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About the book:
Her whole life Amy has been taught the people of New Lithisle deserve to die, but when she falls for Daniel, she determines to save him.
Sixteen-year-old Amy doesn't like anything to die, she won't even eat the goats or chickens her mama has butchered every fall, but she can't let herself pity the inhabitants of New Lithisle. In a few short months the dome they built to isolate themselves from the deadly pandemic is predicted to collapse, but her whole life Amy has been taught it's God's will they die. They traded their souls for immunity to the swine flu virus, brought God's curse upon themselves by adding pig genes to their own.
Then, while on a scavenging trip with her father, Amy is accidentally trapped in New Lithisle. At first her only goal is to escape, but when she meets Daniel, a New Lithisle boy, she begins to question how less-than-human the people of New Lithisle are.
Amy's feelings grow even more conflicted when she learns she didn't end up in New Lithisle by mistake. Her father is secretly a sympathizer, and was trying to prevent the coming destruction.
Now time is running short and Amy has to decide if she will bring the computer program her father wrote to his contact or save herself. Installing the program could prevent the dome's collapse, but if Amy doesn't find her father's contact in time, she'll die, along with everyone else.
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This is kind of like a Christian science fiction version of Romeo and Juliet. I loved it. It has a fast pace to it and really gets you into the story from the get-go. I felt invested in the story from the first page, which is becoming rarer and rarer for me. I loved the romance in this book. It is done so well, the love is appropriate and it isn't instant love. The romance grows and you watch the characters find each other. Which is one of my favorite things about this book! The characters Daniel and Amy are just super cute together and their relationship just felt right. The only thing I disliked about the book is readers are just thrown into the story with zero context, so it takes some getting used to. Now part of this is good because it gets you invested but it might through off some readers. I want to add something I normally do not, which is a note about content. I remember being a teen and the scene were Amy gets her period was vivid and may traumatize young girls that are awaiting that experience of puberty All in all fans of science fiction and young adult books will enjoy this new release. I hope this book gets the promised sequels because I want to figure out what happens to my favorite characters. Disclaimer: I received this book in exchange for my honest and unbiased review. All thoughts are my own and reflect that.
About the author:
Rondi Bauer Olson is a reader and writer from Michigan's Upper Peninsula, where she lives on a hobby farm with her husband, Kurt. She has four grown children, works as a nurse, and also owns a gift shop within view of beautiful Lake Superior.
Find out more about Rondi at http://rondibauerolson.
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