This is at its fundamental, a book about a teenage girl named Becca facing hard moral choices in a totalitarian America. The story revolves around her relationship with her mother, her best friend, and a new guy in her life. You can certainly feel the danger and paranoia of a… Read more »
In the Defiance, Fenn and Peree try to convince their people to leave for Koolkuna, while factions within the two peoples try to prevent that. I did enjoy continuing along with Fenn and Peree, learning more about them and their world. Several characters really surprised me with the shades of… Read more »
The Scourge is a story about two peoples…one on the ground and one on the trees. They are randomly visited by the Scourge… sick people who attack them. In order to stay safe, the one group (Lofties) stay up in the trees and the other (Groundlings) hide in caves. The… Read more »
Tent City it on sale for $0.99 at Amazon. I rated this one 4 stars: Tent City is a dystopia about a girl, her brother, and her friend who must flee home to escape being put into a government-run safety camp. So right in the beginning we have a girl,… Read more »
This is the 2nd book in the Stitch triology. Alessa and Issac trek across the landscape in search for a new safe base for the rebels, all the while being chased by mysterious creatures. Meanwhile, Lizzie wakes up in Paragon to discover who the real leaders of Paragon are. I… Read more »
Excerpt By eight, the party was in full swing. I was standing at a table near the dance floor watching the fun when a group of girls from school converged on me. “Hey, Macey, so what time do you get your date?” Ariel asked me. I was trying not to… Read more »
Interview with J.P. Lantern Can you talk a little about what the book is about? Dustbowl follows Ward, a very troubled young man, in a dystopian, civil war-torn America that is all but decayed. At the start of the novel, he is grieving his younger brother’s death by suicide, which… Read more »
Check out this interview from S.M. McEachern, then see below it to get your free copy of Sunset Rising. Interview with Author S.M. McEachern Can you talk a little about what the book is about? Sunset Rising is a futuristic dystopian tale about the last of humanity struggling to survive… Read more »
The Star Dwellers will be only $0.99 from December 16-19th on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Smashwords, and Google Books. This is the sequel to The Moon Dwellers, one of my favorite dystopian books. Pick up your copy using the buy links on this post next to the book cover.
Stitch is initially about a girl named Alessa who goes off to college after her parents are tragically killed. While in college, she is assigned to a sorority house that used to be a really old farm house. During the semester she keeps seeing a ghost of a young man,… Read more »
Guest Post by Scott and Judith Powell: Why We Picked Dystopian as the Subject Very much like the Dark Ages it appeared that society had taken several steps backwards. Why? In many cases history has shown that great societies like the Romans and the Babylonians were prosperous societies that eventually… Read more »
Guest Post by Carissa Andrews on What It Means to be Human A lot of technology in the book has redefined what it means to be human by taking away eating, sleeping, etc. What are your views on what it means to be human, and what part technology should play… Read more »
World of Shell and Bone by S.K. Falls is $0.99 on Amazon through 12/12.
More Than This is a novel about a young man who commits suicide and finds himself walking up in a new world, where everything is covered in dust and nobody else is around. The great thing about this story is it is a journey…we slowly unravel the mystery at the… Read more »
Interview with S.I. Dunbar Can you talk a little about what the book is about? The Unreachable is a speculative science fiction/ young adult novel set in a future where most all businesses and social functions have moved to the digital sphere. Over 75% of the globe is connected online,… Read more »
Interview with Author Nicola McDonagh Can you talk a little about what the book is about? Echoes from the Lost Ones is about survival in a time of want. It is set in Scotland, England, 250 years after famine, disease and global warming have wiped out almost all animal life…. Read more »
Today I have an interview with Robert Corrado, author of the dystopia The Fifth Column. Interview Can you talk a little about what the book is about? The Fifth Column is a dystopian fiction set a few decades into the future of the United States which has now become a… Read more »
I have an interview today with Katie French, author of the highly-rated YA dystopia The Breeders, about her new book The Believers. Check after the interview for your chance to win her books or books from a variety of authors via the December Dystopia Giveaway. Interview with Katie French Can… Read more »
Interview with Author Shalini Boland by Xpresso Book Tours Where and when do you like to write? I’m not great at writing first thing after I wake up as I’m not a morning person. But any time after 10am is good. After the school run, I’ll shop, clean, tidy, run… Read more »
This is an anthology from various dystopia series. Proceeds from the book go to Girls Write Now, a charity that promotes literacy of inner-city girls. Since the book is a collection of different stories from different authors, I’m going to review each separately. Nessa: A Breeders Story by Katie French,… Read more »
