Spectacle by S.J. Pierce |
Hunger Games meets Avatar in this spellbinding new Young Adult, Science-Fiction novel by bestselling author Susan James Pierce.
Two hundred years after the Great Disaster, the day earthquakes ravaged Earth's landscapes, humanity has finally regrouped and is working toward a better future. But in New America - one of three remaining landmasses - overpopulation makes a better future seem bleaker by the year. Mira (Mirabella) Foster and her parents are citizens of New America, and with the threat of starvation and disease looming on the horizon, a new discovery threatens to push everyone to the brink of chaos: blue markings develop on people's skin. Markings that allow them to camouflage their skin, but also make them feared, and eventually, targets of violence. Mira's dad is one of them. |
My thoughts
Wooww! Super love this guys! Ok, so the synopsis says this book is like Hunger Games mixed with Avatar and while I agree with that, id like to say that it also has a bunch of other stuff too. I personally couldnt even get through Hunger Games....i've tried a few times now...but nope, just never works out for me. This book was easy and effortless for me though. So, while some of the elements are similar, the writing style and other stuff is different. Even if you didnt like Hunger games, you will probably like this. Personally, when i saw it was similar, i frowned...but after starting it.....i was super addicted.
So the book starts when Mira is a child. There has been a disaster many, many years before and like the whole world is flooded....well almost. Most of the US and other places are flooded. The story takes place in Colorado... but this is a futuristic Colorado. So anyway, humanity as a whole is having hards times with the reduced land mass and such. Mira's life is generally going pretty good, considering the circumstances, until her dad falls ill. When he does emerge, he and Mira's mother has a big secret to share. Mira finds out that her dad isn't quite who she thought....and unfortunately, he's pretty much branded with blue swirls so the whole world will inevitable find out his secret too.... Gaaww, i really want to say the a-word...but i'm thinking it might be a spoiler...well, you guess need to read this if you want to know which "a" word.
Anyway though, Mira, her dad, and others with the "secret" do finally come out and even agree to speak with the government and such. Unfortunately for them, not many people like them for holding such a secret and something horrible happens...and it's blamed on Mira's dad.... low and behold.... Exile!! Yes, they are actually kicked out of "New America" for this...some secret huh. So the rest of the story takes place when Mira is older and talks about their new life on a new island as well as their plan for trying to get home and proving their innocence. I hope i didn't give too much detail away.... The synopsis is kind of vague and only really talks about the first few chapters....and i sorta liked that. It's was awesome not knowing what was going to happen. :D
Ok, so this book was awesome! I love this genre...my absolute favorite: dystopian with a scifi flare. <3 <3 <3 I really liked Mira, her parents, and all of the friends. They were well written, unique and very entertaining. My fave was Luxxe. I also really like the visualizations of the world. I liked imagining the scenes and characters. The worldbuilding was spectacular. I'm not quite sure if this is a debut novel, but the author really did do a good job telling the story. I really hope there is more to the story...id def be up to reading a few more books! Id certainly recommend this book to my bookie friends. It's awesome and i can't really find much to complain about. 4.75 stars...which rounds to 5 stars. Yay!
So the book starts when Mira is a child. There has been a disaster many, many years before and like the whole world is flooded....well almost. Most of the US and other places are flooded. The story takes place in Colorado... but this is a futuristic Colorado. So anyway, humanity as a whole is having hards times with the reduced land mass and such. Mira's life is generally going pretty good, considering the circumstances, until her dad falls ill. When he does emerge, he and Mira's mother has a big secret to share. Mira finds out that her dad isn't quite who she thought....and unfortunately, he's pretty much branded with blue swirls so the whole world will inevitable find out his secret too.... Gaaww, i really want to say the a-word...but i'm thinking it might be a spoiler...well, you guess need to read this if you want to know which "a" word.
Anyway though, Mira, her dad, and others with the "secret" do finally come out and even agree to speak with the government and such. Unfortunately for them, not many people like them for holding such a secret and something horrible happens...and it's blamed on Mira's dad.... low and behold.... Exile!! Yes, they are actually kicked out of "New America" for this...some secret huh. So the rest of the story takes place when Mira is older and talks about their new life on a new island as well as their plan for trying to get home and proving their innocence. I hope i didn't give too much detail away.... The synopsis is kind of vague and only really talks about the first few chapters....and i sorta liked that. It's was awesome not knowing what was going to happen. :D
Ok, so this book was awesome! I love this genre...my absolute favorite: dystopian with a scifi flare. <3 <3 <3 I really liked Mira, her parents, and all of the friends. They were well written, unique and very entertaining. My fave was Luxxe. I also really like the visualizations of the world. I liked imagining the scenes and characters. The worldbuilding was spectacular. I'm not quite sure if this is a debut novel, but the author really did do a good job telling the story. I really hope there is more to the story...id def be up to reading a few more books! Id certainly recommend this book to my bookie friends. It's awesome and i can't really find much to complain about. 4.75 stars...which rounds to 5 stars. Yay!
S.J. Pierce
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Susan James Pierce has a degree in Marketing Management, works for a Fortune 500 company in Atlanta, Georgia, and devotes her precious, spare time to writing Fantasy, Paranormal and Sci-fi novels.
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