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Release Date: November 26, 2013 Publisher: Audible Studios Format: Audio Narrator: Lameece Issaq Length: 8 hrs 7 min Genre: Dystopian/ YA Buy:   Kindle | Paperback | Audio Synopsis:  YOU CAN BE A VII IF YOU GIVE EVERYTHING. For Kitty Doe, it seems like an easy choice. She can either spend her life as a III in misery, looked down upon by the higher ranks and forced to leave the people she loves, or she can become a VII and join the most powerful family in the country. If she says yes, Kitty will be Masked—surgically transformed into Lila Hart, the Prime Minister's niece, who died under mysterious circumstances. As a member of the Hart family, she will be famous. She will be adored. And for the first time, she will matter. There's only one catch. She must also stop the rebellion that Lila secretly fostered, the same one that got her killed…and one Kitty believes in. Faced with threats, conspiracies and a life that's not her own, she must decide which path ...

Title:   Graduation Day: The Testing, Book 3 by Joelle Charbonneau Publisher:  Recorder Books Format: Audio book Length:  9 hours 17 minutes Narrator: Elizabeth Horton Genre: Dystopian YA Synopsis:  She wants to put an end to the Testing. In a scarred and brutal future, The United Commonwealth teeters on the brink of all-out civil war. The rebel resistance plots against a government that rules with cruelty and cunning. Gifted student and Testing survivor Cia Vale vows to fight. But she can't do it alone. This is the chance to lead that Cia has trained for - but who will follow? Plunging through layers of danger and deception, Cia must risk the lives of those she loves - and gamble on the loyalty of her lethal classmates. Who can Cia trust? (53)Review: I actually liked this book the best out of the whole trilogy. While Cia still seems perfect in many ways, this book starts to show her humanity and her flaws and how this whole thing is aff...

Title:   Independent Study by Joelle Charbonneau Publisher: Recorded Books Format: Audio Book Narrator:  Elizabeth Morton Length: 9 hours 46 minutes Pages:  336 pages Genre:  dystopian YA Synopsis:  Seventeen-year-old Cia Vale survived  The Testing , as has Tomas, the boy she loves, and they have both gained admission to the University. She has a promising future as a leader of the United Commonwealth and no memory of her bloody testing experience, thanks to a government-sanctioned memory wipe. Cia should be happy but  is plagued by doubts about the past and future. Determined to find the truth, she embarks on a path of study forbidden by the government delving  into the Commonwealth's darkest secrets. What she finds is the brutal reality lurking behind the friendly faces of her classmates and the unbearable realization that leaders chosen to protect us can be our greatest enemy. (43) Review: I am still struggli...

Title:   The Girl With All the Gifts by M.R. Carey Publisher: Hachette Book Group 408 pages Genre: Dystopian/sci fi/ fantasy I received an advanced e-copy of this book from the publisher through netgalley.com in exchange for a fair review.  Synopsis:  Melanie is a very special girl. Dr Caldwell calls her "our little genius." Every morning, Melanie waits in her cell to be collected for class. When they come for her, Sergeant keeps his gun pointing at her while two of his people strap her into the wheelchair. She thinks they don't like her. She jokes that she won't bite, but they don't laugh. Melanie loves school. She loves learning about spelling and sums and the world outside the classroom and the children's cells. She tells her favorite teacher all the things she'll do when she grows up. Melanie doesn't know why this makes Miss Justineau look sad. Review:  This book is not at all what I expected, I'm not sure what I expected but it...

Title:  The Passage: A Novel by Justin Cronin Publisher: Ballantine Books 912 pages Genre: Dystopian - fantasy, sci-fi Synopsis:  Cronin imagines the catastrophic possibilities of a vampiric bat virus unleashed upon the world. Discovered by the U.S. Military in South America, the virus is transported to a laboratory in the Colorado mountains where it is engineered to create a more invincible soldier. The virus’ potential benefits are profound: it has the power to make human beings immortal and indestructible. Yet, like Prometheus’ theft of fire from the Gods, knowledge and technological advancement are gained at great price: After the introduction of the virus into the human blood pool, it becomes clear that there will be hell to pay. The guinea pigs of the NOAH experiment, twelve men condemned to die on death row, become a superhuman race of vampire-like creatures called Virals. Soon, the population of the earth is either dead or infected, their minds controlled tele...