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Mayfly
by Jeff Sweat
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Book: Mayfly
Author: Jeff Sweat
Book Series: Mayfly Book 1
Rating: 4/5
Recommended For...: dystopian, science fiction
Publication Date: May 8, 2018
Genre: YA Dystopian
Recommended Age: 16+ (pregnancy, sex, rape mentions TW, violence, death)
Publisher: Feiwel and Friends
Pages: 356
Synopsis: Jemma has spent her life scavenging tools and supplies for her tribe in the their small enclave outside what used to be a big city. Now she’s a teen, and old enough to become a Mama. Making babies is how her people survive—in Jemma’s world, life ends at age seventeen.
Survival has eclipsed love ever since the Parents died of a mysterious plague. But Jemma’s connection to a boy named Apple is stronger than her duty as a Mama. Forced to leave, Jemma and Apple are joined in exile by a mysterious boy who claims to know what is causing them to die. The world is crumbling around them, and their time is running out. Is this truly the End?
Review: I really liked this book! I loved the dystopian vibes and I thought the world building was well done, if a bit too graphic? The character development was also well done and I liked the world the author created. While I read dystopian novels, sometimes I think if this would be possible. This one seems a bit too far for our society, but it was still an interesting Children of the Corn vibe book.
However, I did think the pacing was a bit too slow for me in several spots, but it did pick up once the action did. The book also had a lot of tropes that are common in dystopians, so if you’re not into that then this might not be a good book for you. The book also had an opportunity to really talk about how in real life young women are not able to get sterilized by their own volition on their own until they give birth to a child or two and if their husband agrees, to relate the events of the book to real life birth control matters we have in this world. I wish we had some commentary about that, but I know a lot of authors do not like to do that in their books.
Verdict: A well done dystopian!
Book: Mayfly
Author: Jeff Sweat
Book Series: Mayfly Book 1
Rating: 4/5
Recommended For...: dystopian, science fiction
Publication Date: May 8, 2018
Genre: YA Dystopian
Recommended Age: 16+ (pregnancy, sex, rape mentions TW, violence, death)
Publisher: Feiwel and Friends
Pages: 356
Synopsis: Jemma has spent her life scavenging tools and supplies for her tribe in the their small enclave outside what used to be a big city. Now she’s a teen, and old enough to become a Mama. Making babies is how her people survive—in Jemma’s world, life ends at age seventeen.
Survival has eclipsed love ever since the Parents died of a mysterious plague. But Jemma’s connection to a boy named Apple is stronger than her duty as a Mama. Forced to leave, Jemma and Apple are joined in exile by a mysterious boy who claims to know what is causing them to die. The world is crumbling around them, and their time is running out. Is this truly the End?
Review: I really liked this book! I loved the dystopian vibes and I thought the world building was well done, if a bit too graphic? The character development was also well done and I liked the world the author created. While I read dystopian novels, sometimes I think if this would be possible. This one seems a bit too far for our society, but it was still an interesting Children of the Corn vibe book.
However, I did think the pacing was a bit too slow for me in several spots, but it did pick up once the action did. The book also had a lot of tropes that are common in dystopians, so if you’re not into that then this might not be a good book for you. The book also had an opportunity to really talk about how in real life young women are not able to get sterilized by their own volition on their own until they give birth to a child or two and if their husband agrees, to relate the events of the book to real life birth control matters we have in this world. I wish we had some commentary about that, but I know a lot of authors do not like to do that in their books.
Verdict: A well done dystopian!