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There were way too many storyline all at once - it barely wrapped up in the end. I was really surprised I even like the ending.
I found this book in a list on Pinterest and thought I would give it a try. I barely ever read the back of books because I always want to be surprised by the story. So without any preconceived notions, I had no idea what was going on when the story started. The main character is a girl named Lily. It is a post- apocalyptic world where the teens are all now living in “farms,” the one Lily lived in is an old college building. The teens were split into categories of greens, breeders or collaborators "collabs".
The Greens were essentially being fatten up to be feed to Ticks, almost like zombie vampires. They were required to eat meals at certain times and were given meals of fatty processed foods. The breeders tried to be constantly pregnant because the Ticks did not like humans with pregnancy hormones.
Lily and her twin sister, Mel are in the farm, they mainly keep to themselves because Mel has autism and does not function well with the lack of routine and her normal medication. Lily helps keep Mel calm. The book is written from both Lily and Mel's point-of-view. Mel talks a lot about the rhythm of life and the music she hears through other people.
Then Carter enters the story and the up to the point of her meeting Carter, the story was actually really catching, you did not have any idea of what was going on and what was going to happen next. Carter ends up being from Lily's high school and believes that she has a "super power" that can save everyone from the Ticks.
And finally we meet Sebastian, a vampire, who differs from Ticks because he is able to control himself and his humanity. He is trying to find his place in the vampire ruling with someone who has the ability to change the emotions and feelings of the people around her. He believes, through Carter, that this person is Lily.
The book was odd. I read the entire thing, so it didn't make me put it down, but I feel like the story started so cool and really lost the dystopian feel. The farm and teens being treated like food but adding in the story line about the super power seemed to take away from the story I thought I was reading from the beginning.
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The Greens were essentially being fatten up to be feed to Ticks, almost like zombie vampires. They were required to eat meals at certain times and were given meals of fatty processed foods. The breeders tried to be constantly pregnant because the Ticks did not like humans with pregnancy hormones.
Lily and her twin sister, Mel are in the farm, they mainly keep to themselves because Mel has autism and does not function well with the lack of routine and her normal medication. Lily helps keep Mel calm. The book is written from both Lily and Mel's point-of-view. Mel talks a lot about the rhythm of life and the music she hears through other people.
Then Carter enters the story and the up to the point of her meeting Carter, the story was actually really catching, you did not have any idea of what was going on and what was going to happen next. Carter ends up being from Lily's high school and believes that she has a "super power" that can save everyone from the Ticks.
And finally we meet Sebastian, a vampire, who differs from Ticks because he is able to control himself and his humanity. He is trying to find his place in the vampire ruling with someone who has the ability to change the emotions and feelings of the people around her. He believes, through Carter, that this person is Lily.
The book was odd. I read the entire thing, so it didn't make me put it down, but I feel like the story started so cool and really lost the dystopian feel. The farm and teens being treated like food but adding in the story line about the super power seemed to take away from the story I thought I was reading from the beginning.
Check out more review on my blog http://aflurryofponderings.blogspot.com/
Last night I finished Enclave by Ann Aquirre. It was a really interesting book, in fact I contemplating staying up really late and starting the second book in the series Outpost.
Enclave's main character is Deuce. She has grown up in the College Enclave, who all live in the subway tunnels below New York City. The Enclave was split into three jobs as the brats (the children) become adults; they were Breeders, Hunters and Builders. Deuce's job was a huntress.
Deuce starts to work as a huntress with Fade, a boy who came from the Topside. Deuce was taught that the Topside was unlivable. Fade and Deuce end up becoming friends and then when through a series of events, both Fade and Deuce end up being expelled from the underground and force to go Topside.
The book was interesting, but I was really astonished how quickly the story of the Enclave ended once Deuce was forced Topside. The dynamics of life in the tunnels was really interesting and could have been expounded a lot further. In fact, there isn't a whole lot of information on the pre-story of how the humans were forced to live underground and what happened Topside. I barely pieced together that there was some sort of plague that caused mass sickness among the people. There are also "freaks" in the book which seem to take on the characteristics of zombies and the sickness could have caused humans to turn into the freaks. I am assuming the second book will go more into the story.
I am definitely interested in continuing with the series. The first book Enclave focused on the first group of people Deuce was born into, now she has found a new set of people and more answers to her questions, in Outpost. The third book in the series is titled Horde. The series is called the Razorland trilogy.
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Enclave's main character is Deuce. She has grown up in the College Enclave, who all live in the subway tunnels below New York City. The Enclave was split into three jobs as the brats (the children) become adults; they were Breeders, Hunters and Builders. Deuce's job was a huntress.
Deuce starts to work as a huntress with Fade, a boy who came from the Topside. Deuce was taught that the Topside was unlivable. Fade and Deuce end up becoming friends and then when through a series of events, both Fade and Deuce end up being expelled from the underground and force to go Topside.
The book was interesting, but I was really astonished how quickly the story of the Enclave ended once Deuce was forced Topside. The dynamics of life in the tunnels was really interesting and could have been expounded a lot further. In fact, there isn't a whole lot of information on the pre-story of how the humans were forced to live underground and what happened Topside. I barely pieced together that there was some sort of plague that caused mass sickness among the people. There are also "freaks" in the book which seem to take on the characteristics of zombies and the sickness could have caused humans to turn into the freaks. I am assuming the second book will go more into the story.
I am definitely interested in continuing with the series. The first book Enclave focused on the first group of people Deuce was born into, now she has found a new set of people and more answers to her questions, in Outpost. The third book in the series is titled Horde. The series is called the Razorland trilogy.
Read more reviews on my blog http://aflurryofponderings.blogspot.com/
At this point, Deuce, Stalker, Fade and Tegan are all living together with a settlement called Salvation. They were a group of people who came together and “recreated” a settlement quite like the old pioneers. They lived behind a large wall that kept them safe, guards watching the wall at all time and guarding it with firepower.
Deuce is having a really hard time adjusting to the new societies roles for women. In the Enclave there were no real gender roles, both males and females took the roles as Hunters, Breeders and Builders. In the Outpost the traditional gender roles still continue, women are to stay home, cook and clean; men protect the city and do the heavy lifting. Many of the townsfolk do not adapt quickly to Deuce wanting to continue her role as a fighter and she has to work to prove that she is strong enough to protect the city.
Outpost started out slowly. I didn't really understand why Fade just stopped hanging out with Deuce. I realize that she was hanging out with Stalker more, but the personality of Fade throughout Enclave seemed to disappear in Outpost. He was no longer strong and seemed overly timid when it came to Deuce. Deuce in turn did not approach him until a bit later in the book. I realize that they are barely teenagers, but they were trained to be fighters. I guess I would have liked them to have stronger personalities.
The ‘freaks” or “muties” are still very prevalent in the 2nd book (and 3rd – I started that right away too). They are changing and getting smarter, making them harder to fight and more of a mystery of where they came from. I am hoping she continues to tell us more about the origins of the freaks in the third book.
Make sure that you have all three books with you when you start the first one, they end abruptly and you will want to go right in to the next one. I should have the final book finished soon so I can give a review of the whole series.
Check out more reviews on my blog http://aflurryofponderings.blogspot.com/
Deuce is having a really hard time adjusting to the new societies roles for women. In the Enclave there were no real gender roles, both males and females took the roles as Hunters, Breeders and Builders. In the Outpost the traditional gender roles still continue, women are to stay home, cook and clean; men protect the city and do the heavy lifting. Many of the townsfolk do not adapt quickly to Deuce wanting to continue her role as a fighter and she has to work to prove that she is strong enough to protect the city.
Outpost started out slowly. I didn't really understand why Fade just stopped hanging out with Deuce. I realize that she was hanging out with Stalker more, but the personality of Fade throughout Enclave seemed to disappear in Outpost. He was no longer strong and seemed overly timid when it came to Deuce. Deuce in turn did not approach him until a bit later in the book. I realize that they are barely teenagers, but they were trained to be fighters. I guess I would have liked them to have stronger personalities.
The ‘freaks” or “muties” are still very prevalent in the 2nd book (and 3rd – I started that right away too). They are changing and getting smarter, making them harder to fight and more of a mystery of where they came from. I am hoping she continues to tell us more about the origins of the freaks in the third book.
Make sure that you have all three books with you when you start the first one, they end abruptly and you will want to go right in to the next one. I should have the final book finished soon so I can give a review of the whole series.
Check out more reviews on my blog http://aflurryofponderings.blogspot.com/
The final book in the Razorland series was definitely the best. Although I am not too keen on all the battles, it was by far the most interesting. I loved getting to know the other members of Solider's Pond and seeing Deuce really come into who she was.
In Horde, Deuce decides that she needs to fight the Freaks to save mankind. They are getting smarter, evolving. She raises a group of soldiers who are willing to sacrifice themselves to fight to Horde. Deuce and the men who agree to fight with her travel from community to community gathering men and learning more about the Horde.
It was really interesting to read more about each town and how they were interacting with the Horde. She gained more information on how the Horde worked, as well as, their history and how they were evolving.
I actually really liked the ending, spoiler alert, it was fairly happy and poetic. Most of the dystopian fiction I have read lately have ended incomplete or with main characters dying. It was nice to end a series on a happier note, almost like an add post-apocalyptic fairy tale.
For more reviews visit my blog http://aflurryofponderings.blogspot.com/
In Horde, Deuce decides that she needs to fight the Freaks to save mankind. They are getting smarter, evolving. She raises a group of soldiers who are willing to sacrifice themselves to fight to Horde. Deuce and the men who agree to fight with her travel from community to community gathering men and learning more about the Horde.
It was really interesting to read more about each town and how they were interacting with the Horde. She gained more information on how the Horde worked, as well as, their history and how they were evolving.
I actually really liked the ending, spoiler alert, it was fairly happy and poetic. Most of the dystopian fiction I have read lately have ended incomplete or with main characters dying. It was nice to end a series on a happier note, almost like an add post-apocalyptic fairy tale.
For more reviews visit my blog http://aflurryofponderings.blogspot.com/
