Adult

Release Date: September 3rd 2013

Publishers: Little Brown

No. Pages: 323

Source: Review Copy - Little Brown

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In the future, humans live in city-like spaceships orbiting far above Earth's toxic atmosphere. No one knows when, or even if, the long-abandoned planet will be habitable again. But faced with dwindling resources and a growing populace, government leaders know they must reclaim their homeland... before it's too late.

Now, one hundred juvenile delinquents are being sent on a high-stakes mission to recolonize Earth. After a brutal crash landing, the teens arrive on a savagely beautiful planet they've only seen from space. Confronting the dangers of this rugged new world, they struggle to form a tentative community. But they're haunted by their past and uncertain about the future. To survive, they must learn to trust - and even love - again.

Book Review - The Testing

The Testing
Author:  Joelle Charbonneau
Series: The Testing #1
Genres: Post Apocalyptic, Dystopian | Young Adult
Release Date: June 4th 2013
Publishers: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
No. Pages: 336
Source: Borrowed
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Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. Isn’t that what they say? But how close is too close when they may be one in the same?

The Seven Stages War left much of the planet a charred wasteland. The future belongs to the next generation’s chosen few who must rebuild it. But to enter this elite group, candidates must first pass The Testing—their one chance at a college education and a rewarding career.

Cia Vale is honored to be chosen as a Testing candidate; eager to prove her worthiness as a University student and future leader of the United Commonwealth. But on the eve of her departure, her father’s advice hints at a darker side to her upcoming studies--trust no one.

But surely she can trust Tomas, her handsome childhood friend who offers an alliance? Tomas, who seems to care more about her with the passing of every grueling (and deadly) day of the Testing. To survive, Cia must choose: love without truth or life without trust.

Book Review - Zom-B / This is Not a Test

Zom-B

Author: Darren Shan 

Series: Zom-b #1

Genres: Apocalyptic, Paranormal | Young Adult

Release Date: September 27th 2012
Publishers: Simon & Schuster

No. Pages: 214

Source: Borrowed

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Zom-B is a radical new series about a zombie apocalypse, told in the first person by one of its victims. The series combines classic Shan action with a fiendishly twisting plot and hard-hitting and thought-provoking moral questions dealing with racism, abuse of power and more. This is challenging material, which will captivate existing Shan fans and bring in many new ones. As Darren says, "It's a big, sprawling, vicious tale...a grisly piece of escapism, and a barbed look at the world in which we live. Each book in the series is short, fast-paced and bloody. A high body-count is guaranteed!