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Book: The Countdown

Author: Kasia Lasinska

Book Series: The Deathday Chronicles

Rating: 4.5/5

Recommended For...: dystopian lovers, ya readers

Publication Date: October 30, 2020

Genre: YA Dystopian

Recommended Age: 16+ (violence, gore, romance)

Publisher: Dreamscape Press

Pages: 253

Synopsis: In the Grand Alliance of American States… Your days are numbered.

I’m Theo, and my deathday is in ten days.

The vivid, poison-green digits burning into my left wrist won’t let me forget it.

I brave my remaining days with my best friend by my side — if only I could bring myself to finally kiss her.

But when I receive a mysterious parting gift from the Government, I’m thrown into a wild hunt for a clue that could explain deathdays. Or stop them.

With time running out, every choice I make could be my last…

The Countdown is the addictive full-length prequel to the young adult dystopian series The Deathday Chronicles. Full of action, adventure, romance and heroes in unexpected places, it’s perfect for fans of The Hunger Games, Divergent and The Maze Runner.

The countdown is on.

Review: For the most part I really enjoyed it! It had an early 2000s dystopian feel to it that I still really love. The romance was cute and I loved the progression of it. The world building was fairly well done and the character development was the strongest point of the book. I also really liked the premise of it.

However, I did think that the book felt like I had already read it. I don’t mean that it was plagerized, but that the idea was not something new to me and had already been done before. While I really enjoy plots like this, I did want to see more.

Verdict: Very well done book and I’m excited for the series.