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Pristine
An engineered virus changed everything.
No one knew society was falling when it was.
Sunny Hudson is seventeen, famous and pregnant.
In a world where infertility is the norm, and couples mortgage everything for a healthy child, Sunny is ecstatic to do her civic duty...for the right price. She enrolls in the exclusive Barrons Academy to become the willing plaything of a multibillionaire--until love, deceit, and murder change the rules of the game.
Now Sunny must choose between opening her heart, survival, or exposing a truth that could spark revolution.
No one knew society was falling when it was.
Sunny Hudson is seventeen, famous and pregnant.
In a world where infertility is the norm, and couples mortgage everything for a healthy child, Sunny is ecstatic to do her civic duty...for the right price. She enrolls in the exclusive Barrons Academy to become the willing plaything of a multibillionaire--until love, deceit, and murder change the rules of the game.
Now Sunny must choose between opening her heart, survival, or exposing a truth that could spark revolution.
148 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 22, 2013
5 people want to read
About the author
M.E. Harmon
27 books56 followersHi. I'm Michelle. Born and raised in Queens, NY.
I'm an avid reader. If I'm finishing up a book and don't have another lined up and ready to go - I get really nervous. Yes, I know that's very geek like.
Speaking of geek - I'm a fan of anything action adventure, urban fantasy, paranormal (paranormal romance - not so much), and supernatural. If I ever go to Comic Con, I'll dress up as Lt. Uhura (except I might add some garters to be naughty). Walking Dead and Supernatural are two of my 'can't miss' shows on tv right now.
I started writing fanfic based on my favorite movie at age 12. Since then I've taken many creative writing classes. Several of my short stories have been published online and in print.
I'm an avid reader. If I'm finishing up a book and don't have another lined up and ready to go - I get really nervous. Yes, I know that's very geek like.
Speaking of geek - I'm a fan of anything action adventure, urban fantasy, paranormal (paranormal romance - not so much), and supernatural. If I ever go to Comic Con, I'll dress up as Lt. Uhura (except I might add some garters to be naughty). Walking Dead and Supernatural are two of my 'can't miss' shows on tv right now.
I started writing fanfic based on my favorite movie at age 12. Since then I've taken many creative writing classes. Several of my short stories have been published online and in print.
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January 13, 2014
*I received a copy of this book as an ARR in exchange for a review*
This could have been a good book, great even. We follow Sunny, seventeen-year-old, who's pregnant in a world where infertility is the norm. I think the idea behind this is really great and there are so many ways this could have been explored.
Sadly this book was just too short. It didn't give time to the characters to develope or even grow. It rushed through, what could have been plot for several hundreds of pages, in only 144.
The love triangle, if I could call it that, was completely unbelievable to me. I couldn't connect with any of the characters, not even the heroine. I didn't feel any connection between either Sunny and Feleti or Sunny and Colt. This could have made for some great tension, but it just didn't deliver.
Sunny is a surly teenager and I don't even know why. I think it is because she was followed by reporters all her life. But sadly, the character developement is so sketchy that I'm not really sure. Often it felt like she was just being difficult on purpose.
There's a lot I think could have been explored and added the needed tension and a decent arc of suspense. Often I felt like the book had skipped important scene and it made it all a simple sequence of scenes without any real purpose.
A few characters could have really turned out interesting, but sadly the rush throughout the book just made it possible to throw the name at the reader and not add much needed depth.
The ending sets up the next book. But I barely cared about what happened in this one.
I really liked the idea behind this book, but the execution wasn't sadly very well done. I don't really like giving one or two star reviews, but it just wasn't a three star.
This could have been a good book, great even. We follow Sunny, seventeen-year-old, who's pregnant in a world where infertility is the norm. I think the idea behind this is really great and there are so many ways this could have been explored.
Sadly this book was just too short. It didn't give time to the characters to develope or even grow. It rushed through, what could have been plot for several hundreds of pages, in only 144.
The love triangle, if I could call it that, was completely unbelievable to me. I couldn't connect with any of the characters, not even the heroine. I didn't feel any connection between either Sunny and Feleti or Sunny and Colt. This could have made for some great tension, but it just didn't deliver.
Sunny is a surly teenager and I don't even know why. I think it is because she was followed by reporters all her life. But sadly, the character developement is so sketchy that I'm not really sure. Often it felt like she was just being difficult on purpose.
There's a lot I think could have been explored and added the needed tension and a decent arc of suspense. Often I felt like the book had skipped important scene and it made it all a simple sequence of scenes without any real purpose.
A few characters could have really turned out interesting, but sadly the rush throughout the book just made it possible to throw the name at the reader and not add much needed depth.
The ending sets up the next book. But I barely cared about what happened in this one.
I really liked the idea behind this book, but the execution wasn't sadly very well done. I don't really like giving one or two star reviews, but it just wasn't a three star.
February 20, 2014
I read this for ARR program where I got a copy in exchange for a review.
Reading the premise of this book, honestly I'm interested. It tells us about a world where government controls the birth. And healthy girls are the only one who supposed to be pregnant. And after that they have to give the child to a foster parents and they get stipend to live a new life. That's what Sunny, our heroine wants. She is famous, because her parents and she sicks of it and she wants a new start.
And the story itself is promising, I like reading the first few pages. But after read more and more and more, I feel lost. I don't feel the connection with Sunny.
I just don't know what to say, I mean, clearly the author has a great imagination, great idea for a book, but yet, poor execution.
Sorry but it's a two star book for me.
Reading the premise of this book, honestly I'm interested. It tells us about a world where government controls the birth. And healthy girls are the only one who supposed to be pregnant. And after that they have to give the child to a foster parents and they get stipend to live a new life. That's what Sunny, our heroine wants. She is famous, because her parents and she sicks of it and she wants a new start.
And the story itself is promising, I like reading the first few pages. But after read more and more and more, I feel lost. I don't feel the connection with Sunny.
I just don't know what to say, I mean, clearly the author has a great imagination, great idea for a book, but yet, poor execution.
Sorry but it's a two star book for me.
January 17, 2014
I really did like the concept of this story but I had a hard time getting into and connecting with it. The character development wasn't there which made it impossible for me to care about them or what would happen next. And I don't necessarily think I need to agree with the characters' actions or thoughts but I at least want to understand why they think and act the way they do. I just didn't get that from Pristine which is disappointing because I honestly wanted to like it.
Of course this is only my opinion and other readers may feel differently.
Of course this is only my opinion and other readers may feel differently.
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