After a series of genetic experiments went wrong, those who were against technology being used to enhance humans became the nobility, the Luddites. Those who experimented too much on their bodies instead became Reduced, and according to the Luddites, punished for their sins against God, as they lost some basic human functions, like speech. When…
Tag: YA
Review: Shadow and Bone
In Shadow and Bone, Alina Starkov is just a poor orphan, working as a map maker with her best friend in a regiment, when the regiment is attacked by massive flesh-eating vultures. Before she knows it, Alina reveals a dormant power that saves her friend’s life, and brings her to the attention of the Capital. Taken…
Review: Kill Me Softly
Mirabelle’s parents died when she was a baby, and she has grown up with half-truths, courtesy of her two godmothers. But a week before her sixteenth birthday, Mira is sick of the secrecy and lies and runs away to Beau Rivage, the place where her parents died and the one place her godmothers have forbidden…
Book Haul!
So I ordered some books on Sunday, and before I could stare too much at the total and before my mom could walk in, I clicked submit! I’m not a very patient person, so I kept checking on Monday, then yesterday and then all morning today for the status updates that Indigo provides when you…
Review: Clockwork Prince
After the tumultuous events at the end of Clockwork Angel, Cassandra Clare’s Clockwork Prince picks up right after Nathaniel’s betrayal and Mortmain’s escape. Charlotte and Henry are on the verge of losing the Institute, and so Tessa, Will, and Jem, embark on a journey to try and find Mortmain, while discovering how many secrets lay hidden behind…