What if your genetics held the keys to saving humanity?
But every stride forward has a cost…
A virus nearly wiped out the human race. In order to survive, people are segregated into three tiers. Those with the best genetic viability get the most resources, and Kate and Eric are lucky enough to end up at the top in Tier 1.
Pairs are matched based on their genetic markers, but what if the data gets it wrong? What if Kate and Eric's perfect life is built on research that’s about to crumble? For the first time, Kate will question whether fighting for a genetically advanced world is worth the sacrifice.If only she can reveal the truth hidden beneath her drastically shifting reality...
Before they steal her ability to remember.
For fans of The Giver or 1984, snap up this sci-fi saga to enter a dystopian world you’ve never imagined with real romance and heroes built out of the unlikeliest circumstances.Buy now.
I was really really mad at the end of book one- and stayed that way all the way through to the end of book three. Stories that engage your brain and your heart, that also make you think about more than just your solitary goals are few and far between. This is a trilogy I think should be standard reading for everyone. There are a lot of parallels that can be drawn, but the core message - that resonates. Well written and well done.
I was very much enthralled by this series. I enjoyed the first one but by the middle of the second one, I was hooked. The world building developed throughout the series so if you have questions after reading the first book, I would highly recommend to keep reading. It was nice to read from the perspective of a women in her twenties rather than a teenager like many dystopian books do. The other great quality about these books was that they were clean. There was plenty of romance involved but nothing graphic and you were left to your imagination for those scenes which I appreciated. I fell in love with almost all of the characters. There was only one character that I didn’t think was quite rounded out in terms of motives. Some things she did just didn’t make sense. Between that and the slower start in the first book, I chose to give this series four stars. Overall, a great read and I would highly recommend it to others who want to escape into a different world.
This series is SOOOO good. I love dystopian books, and this series definitely fits the bill, but it was also a lot different than other books I have read in this genre. First of all, the main character is actually a 28-year-old mother and wife, not a teenager. The pacing of this is somewhat slower than most books of this genre are, but it includes a lot of interesting details. This book is perfect for the adult who enjoys the genre, but also prefers YA because they tend to be cleaner than adult fiction. While this book has some inferences, it does not depict any explicit scenes and has no language. I love that the protagonist is more mature, but the author doesn't include details that I prefer not to read about.
The characters are so engaging and likable and have a lot of dimension. The situations are not black and white and the characters often don't know the best choice to make, but try to chose what they intuitively feel is best, with the information they have at the time. I thought there were a lot of great insights and teachable moments through the books. The author did a good job of circling back around and tying loose ends. The final book may have had me sobbing since I was way too emotionally invested with some of these characters. I'm glad I came across these books and this author! So good!
This book started very slowly for me, and I almost considered putting it down, which I rarely do. I am really glad that I gave it some more time, because it turned out to be about a dystopia that believed they were a perfect society. As the book progressed, more and more insights into the problems in the society came to light. By the middle of Tier 2 I could not put it down. The only reason I gave it 4 stars was because of the slow beginning and the characters were crying a lot-both men, women, and children.
I liked reading this series a lot. I liked this whole idea of an alternate future. The tier system was an interesting what if and I felt like the big plot worked well. The only thing I didn't like was that while I liked them, the characters were kind of boring. Lots of descriptions about them eating and sleeping. And even in action scenes.. well I guess I felt like there wasn't a lot of action. What I also liked was that while reading I often thought "that character voice is realistic" but knowing the author in real life I envisioned them the whole book and thought that the descriptions and things they would say are actually like them.
Good idea but lacking world building and a general sense about their world. There seems to be so many things that happen all of a sudden with no build up and makes the whole series underwhelming