Cover Reveal #2!

We're full of covers today! Ally Carter has promised the Heist Society #3 cover for today too, but for now, I leave you with the beautiful cover of The Chemical Garden #3, Sever by Lauren DeStefano, along with the blurb. Sever is scheduled for an early 2013 release.

"What if you knew exactly when you would die? In the not-too-distant future, genetic engineering has turned every newborn into a ticking time bomb — males only live to age 25 and females only live to age 20.

In this bleak landscape, young girls are kidnapped and forced into polygamous marriages to keep the population from dying out. When 16-year-old Rhine Ellery is taken by "the Gatherers" to become a bride, she enters a world of wealth and privilege. Rhine has only one purpose after she has been married to her new husband, Linden: to escape and find her twin brother.

But Rhine has more to contend with than losing her freedom. Linden's eccentric father is bent on finding an antidote to the genetic virus that is getting closer to taking his son, even if it means collecting corpses in order to test his experiments. With the help of Gabriel, a servant to whom she is dangerously attracted, Rhine is desperate to learn the truth and protect those closest to her. But, as her sister wife Cecily keeps insisting, her role may be much bigger than that.

In the first two books of the Chemical Garden trilogy, Wither and Fever, Rhine struggles to escape the mansion and then to navigate the brutal world outside. Now in Sever, the third and final book, Rhine uncovers some shattering truths about the past that her parents never had the chance to tell her and the alarming implications regarding her own genes. She may be the one who can save the human race."

Book Review: Fever

Title: Fever (Chemical Gardens #2)
Author: Lauren DeStefano
Genre: YA, Dystopia
Rating: 5/5
Cover: 9/10


WARNING: one mild spoiler. Mild, I say.

Oh dear... Fever has left me tired beyond imagination. I was so sad that for so much of it, Linden was absent, then overjoyed when he came back, then mad at his blindness, then happy again at how much he loves Rhine, and then floored with that freaking cliffhanger at the end. I hate cliffhangers. They're vicious things D:

First of all, I'd like to defend myself. I understand many people don't like Linden. That is perfectly understandable. I will never agree to the whole Cecily situation, but it's not like Cecily wasn't willing, so he's not some kind of creepy rapist, no matter what anyone says. And what I see between him and Rhine is just... beautiful. It's not about sex, or making kids; it's about being there for each other and comforting one another when the weight of their reality comes crashing down on them. I can't condemn him for wanting a friend - he never forced himself on Rhine, and I have no idea why, if because it's just not who he is, because he chose to listen to his father (I hope to god not), or simply because he loves her enough to want her to want him too. I like to think it's the latter. Actually, I've pretty much convinced myself of it.
Regardless, he was missing way too much from Fever, and I thought for sure this book would be less interesting than Wither, since, as much as I realise that Gabriel is a sweet guy and all, I still root for Linden.
Of course, DeStefano had to prove me wrong; There wasn't one dull moment in this book; not one part where I skipped over a paragraph. Everything was well-told, to the point and insanely fast-paced, whis is probably part of why I feel like I just run a 10k marathon.
I loved getting to meet new characters, all of which have a huge amount of depth to them, no matter what role they play, and most of all, I loved meeting Maddie. She reminds me a little of how I was as a child, always lost in my own fantasy world.
Cecily surprised me. I love her to death, but she really should have known better by now. I can't believe what she did to Rhine, and I'm not sure I can look over that one so easily as the first time. Also, for not telling Linden. The poor man was so torn when he found Rhine... *sigh* sorry, I'm rambling.
Anyway, before I go off on a rant again (writing reviews just after finishing a book this good always tends to lead to rambles, but I needed to talk to someone about this), let me just say... THAT BLOODY CLIFFHANGER! I hate cliffhangers. They are evil, evil things that make sure the time just doesn't go by fast enough till the next book. I'm pretty much already putting up a countdown for book 3 in my head. Goddammit.

Cover Love

I love the style of these covers, and Spellbound doesn't let down. A total eye-catcher!


Even though I didn't love it as much as Wither's cover, there is something hauntingly beautiful about this cover... sort of like with the story in Wither, too! ;)

Resenha: Wither

Ah, eu amei esse livro demais, gente, OMG *-*

Wither é uma espécie de mistura de livro pós-apocalíptico (houve uma 3 guerra mundial, que destruiu e afundou todos os continentes - bomba atômica, oi - menos os EUA) e dystopian (depois da guerra, inventaram a cura pra tudo - câncer, AIDs... tudo. Ninguém morre mais de doença, e inventaram uma vacina, que deram às crianças - essas crianças viveriam até uns 120 anos... mas alguma coisa aconteceu, e todas as crianças das pessoas que tomaram a vacina morrem cedo: os homens aos 25 anos, e as mulheres aos 20.)

E essa mistura, que pode parecer bizarra, e te fazer pensar "nunca que vai dar certo!"... dá certo, e muito bem!
Adorei o jeito que a Lauren DeStefano explorou esse mundo, e as amizades formadas de suspeitas, os sentimentos que florescem - muitas vezes quando a gente menos quer - e várias vezes se complicam de modo inexplicável - as saudades de uma irmã pelo seu irmão gêmeo, a amizade e companheirismo formados em cativeiro, o amor nascido do impossível e da tristeza mútua, e o amor nascido do proibido...

Recomendo mil vezes e mais dez; e agora só me resta sentar e esperar sair o segundo :3