The Doomsday Kids Series is about a group of teenagers who have survived a nuclear blast and have banded together to survive the best they can. The stThe Doomsday Kids Series is about a group of teenagers who have survived a nuclear blast and have banded together to survive the best they can. The stories are full of tension and real danger as this mismatched bunch of teens tries to get along and survive. Each book is told from a different character’s POV so you get to know more of each character, their thoughts and background as the books progress. You really need to start from the beginning with Liam's Promise and The Doomsday Kids #2: Nester's Mistake
Amaranth’s Return is book 3 in the series. Rod and Amaranth set out to return to Washington DC. Rod’s wish is to see if his mother survived the nuclear blast and Amaranth will not let him travel alone. This story gets a little darker as morals drop and those still alive will do anything to survive. The story has a lot of tension and suspense and a few narrow escapes which make this a book thats hard to put down.
Karyn Langhorne Folan leaves the reader once again with a cliff hanger ending that will have you screaming for book 4.
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The Doomsday Kids Series is about a group of teenagers who have survived a nuclear blast and have banded together to survive the best they can. The stories are full of tension and real danger as this mismatched bunch of teens tries to get along and survive. Each book is told from a different character’s POV so you get to know more of each character, their thoughts and background as the books progress. You really need to start from the beginning with Liam's Promise and The Doomsday Kids #2: Nester's Mistake
Amaranth’s Return is book 3 in the series. Rod and Amaranth set out to return to Washington DC. Rod’s wish is to see if his mother survived the nuclear blast and Amaranth will not let him travel alone. This story gets a little darker as morals drop and those still alive will do anything to survive. The story has a lot of tension and suspense and a few narrow escapes which make this a book thats hard to put down.
Karyn Langhorne Folan leaves the reader once again with a cliff hanger ending that will have you screaming for book 4....more
Sara Foster’s The Hush, set seven years post Covid, is a dystopian novel that is highly believable in many aspectsKeep them meek and keep them scared.
Sara Foster’s The Hush, set seven years post Covid, is a dystopian novel that is highly believable in many aspects. Smart watches are used to monitor a person’s health, every movement and purchase. Okay not so unlike present day Australia so far. It’s all for the citizens safety. So that’s okay?
When the still birth rate begins to dramatically rise new laws are introduced to monitor all pregnancies. Then pregnant teenaged girls start to go missing. Anyone who posts or protests about these missing girls is dealt with severely and shut down immediately. The only right people have is ‘to obey’.
The Hush is so scarily real I raced through it. I was devastated at how helpless the people were and eager to see where Sara Foster was going with the plot.
Foster gives us a society where the very existence of human beings is threatened and a Government that is consumed with control and hidden agendas.
Friendship is an over-arching theme throughout the book, along with mother / daughter relationships. Women band together to help each other putting their own lives in danger. I enjoyed the inclusion of the teenagers and how they banded together and were ready to protest about the way people were being treating. The way some of the teenagers got around the constant surveillance with the watches gave me a laugh. It was so believable.
I know the media had been shut down and threatened as well but I would have liked to have seen more of the spin the media put on the events. I liked how the parts of the book were divided into the different stages of labour, very cute....more
Book 1 Hive ends with Hayley escaping her underwater world built with hexagonal rooms connecting like a bee hive.
In Rogue Hayley emerges into a new dystopian world. It is 2119, the ocean has risen cutting off small land masses turning them into islands. She comes ashore on a small island situated east of Tasmania, now called Terrafirma. Hayley is taken in by the caretakers of the island but a tragic accident forces them to leave the island placing them all in grave danger.
I loved this book even more than book1, Hive. Hayley’s wonder at the world around her is lusciously described and I could feel her awe at seeing a world that was bigger than the walls that had surrounded her all her life.
In a world with blood codes that can be traced Hayley’s unmarked blood becomes a precious commodity that is hunted down. Hayley wanders the land, sometimes finding the help of strangers, as she searches for a place where she can belong. Although she never forgets Will, the boy she left behind.
I rated Hive 15+ because of one graphic scene of a body being dismembered. However the writing in Rogue is simple and the storyline, although action packed, is not complex. Suited to age 10+ or younger mature readers.
“This world above the ocean isn’t perfect. What world is? It can be moody, savage and fearsome. It can be unsafe. But it can be magnificent too. Surprising and wondrous.”
I’m looking forward to seeing what Betts comes up with next!
I’ve read quite a few reviews and heard a lot about A.J. Betts novel Zack & Mia so I was delighted to have the opportunity to read and review Betts’ latest novel Hive.
Hayley’s world consisted of 6 hexagonal houses each connected to a common room by corridors. Above these was a nursery and above that the Upper house for The Council. The Council was the ruling group which was headed by the Judge, a role that was inherited. Much like a bee hive everyone has their designated role. There were those that nurture and teach, those that prepare meals, those that tend the gardens and those that work in the machine rooms with everyone working together for a common good.
Hayley is a gardener, she tends the hives, her voice is young and naive which is appropriate for someone brought up in a cult-like world where every part of your life is set out and controlled from birth to death. Chimes sound and are adhered to. They signal work times, meal times and sleep time where the people are locked in dorms. Made me think it was very similar to a prison.
No one questions their world, that is just the way it is, God’s way. If anyone questions why something happens the elders simply answer “God works in mysterious ways.”
Hayley is inquisitive and she can’t help breaking rules and asking questions and not accepting vague answers. But they have ways of dealing with people who ask too many questions.
Hayley was instantly likeable, so young and naive. She was inquisitive and strong. She quite often spoke her mind with dire consequences. The story was like nothing I’ve read before. Note quite cult, not quite dystopian and not quite science fiction, but a mixture of the three. I had a lot of questions reeling around in my head while I was reading the story. Some were answered, others weren’t. But I must say I was totally sucked into the story shocked at how the community lived and accepted this way of living; but then I suppose they knew no better.
The ending left me holding my breath and eagerly awaiting the next book, Rogue, due to be released in 2019. Just to whet your appetite there is a one page teaser for the next book at the end of Hive.
When I first looked at reviews for this book I did wonder if I had read the same book. Well appar4.5 stars
Nirvana: an ideal or idyllic state or place.
When I first looked at reviews for this book I did wonder if I had read the same book. Well apparently I hadn’t! I have read and reviewed the new edited version of Nirvana.
Bees have become extinct and the world crumbles, plants cannot be pollinated, crops and animals die. Only the rich thrive in this new dystopian world where everything is generated by computers. Every aspect of your life is recorded by big brother corporation Hexagon. Everyone must spend time in Nirvana. A virtual world meant to relax you and relive your happiest moments. But always Big Brother is watching.
Putting aside the end of the world as we know it scenario this story is not so far fetched. There are so many elements already being explored. I have heard of in roads in virtual holidays where the busy executive can dial in a holiday and the memories are delivered straight to your brain. A two week holiday in two hours!
You don’t necessarily need to be computer literate to understand the concept of the story with virtual reality, holograms and nanobots. Although I’m sure the Young Adult target audience are well versed on all things tech.
Melissa Kenders is a likeable protagonist. She is unprepared for what is being asked of her but is willing to believe in Andrew. She admits to being scared but love is what pushes her on.
This is a light read and a really cute story that I think teens will enjoy. It’s filled with mystery, tension and heartache. It’s the quintessential good guy versus the big evil corporation that puts money above people’s lives.
I enjoyed this dystopian story that isn’t totally filled with dread and gloom. A cliff hanger ending will have fans screaming for the next book.
Thank you to Blue Moon Publishing via Netgalley for my copy to read and review. ...more
The children have now been taken to Survivor Island, but all is not as it seems here. They are separated, as are all groups that had survived togetherThe children have now been taken to Survivor Island, but all is not as it seems here. They are separated, as are all groups that had survived together. The leaders are ruling with an iron fist, supposedly for the good of everyone. But are they helping everyone or only those that can help the community in return? The weak and infirm are floated, put on a raft and sent out to sea. If you cannot contribute you do not deserve to live. There is no charity on Survivor Island!
I have followed this series from the beginning and fell in love with the characters as if they were my own children. I didn’t want anyone to die. But Langhorne Folan has written a realistic post apocalyptic novel and characters do die.
This instalment was written around the characters of Jax and Samir, one gay the other a Muslim, both struggling with their identity. Although topics of sexuality and religion are characteristic of today’s issues it fell away from the original characters. The ones I’d fallen in love with!
The writing is fast paced and action filled. Riveting reading and at times quite graphic but there is no escape; you are living this nightmare with the characters.
With my thanks to Karyn Langhorne Folan for my copy to read and review.
Book 4 in the Doomsday Kids series pick up where book 3, Amaranth’s Return, left off only this book is narrated by Amy.
I never really connected with ABook 4 in the Doomsday Kids series pick up where book 3, Amaranth’s Return, left off only this book is narrated by Amy.
I never really connected with Amy in the previous books as she was very standoffish and bitchy so this book is a good opportunity to find out what makes Amy tick. The story travels along at a fast pace and there is always something happening, some new danger they must overcome, as the dwindling group of teen survivors continue their trek to find the survivor’s camp.
I just love this series and while I want it to end for these poor kids I also don’t want it to end. I’ve enjoyed it so much. These teens have seen too much, done too much to ever be carefree again.
A story of strength, determination, perseverance, surviving against all odds and helping one another!
Looking forward to reading the fifth book in the series, The Doomsday Kids #5 Survivor’s Stories. With thanks to Karyn Langhorne Folan via Netgalley for my copy to read and review ...more
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