Hello, everyone! Today we are thrilled to host Megan Crewe, author of YA supernatural novel Give up the Ghost, and the apocalyptic Fallen World trilogy. We loved the first book in the trilogy, The Way We Fall, and were…
Apocalypse
“Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their…well, Inspirations and Influences. The best part about I&I posts? Writers are given free rein so they can go wild…
Title: Above World Author: Jenn Reese Genre: Science Fiction, Middle Grade Publisher: Candlewick Press Publication Date: February 2012 Hardcover: 368 Pages Thirteen-year-old Aluna has lived her entire life under the ocean with the Coral Kampii in the City of…
It’s Friday so this means we are over at Kirkus! This week, Thea reviews speculative fiction novel The Testament of Jessie Lamb by Jane Rogers. Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, The Testament of Jessie Lamb is a hefty,…
Title: The Twelve Author: Justin Cronin Genre: Horror, (Post-)Apocalypse, Dystopia Publisher: Random House (US) / Orion (UK) Publication Date: October 2012 Hardcover: 568 Pages THE EPIC STORY OF THE PASSAGE CONTINUES At the end of The Passage, the great…
Title: Rebel Heart Author: Moira Young Genre: Adventure, Post-Apocalyptic, Speculative Fiction, Dystopia, Western, Young Adult Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Publication Date: October 2012 Hardcover: 432 Pages Nothing is certain and no one is safe in the second book in…
Rule of Three Blog Tour (& Giveaway): Rebel Heart by Moira Young
Today, we are a stop on Moira Young’s Rule of Three Blog Tour, celebrating the release of Rebel Heart. I loved Blood Red Road (in fact, it was on my top 10 favorite reads of 2011 list) so was…
Title: And All the Stars Author: Andrea K. Höst Genre: Science Fiction, Young Adult, PoC, LGBT Publisher: Self-published Publication date: October 1 2012 Paperback: 193 pages Come for the apocalypse. Stay for cupcakes. Die for love. Madeleine Cost is…
Title: Magisterium Author: Jeff Hirsch Genre: Dystopia/Post-Apocalypse, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Scholastic Publication Date: October 2012 Hardcover: 310 Pages On one side of the Rift is a technological paradise without famine or want. On the other side…
I’ve been in the mood for some bleak survival/end of the world as we know it reads, and I spied both of these books patiently waiting for their turn to be read on my admittedly overflowing TBR. I’ve been…