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Swarmed
If you knew your exact date of death would it change the way you lived?Sixteen-year-old Kalli is a determined gal who will stop at nothing to find her missing brother. Even if that means messing up her Date of Death assignment and dying early.When she gets a lead on her brother, she must go to Savannah. Flat broke and with only ten days before her life expires, she recruits the one person who can help finance the venture––her rival Noah Brenson. Along the way, Kalli discovers a horrible truth and must decide to save her life or risk it to save everyone else.Great for readers who loved Kiera Cass’s Selection Series, Marissa Meyer’s Lunar Chronicles, and Lauren Oliver’s Delirium. Join Simone Pond’s newsletter at simonepond.com to get updates on exciting new releases. Books by Simone PondThe Coastview Prophecies Hidden Sight Book 1Beyond Sight Book 2 The Mysterium ChroniclesExodus of Magic Book 1River of Magic Book 2Wrath of Magic Book 3Armor of Magic Series Sacred Light Book 1Rising Light Book 2Edge of Light Book 3The New Agenda Series The City Center Book 1The Mainframe Book 2The Torrent Book 3The New Agenda A Dystopian NovelVoices of the A Collection of Short Stories
- GenresDystopia
316 pages, Paperback
Published August 6, 2016
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Simone Pond
32 books254 followersAuthor of hard-to-put-down, action-packed dystopian and fantasy. Also known as Simone DeBlasio Stier.
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July 22, 2016
Words cannot express how much I love this book. From cover to cover each chapter keeps my fingers gripping the pages as I wait to find out the fate of the characters. Overall 5/5 stars; the clock is literally ticking for you to pick up this book!
July 4, 2016
What if you knew you only had a determined number of days left - and they were set by others? What would be most important to you? Finding family? Trying to change the course of your society? If you enjoy dsystopia and strong heroines you'll enjoy Pond's latest novel. Swarmed.
October 20, 2016
Kalli lives in a a future that idealizes the antebellum and, as if corsets and hoop skirts aren't bad enough, people are given a date of death. The aristocrats have nothing to fear, a long life of leisure is ahead of them, but for everyone else, it's a constant struggle of back-breaking work just to push that date back a few more days. Kalli lost her mom early to the swarm, the little bots that come and collect when your time's run out, a few years ago and her brother disappeared shortly there after. While Kalli's doing everything she can to get a good DOD (date of death) so she has time to find her brother to help her dad from having to support them on his own, and his daily double shifts at the rail yard are barely keeping them afloat and his DOD at bay. With only ten days to start contributing to lengthen her time, she leaves behind everything she knows and goes off to find her brother and drag him back to help the family.
Noah, a longtimer (the previously mentioned aristocrats) may have many years to live his life, but he's plagued by curiosity over what killed his brother a few years ago--he was supposed to live a long life. His search and Kalli's seem to overlap a lot so they reluctantly team up.
I really enjoyed this book. It's well-thought out and paced. It is a mostly believable dystopian future. I'd like to think that women wouldn't go back to the big dresses, functional corsets, and "lady-like" behavior voluntarily, but you play your part in this society or you die, so, voluntary is subjective, I guess.
Kalli is a gung ho, fearless non-conformist. She hates pretty much every aspect of her society, and considering where she comes from that's understandable. The status is not quo, it's terribly unbalanced and there is no way to move up in society. It is completely rigged against you. Noah, on the other hand, is her complete opposite, he is cautious, conforming to society, afraid of what others would think of him if he didn't. He's more-or-less okay with the status quo, but he's at the top looking down, and it looks great--maybe if people weren't so lazy they would have better DODs. Their differences make them a great team. She knows the streets, but he can read people better. He's a great planner--after all, he's got time to spare, but she's great on her toes--she's used to making snap decisions because she's running out of time.
I hope to see another book follow this. It ends and could be considered self-contained, but it is not the same world at the end of the book as it was at the beginning and I'm curious as to what Noah will be going home to.
The only reason why I did not give this a five star review is the editing. If this had not been a four or five star story to begin with, sucking me in right away, the grammar errors and omitted words would have had me put the book down. I often fell out of the story trying to figure out what was written. It wasn't unreadable by any stretch, but it was more mistakes than I consider acceptable. I've read the City Center books by the author and don't remember this level of errors in it. A second edition with better editing would be an easy five star review from me. I'm hard pressed to find anything else wrong with the book.
Noah, a longtimer (the previously mentioned aristocrats) may have many years to live his life, but he's plagued by curiosity over what killed his brother a few years ago--he was supposed to live a long life. His search and Kalli's seem to overlap a lot so they reluctantly team up.
I really enjoyed this book. It's well-thought out and paced. It is a mostly believable dystopian future. I'd like to think that women wouldn't go back to the big dresses, functional corsets, and "lady-like" behavior voluntarily, but you play your part in this society or you die, so, voluntary is subjective, I guess.
Kalli is a gung ho, fearless non-conformist. She hates pretty much every aspect of her society, and considering where she comes from that's understandable. The status is not quo, it's terribly unbalanced and there is no way to move up in society. It is completely rigged against you. Noah, on the other hand, is her complete opposite, he is cautious, conforming to society, afraid of what others would think of him if he didn't. He's more-or-less okay with the status quo, but he's at the top looking down, and it looks great--maybe if people weren't so lazy they would have better DODs. Their differences make them a great team. She knows the streets, but he can read people better. He's a great planner--after all, he's got time to spare, but she's great on her toes--she's used to making snap decisions because she's running out of time.
I hope to see another book follow this. It ends and could be considered self-contained, but it is not the same world at the end of the book as it was at the beginning and I'm curious as to what Noah will be going home to.
The only reason why I did not give this a five star review is the editing. If this had not been a four or five star story to begin with, sucking me in right away, the grammar errors and omitted words would have had me put the book down. I often fell out of the story trying to figure out what was written. It wasn't unreadable by any stretch, but it was more mistakes than I consider acceptable. I've read the City Center books by the author and don't remember this level of errors in it. A second edition with better editing would be an easy five star review from me. I'm hard pressed to find anything else wrong with the book.
August 1, 2016
Average writing, but story and characters are cliche and predictable--stubborn teenage girl who normall goes it alone takes on the world and saves the day, hate becomes love, friends become enemies, things that need to work out work out in the last possible moment. It kept my interest, but if this is just the first book in a series, I won't read the rest. I recommend the New Agenda series instead.
July 5, 2016
Swarmed is the latest book from author Simone Pond. In Swarmed Ms Pond gives us a story on what she feels the future may hold for mankind. It's the Sci-Fi that I enjoy most, you know it isn't true, but in the future it just might come to pass. From the very beginning the reader becomes invested in our heroine Kalli's future.
May 2, 2017
When I started Swarmed, I had no idea where Simone was going to take the plot. I enjoyed every minute of ignorance alongside Kalli during her journey, and once some of the truth began to surface, my emotions became a roller coaster of a mess. Nothing was what I was expecting, and I absolutely love books like this. I definitely recommend this as well as all of Simone’s other books!
I highly enjoyed the dystopian setting and loved imagining each scene. I thought the names of all the characters were perfect. I believe this would make an outstanding series! I am dying to find out what happened to the pocket watch, the locket, the kitten, and what happens next! Simone, please consider continuing Kalli’s story!
I highly enjoyed the dystopian setting and loved imagining each scene. I thought the names of all the characters were perfect. I believe this would make an outstanding series! I am dying to find out what happened to the pocket watch, the locket, the kitten, and what happens next! Simone, please consider continuing Kalli’s story!
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