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This Body Won't Break

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I unfortunatly did not have enough time to finish this book. In fact, I lost a lot of time putting it away, and I could no longer access it on my account. I would have liked to read the ending but i am not sad i did not either..

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This was an awesome book!
Loved the premise of the o-negative "orphans".
Joanna uncovers the real story behind so many orphaned children. With the help of Knox, a familiar looking guard. Joanna befriends many orphans before she and Knox escape.....
Joanna joins a world of rebels set against the government. Lots of spoilers I'm dodging here.
Suffice it to say there are a lot of new characters on the outside world that make this story so awesome.
It is action packed and full of interesting characters and settings.

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I thought that this book had an interesting plot and decided to give it a chance. The author had some interesting ideas, particularly the idea of raising people for the slaughter in order to save others from a deadly disease. The book began well enough with the main character, Joanna, being naive about what is to become of her. She goes along with hat is asked of her, never questioning anything except for small things in the grand scheme of things. It is quickly revealed that not all is what it seems and Joanna realizes that she has to escape before it is too late.
I wish that I could say that I loved this book but it was just okay. There were things that were never explained that made portions of the book fall flat and feel hollow. I enjoyed he realistic feel to the book but that also became tainted when more fantastical/sci-fi elements were introduced into the story that didn't make any sense. There is also major insta-love within the book which I hated. There was no basis for the connection between the two main characters. They had known each other for such a short amount of time and then all of the sudden they were spouting out declarations of love and saying that they would die for one another. I believe that this book could be great with some editing because the bones of the story are solid and intriguing.

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Sorry but I couldn't get into the book at all. I tried though, I'm so sorry for my ADD brain.

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This didn't really do anything for me. It wasn't bad, it was just too average for me.

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This book is parts 1-3 of this series.

Joanna has been a part of the New Terra Alliance since she was three years-old and with her 18th birthday approaching she is part of the August Harvest, scheduled to die before the month’s end.

We learn that a virus called TEN was caused by nuclear fallout and has become airborne leading to a ten day terminal sickness that has wiped out a lot of the population making it essential for the government to take the steps in eradicating the virus, but to do this they harvest children with O-Negative blood, only to harvest and bleed them out.

When Joanna is helped to escape from the oppressive situation she meets up with a resistance group and she learns of her background and we see the determination she has to make things right.

I liked most of the characters although I felt they lacked emotion and depth; Joanna was always rushing into situations and Ethan was always having to reign her in. There was romance and some great budding friendships but I’m eager to see them further developed.

Unfortunately, what let this book down for me was that it didn’t feel like there was advancement in the plot, characters or the world-building. There is insta love, an MC that was constantly angry or acting without thought and a villain that was on a power trip but lacked depth.

Despite not loving this book, I did enjoy the premise and I do feel that it has potential so I will continue to read this series.

This Fury Won’t Fade has an expected release date of 20th April 2018.

Thank you to Wandering Pages Press via Netgalley for the opportunity to read and review this title.

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This is more of a 1.5.

Where to begin? I feel like this novel is more of a first draft than a published novel: the plot, the characters, the setting, all feels underdeveloped.
You don't feel close to the main character (another MC with red hai-sorry, AUBURN hair? Groundbreaking), the insta-love with the green-eyed boy (fanfiction green guys) is boring AF, the villain is basically one-dimensional...
I feel this book should have had a good editor working on it: it has potential and it should have been expanded more, it's like 300 pages? Make it 500 and story flows better, IMO.
I also think the author doesn't have a complete grasp on punctuation, but someone who is a native English speaker should speak on that.

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