After her first bleed, Calla’s father drops her off in a nondescript building to receive her ticket. She doesn’t know what to expect other than she will receive a ticket as they keep people woefully ignorant. Calla’s is blue, and they send her out into the world after an unknown procedure with little more than… Continue reading Blue Ticket, Sophie Mackintosh
Tag: Dystopian
Master Class, Christina Dalcher
I had read and loved Vox, so I had this pre-ordered for months in advance because I knew it would be a home run. I was about halfway into Master Class when I posted my reaction to this in emojis which went from: wow to shock to horror, and I think that perfectly sums up… Continue reading Master Class, Christina Dalcher
The Diseased Ones, Danielle Harrington
In the year 2647, humans do not show emotion. They don’t touch others outside of their family unit. They’re raised to serve the government, and upon their 16th birthday, they’re given a test for the biomarker that determines if they are a diseased one. Humans loathe the diseased ones, people who had powers fought… Continue reading The Diseased Ones, Danielle Harrington
The Loop, Ben Oliver
I shouldn’t have started The Loop in the evening because I have chronic insomnia and need to sleep at the same time every night, but that process went out the window because I got sucked into the story from the start. In the world of the future, everyone answers to a computer program, Happy. And… Continue reading The Loop, Ben Oliver
This Will Kill That, Danielle K. Roux
With the death of her parents, Rin wants to see change in the world, she wants to see people stop killing each other based on their Color. Amaya has been raised in isolation, getting daily shots at the hands of her father. When she's finally had enough, she realizes those shots were more than just… Continue reading This Will Kill That, Danielle K. Roux
The Grace Year, Kim Liggett
In a world where girls are magic and sent away for their Grace Year at 16 to get the magic out, surely anything is possible. While they're not allowed to discuss what happens during that year they're sent away, when the village gathers to watch and see who has returned home from their year, it's… Continue reading The Grace Year, Kim Liggett
Day Zero, Kelly deVos
Susan, aka Jinx, is a coder, daughter of a coder and prepper who has run drills with his two children for as long as they can remember. So when a disaster at a bank ends up with her step-father being taken in, she knows this is not a drill, that under their new president, things… Continue reading Day Zero, Kelly deVos
The Unadjusteds, Marisa Noele
It's a new world where nanite technology can allow people to pop a pill to change their DNA. Want wings, horns, tough skin, a genius IQ? Take a pill and you're forever changed, you are an adjusted. It doesn't always go seamlessly and people are dying. Even more, there are people out there who don't… Continue reading The Unadjusteds, Marisa Noele
The Program, Suzanne Young
I promised myself that while I was taking a hiatus from accepting new ARC's I was going to work on my huge YA TBR, and I'm so glad I have because I have been reading some amazing books. The program is a YA Dystopian book and it's the first in a series, though I do… Continue reading The Program, Suzanne Young
Constant Gray, Ryan Taylor
A man has been trapped in a basement for what feels like months, and when he's finally released, the world around him has changed, and what's more, he doesn't know who he is. How long was he in that basement? Set in a Dystopian future the world is at odds. Water is scarce, the sun… Continue reading Constant Gray, Ryan Taylor
