Reviews and Blog Posts: dystopian

Rhine is nearing the end of her life and finds herself hiding from her father-in-law with Linden and Cecily.  Rhine continues to struggle with her conflicted feelings toward Linden but is preoccupied by finally finding her twin brother, Rowan.

The Office of Mercy is one of many offices in the domed society of America Five, which stretches above ground in the shape of a flower, and below ground in a number of floors that make up the flower stem.  It has been two hundred years since the Storm wiped...

Rhine's adventure continues in this gripping sequel to Wither.  Rhine and Gabriel have escaped the clutches of the mansion and Housemaster Vaughn's twisted medical experiments only to find themselves prisoners of a demented Carnival.  And the longer they are there, the sicker Rhine becomes, until it is eventually clear...

Banyan has been building trees out of scrap metal since his father disappeared.  He has to; the real trees have all been devoured by locusts.  Plus, he has to find a way to make a living in this cut-throat, dusty world.  But everything changes when he comes across a photograph...

In a world where males live to age 25, and females only to age 20, Rhine is kidnapped and forced into a polygamous arranged marriage at age 16.  With four years left to live, Rhine's only hope is to escape her marriage with Linden and return to her twin brother. ...

Move Jane Austen's Persuasion to a dystopian setting and you have For Darkness Shows the Stars.  Elliot and Kai grow up together on a farm after the Reduction, a genetic experiment gone terribly wrong.  While Elliot is the privileged daughter of the landowner, Kai is the son of a servant. ...