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SOLVED. Horror Anthology Hidden Room in Castle
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SOLVED. YA Historical Fiction following the story of a young English Nurse in WW1. Read mid 2000s.
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SOLVED. Plans to release virus that kills all adult men [s]
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Dystopian Fiction YA or Adult
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ABANDONED. YA, poor girl works in mother or grandma's bakery, dad is dead because king killed him, girl is chosen to go to castle with three other girls
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ABANDONED. Everyone over a certain age is dead
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about a female that was kidnapped on the street one night just taken to a warehouse where she's told that she's going to be sold as a wife
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YA Fantasy/Fiction (Teen girl, pregnancy, post-apocalyptic)
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I don't know if such books exist but
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I was shocked and dismayed by how lightly the author treats the polygamy and child abuse of the sister-wives. The protagonist, Rhine, is bought by an older man to serve as his 'wife' (one of four) for the express purpose of bearing him children before she dies or is killed by her father-in-law. Rhine spends her time in the mansion swimming, lounging on the couch, eating June Beans (candy), and flirting with the servant boy Gabriel.
The author uses cowardly euphemisms for sex, such as 'consummate ...more
The author uses cowardly euphemisms for sex, such as 'consummate ...more
In this dystopian future, an unknown virus kills all girls at age 20 and boys at 25. Therefore, teenage girls are often kidnapped and sold into polygamous marriages for the purpose of providing wealthy families with as many children as possible before their expiration date. Definite shades of Handmaid's Tale. I'm not sure why I'm kind of lukewarm about this book -- I just couldn't really connect with the characters, though I have a feeling that the rest of the trilogy might be different enough t
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The idea is good, the execution was not. She spends too much time wishing she could escape and you never hear about her twin.
Feb 22, 2012
Krista the Krazy Kataloguer
marked it as to-read
Jun 25, 2015
Tara
marked it as to-read
