This was a great third book for the authors series. I loved going on this journey.

Received this free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review,

If you are into YA and sci-fi, the “Extinction of All Children” trilogy by L.J. Epps is worth into looking into. Set in a planet called Craigluy, the titular first book introduces readers to a dystopian world where the population is divided into three groups - the rich, the working class and the poor.

But while the rich and working class are allowed to have children, the poor are prohibited to have them because they do not have the means to take care of them. If by accident a poor family procreates, the child is taken away or worst, killed.

It is in this scenario that Emma Whisperer was born. Born to poor parents, she was the last 18-year old in their territory. Rebelling against the authorities of their whole planet, Emma found herself fighting her battles alone, or was she?

All three books revolve around Emma Whisperer. The second book, “Journey to Territory M” joins Emma as she tries to start a revolution while looking for her niece. But, things are not as easy as it seems. And there is more to Territory M than meets the eye.

The epic conclusion of Emma’s journey is in “Journey to Territory U.” Here, secrets abound and uncovering them is detrimental not only Emma’s well-being but perhaps the whole of Craigluy. Action-packed and adrenaline-pumping, you cannot turn the pages fast enough.

I received a free copy of this book from the author. I had the opportunity to review or not.

The third book of the Extinction Of All Children series is exciting, surprising and satisfying. Emma Whisperer continues on her quest to reunite everyone from the three territories. Her dream is for all people to live with each other in peace and work toward a better life for all. While Emma is idealistic, she also is tenacious and creative in her attempts to overcome incredible odds.

As Emma and her friends travel throughout Territory U, the upper-class territory, she is beset with problems and in constant danger. The president has promised her freedom to pursue the gathering of signatures that Emma hopes with help bring about the uniting of all territories, there are forces determined to stop her. The question still remains if the president will keep her word to allow the successful completion of Emma’s dream.

In the meantime, the president has her own agenda and Emma is a definitive part. Including a life-altering revelation that Emma is completely unprepared for, forcing her to choose between her family and friends, or total submission. There is no easy answer.

Journey to Territory U is the final installment in the Extinction of All Children trilogy.
Emma and her friends are given 10 days by President Ester to get a petition signed in Territory U to see if people want the walls torn down so that all territories can move freely between one another.

They quickly discover that something sinister is a foot in Territory U and that President Ester is hiding secrets that could change everything!

The Rich are not nearly as happy as other territories have believed them to be. Earthquakes are putting people and the city in danger and the solution is sinister. President Ester controls the city with an iron fist and her tricks make the stakes high for all those she rules.

This final installment wraps up plots, has twists and turns that are intriguing. This was defiantly a satisfactory ending to the trilogy as questions are answered. This is an easy read and one can easily knock this trilogy out in a matter of days.

Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher and the author for providing me an ARC in exchange for my candid review.

This series had possibilities. But aspects of the writing style bothered me. The author repeatedly explained modern conveniences such as the automatic lights. Multiple, multiple times. The writing style was somewhat immature and unpolished.

The story line was an interesting concept about a segregated part of the country that was further subdivided by a ruthless dictactor for life who broke the country into Territory L (Lower Class), Territory M (Middle Class), and Territory U (Upper Class). The heroine is the last child permitted to be born in Territory L because the president will not allow anyone to have children in the territory. These books are her adventures into making changes to the repressive regime.

The plot had great promise, but the execution was amateurish. The plot surprises were predictable and not at all surprising. This book series could use a good editor.

I read all three books but would only mildly recommend them to others.

I really felt like this book redeemed the second one. Emma made some smart decisions. She had more moxie. I felt she also made some irritating mistakes but that is normal. I thought overall, she was a character I could root for.
I felt that some of the twists were expected. I had a feeling about one in the first book that turned out to be correct.
The epilogue was well written.

I received an advance reader copy in exchange for a fair review.

The rambling continues in the third and final book of the series. I felt no element of surprise in the series. A huge let down for me unfortunately. Thank you Netgalley for providing the entire series for me to review.

Never stop fighting. That should be the motto of this book. The suspense is great and the theme of resilience and persistence is outstanding. The characters are truly fighters. It was a great book and great addition to the series.

I wasn't sure what to expect, but I enjoyed reading this. An interesting story with fun characters. Well written.

Journey To Territory U is the final book in a trilogy, and probably the strongest of all the books. The pace is consistent, the mystery is strong, and the climax is dramatic enough to feel like a proper conclusion. There's some development to Emma, the main character, that is long awaited. The big twist was not a surprise to me as a reader, but it did also make some of the oddities from the first two books make sense, which I appreciated. As with the rest of this trilogy, Journey To Territory U is very stilted in flat when it comes to dialogue and description, but the story itself is interesting, and for the most part, that fact is enough to carry the whole book. I did enjoy Journey To Territory U, and though I probably wouldn't recommend the series, I also would not direct anyone away from it. There's a genuine sense of accomplishment in the final conflict, even if the epilogue is a little abrupt.

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for the advance copy of this book in exchange for an honest review

I enjoyed this series for the most part. The premise of this series made it a decent read for a young adult’s series. One comes to like and appreciate the characters though I would have loved to see more character development. Overall, this series is worth a read. Overall a great finale for this dystopian tale.

3.5 stars

I was a little hesitant to read Journey to Territory U. I didn’t have my hopes up too high after reading Journey to Territory M. But, I was surprised. Journey to Territory U was an enjoyable read.

There are triggers in Journey to Territory U. They are the same triggers as the other books. I would recommend not reading the book if you are triggered by infanticide.

Journey to Territory U’s plotline is different than the other books. Emma got the President to let her gather signatures for a petition. The petition is to merge the classes, bring down the wall, and stop the baby killing. Emma and her friends have a ten-day free pass to gather those signatures. Then Rich will have free reign to do what he wants. Top of his list, kill Emma.

I enjoyed reading this book. The plotline flowed. I was able to reconnect with Emma. Her crusade to find Abigail and to knock down the walls was reaching a fever pitch.

I also liked seeing how different Territory U was on the surface. The deeper Emma dug, the more similar it was to M and L. The people in U were governed by the same fear that kept M and L in compliance. They had more fear because the President could strip them of their U status and send them to live in L. It must have been a terrifying place to live.

There were a few twists in the plotline. The one which involved Emma, President Esther, and Henry, I saw coming a mile away. I figured it out while reading Journey to Territory M. The one with Rich didn’t surprise me. He was an unhinged individual who blamed his problems on a girl who had nothing to do with them. But, I didn’t see the other two twists. Both took me by surprise. Both made me go “No way.” I couldn’t believe what I was reading.

Emma surprised me in this book. The author made up for her stagnating in Journey to Territory M. Her character growth seemed like it was on steroids. I was amazed. I still found her annoying, but I liked her for the first time in the series. She was dealt some severe blows in this book. Secrets that her parents kept came back to bite her in the butt. Plus, she had to deal with Rich.

Rich’s issues with Emma were revealed in this book. I underestimated his character. The level of hate he had for Emma was insane. I didn’t understand why the President kept him around until Rich confessed to another guard. That’s when the lightbulb went on in my head. I’ll say this: I didn’t doubt his loyalty to President Esther. He lost his mind in this book.

This book was more focused on Emma’s relationships with her friends and family. I liked that. It showed that Emma valued her friends and family. It also taught me that Emma had a good reason for doing what she did. Oh, I do want to mention that Emma beating down Nathan was one of the best scenes in the book. Jerk deserved it!!

President Esther morphed from a President with issues to a dictator in this last book. I was horrified by what she was doing. She did get what was coming to her at the end. Now, I say that, but I also felt terrible for her. What happened to her should have never happened. It made me wonder if things were different, would she have mellowed out? Or would she still be the evil person that she became?

I do want to warn: Do not get attached to any of the characters. They are all expendable. I was taken by surprised at who the author killed off. So, don’t get attached!!

As with the other books, Journey to Territory U fit in with the dystopia and young adult genres. I had no issue believing that something like this could happen in the future. It is happening in a way now (with the abortion rulings’ in several states). I would recommend keeping an open line of communication if a teenager does read this book. There are some severe issues discussed throughout the book.

There was no sex in Journey to Territory U (thank God!!). As I stated in my review of Journey to Territory M, the whole Emma/Eric/Samuel wanna be love triangle didn’t work for me. It shouldn’t have even been touched.

The end of Journey to Territory U had me in turmoil. So much happened at once that I had issues processing it. I will say that President Esther got what was coming to her. I didn’t like the 180 that one character did. That person showed their true colors in Journey to Territory M. It was hard for me to believe that they could change. The epilogue was great but not believable. Change happens but not that fast.

I would give Journey to Territory U an Older Teen rating. There is no sex. There is violence. There is language. I would recommend that no one under the age of 16 read this book.

I would reread Journey to Territory U. I would also reccomend this book to family and friends.

I would like to thank the author for allowing me to read and review Journey to Territory U.

**I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book**

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This book is a great conclusion novel. I loved that the series wrapped up nicely. Everything was explained and things ended as they were supposed to.
I will be adding this book on my keeper shelf along with books on and two.

I really enjoyed book one but this one didn't click with me as much. I tried hard to get into this one but it seemed more muddled than the first one. I am still interested in the series but not as much as before.

Craigluy is a world divided according to class. Lower, middle and upper classes are separated and live totally different lives. In Territory L, Emma Whisperer is the last child to turn 18. The last baby to grow up. Lower class citizens have been deemed irresponsible and are no longer allowed to have children. Anyone who comes up pregnant is arrested, forced to bear the child and watch as the baby is taken away to be killed. It is a brutal world to live in. Those in Territory M and Territory U have other options, but President Esther controls all aspects of society no matter which class. Emma Whisperer....the last child....wants to change everything. She wants everyone to live together again...for people to be free.

The Extinction of all Children series is a trilogy. Book one introduces Emma and centers around Territory L. The storyline moves from L to the middle class area and on to the upperclass walled-in territory in the final book. I enjoyed how the characters developed throughout this series. Emma knows in the first book that she wants to see President Esther's policies destroyed...to remove the segregation from the people of Craigluy. Over the 3 books, Emma and the followers/supporters she gathers go from dreaming of freedom to actually fighting to try and make it happen. President Esther is a worthy, tricky adversary. She is wiley and wise. I found myself not able to totally hate her. Down at her very core, there is some good....at one point she actually had the best interests of the people at heart. But it got twisted inside her mind. Absolute power really does corrupt.

All in all this series is a very enjoyable read. I found the premise a bit unrealistic, but the story for me was enjoyable enough to override my sense of realism. The charcters are nicely developed over the 3 parts of the story. There is a lot of action, and the story moves along at a nice pace. There is plenty of suspense and some nice twists in the tale.

Enjoyable read! Nothing inappropriate for older teenagers, but be aware that there is discussion of abuse, death, imprisonment, murder, infanticide, torture, violence and other topics that may require a trigger warning for some students/adults reading this series.

**I voluntarily read review copies of the three books in this series by L. J. Epps via NetGalley. All opinions expressed are entirely my own.**

The survival instinct in all of us runs deep, but there should be more to life than surviving. As the third book in the Extinction of All Children, LJ Epps is giving us a very dark picture of the world as it could be. Emma is still trying to find her niece, Abigail. She and her friends are trying to get signatures of enough people to convince President Esther to bring down the walls. But, if President Esther giving them permission to gather signatures seems wrong, you'd be right. The tension builds as the story nears the end. How will the Territories ever become one again? This is a really good series of books. LJ Epps has invested his characters with a lot of grit and attitude. They are going to need it!!!!

Sorry to say, I have never been so glad to be done with a YA trilogy.

Continuing where we left off in the second installment, Journey to Territory U (for Upperclass? Unreadable? Ugh?) has our relentless group of kids walking around Territory U getting signatures on a petition to break down the walls that separate the 3 Territories. And the people/police of Territory U have been instructed to give the kids whatever they want (food, shelter, etc) and they are not to be harmed or harassed as they collect their signatures. As you may imagine the tension is, nonexistent.

Again, the speech is oddly robotic, but now an annoying stutter has been added. "I-I d-don't k-know w-what y-you're t-talking a-about." "R-Really??, Y-You s-should k-know, a-and I-I d-don't b-believe t-that y-you d-don't k-know." See how hard that is to read? It happens all through this book. At one point a whole conversation, several paragraphs long, is written this way.

And of course, as in the first two novels, we are told everything, instead being shown and letting us fill in the blanks ourselves. There is the usual 'big reveal' two-thirds of the way through that, if you're older than 10, you were able to figure out mid-way through the first book.

Just cannot, cannot, cannot recommend this book.

These stories are for young adult readers and resemble (somewhat) The Hunger Games. I found this story slow at times and edge of your seat at others.

Journey To Territory U by L.J. Epps
I loved this story it was so great, it did have parts that I absolutely hated! Come on Eric seriously I am not a fan of him, she should have ended up with Samuel! There was so much death that was dumb! I do with they would come out with a book from Henry's story from the beginning!
3 stars

Great conclusion to this action packed series! This book was fast paced and full of suspense! I enjoyed it.
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