Katherine Harbour's Blog - Posts Tagged "apocalypse"

Poison Princess

Evie Green seems to have it all in her Louisiana home town. She's pretty, has interesting friends, a loving mother, and a gorgeous boyfriend. She also has a dark secret, one she's been struggling with most of her life: She thinks she can see the future, and it's not good.
When she meets sexy Cajun bad boy Jack Deveaux, and the chemistry between them smolders, Evie has found a distraction from her worries. Then the world ends.
This story is more than just a guide on How To Survive the Apocalypse. In the tense and terrifying days that follow, Evie learns she's one of several teens chosen for a battle of good against evil, its players receiving powers that make them extraordinary. Evie has the power of making plants grow and controlling them in a world gone to dust and fire. The relationship between Esme and Jack drove the story for me, as well as a hint of a fascinating villain in the future, and Evie's transformation from hothouse flower to dangerous enchantress.

Shatter Me
An apocalyptic love story with lyrical language. The face of the villainous re-establishment is a secretive and cruel young man. Juliette is imprisoned for her power to kill with a touch. She receives a cellmate one day, a boy named Adam, whom she knew before the world fell apart.
Fast-paced, with a tortured and traumatized protagonist, this fantasy could be a story about a superhero's beginnings. The POV from Juliette is absolutely riveting, that of a teen who has lost everything.
For anyone who loved The Hunger Games.