Welcome to Litsy!

Interesting but scary concept.

@Bibliotaph_and_tsundoku nailed it!! I literally gasped when I opened The Black Count, which I am desperate to read. Everything was spot on, from the chocolate to my BLANKET and my socks!! Love the book selections, love that you patronized The Strand on my behalf, that bookstore is fabulous. Thank you thank you thank you!! Not pictured: the Bibliophile pin already at home on my backpack 😊

#stuffedstockingswap #sss

"A room without a book is like a body without a soul."

The first few chapters were what reeled me in but towards the middle the plot dragged and I guess the ending was okay. I felt disappointed while reading this. I was just expecting more.

Total breathe of fresh air in the YA dystopian genre. What could of easily been a cliche novel with cheesy romance and a unthought out plot was actually a creative and well thought out novel that has the reader ask how far will humanity go before it loses itself.

So I was nervous that this book would fall short and just be a cliche dystopian young adult novel. But Birch has done an amazing job so far of keeping to book fresh and strays from easy cliches. So far so good!!

That cover though!!

"Maybe freedom wasn't a state of being. Maybe it was an act of courage. Maybe freedom was a defiance and sacrifice and pain, something that couldn't be won without giving up something else in return." #perfected #paperback #yalit #dystopian

"Maybe freedom wasn't a state of being. Maybe it was an act of courage. Maybe freedom was a defiance and sacrifice and pain, something that couldn't be won without giving up something else in return." #perfected #paperback #yalit #dystopian