A new novel by P.C Cast and her daughter Kristin Cast, The Dysasters is a story of super-powered genetically altered teens that control elements and are trying to escape a mad scientist. A super-hero story without any actual heroism, this book doesn't really seem to know what it wants to be. This book is seriously lacking in development or meat so I'm just going to jump straight into my opinion on it.
I did not enjoy this novel. The art was pretty and the concept was interesting, but everything else was pretty bad. The plot was rushed, underdeveloped and uninteresting, and the exact same thing can be said about all of the characters in this book. To get the amount of development this story needed while keeping its drawings, it should easily have been double, if not triple, in length. This book, in just text, is the length of a medium short story, and most of the pages are just fluffed out with drawings. Even while being short, it was a tedious book to read. Its characters are seriously underdeveloped, and it feels like a wanna-be graphic novel. One that was unwilling to put in the extra effort of actually drawing all of the panels. This book wanted the same kind of rushed intros with no descriptors that come with graphic novels
(because the graphics can pick up the slack), without drawing the actual panels for it. It also wanted to be a book while demanding to control how you picture the characters with its own visuals, which most novel readers passionately hate. The Dysasters has a major identity crisis on what it wants to be, a graphic novel or a regular book. All in all, I did not like The Dysasters and give it the rating of TWO AND A HALF STARS OUT OF FIVE!!!

Love love love! As usual these ladies have me on the edge of my seat and gobbling this masterpiece in just hours!



Foster and her adoptive mum Cora are on the run. Cora can't let her husband get his hands on Cora or Tate. Both Cora and Foster have been moving around for a bit. And now they must find a guy and protect him. However, Cora has been quiet lately, and she hasn't exactly given Foster must information lately. Like, where they are driving too and why they ended up at a high school football game.



Foster didn't know what to expect from this night. She's already annoyed that Tate knocked into her and spilled her popcorn. Then she's not thrilled when Cora tells them they are there to find Tate....Yup, not Foster's idea of a good time.



Tate actually thought Foster was cute. Well, right now he's in the locker room scolding himself for being such a fool. But he doesn't have too much time to think, the game is about to start and he needs to get on that field.



Foster and Tate, didn't expect to lose their loved ones that night. Didn't expect to find they have this ability that is stronger together. To run off and hide for safety. To have other people with elements come after them. It starts off rough for both of them. They bicker for a while, but that's understandable as they both just been through a tough day. Together, they will unravel the reasons Cora had sent them to a safe home, why they were on the run, and just who they are.



This take on elements is just amazing! It's different from the HON books, but they blew it out of the park! I can't wait to see what they come up with next!!!!

Thanks to #netgalley for giving me the chance to read this book. With that being said, I enjoyed the beginning of the books. But once we started getting newer characters, it was alittle predictable and all.
But as a new series, I enjoyed it.

I enjoyed this book but I also felt it was a little predictable. But it was otherwise enjoyable. The characters were vivid and the plot was entertaining. This will definitely appeal to fans of books about teens with powers, a la Alexandra Bracken's Darkest Minds series or the Beautiful Creatures series.

Such an incredibly interesting book! The Casts do it again! I was enthralled right up till the end and disappointed when it was over!

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I am not giving any spoilers on this one. The Cast's have another hip and well written series that will charm any reader. The two main characters have wonderful chemistry on page and the story is engaging. Once you start this novel it's over before you know it. If you haven't read any of their other materials, I would highly recommend that you start here.

Foster and Tate have always known they were a bit different from other teenagers; Tate with his excellent night vision and Foster with her Jedi mind trick. It isn't until they meet on what turns out to be both their 18th birthday that their powers fully manifest ...and disaster strikes. Now they are on the run and have to find the other sets of Dysasters. With awesome writing and relatable characters, the Casts have created another interesting world filled with super powers and the remarkable teens who try to control them.

I was given an Advanced Review Copy of this book. All opinions are my own.

Elemental Psychic powers meet Extreme weather what more can you ask for. This is obviously a first book in a series and it got me from the first page. The mixture of prose and illustration I found interesting especially when you have hit a fast pace, fast action part. The character development was fantastic and believable too. All characters are very different and yet mesh well together. I also enjoyed the issues that the book brings up and different characters face including parts where two or more actually have ethical conversations around what is right and what wrong. I highly recommend this book and can't wait for the next one. #Dysasters #Netgallery