The Genre for young adult readers seems to be dystopian after some kind of apocalypse. I want to yell "look around you!" but that is for another discussion.This young protagonist, 16 year old mid-wife, takes it upon herself to find out why her parents have been taken "inside" the wall. She gives...
Starting right where Birthmarked left off, Gaia is wandering in the wastelands with her infant sister, and both of them are near death. She's saved by a lone rider, who takes her to a place called Sylum. Maya is instantly taken away from her, and Gaia soon learns that Sylum is in a steady decline...
completely and entirely AWESOME!!! Leon and Gaia are the most smartest couple alive! though they get scared they love each other very much and will hurt anyone in their way for their love. so romantic and idiotic sometimes that i felt like hurling the book into a corner. a great ending to the ser...
Exceptional series! Holy balls, this was in-your-face pro-choice. Who knew that crap YA could be so moralistic?
Pretty good book other than beating you over the head with pro-choice propaganda. After reading the first Birthmarked book I almost recommended this series to some teen girls I know. I'm glad I read the whole series first, because now I know that'd be a bad idea. This also means I wouldn't recomm...
This is the third book in the Birthmarked trilogy. After defying the ruthless Enclave, surviving the wasteland, and upending the rigid matriarchy of Sylum, Gaia Stone now faces her biggest challenge ever. She must lead the people of Sylum back to the Enclave and persuade the Protectorat to grant...
A great end to the series!! Fast paced and full of detail, character development and action. A wonderful mix of romance and action. Finally, Gaia is back home and fighting for whats right, not jus for herself and her home town, but for the people of New Sylum, who she leads. With Leon by her side...
This is an amazing book. It takes place in the future in a region near "Unlake Superior", in the northern part of the United States. Gaia is a midwife outside the wall, while traveling back from advancing a baby, she learns that her parents have been captured. While trying to save them, she deliv...
Pour la seconde fois, l'auteure propose une mini nouvelle qui se déroule entre deux tomes afin de nous permettre d'entrevoir un rare aperçut des pensées et des sentiments de Leon Grey. Une fois encore, dans Bannie l'histoire étant du point de vue de Gaia, certaines choses sont gardées sous silenc...
Talk about creepy.A school called The Forge, where artists are talents are nurtured and expolited on the ultimate reality television show. Drug induced sleep from 6pm to 6am supposedly helps the creative juices flow. Something sinister happens in the night when the cameras aren't rolling and the ...
Beyond the fire, the wasteland was still, as if the wind and even the stones had frozen in the night to listen, and then she heard it again, a faint chink, like a footfall in pebbles. Someone or something was out there, watching her.Gaia turned the knife in her palm, resettling her grip, and peer...