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Journey To Territory U

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This is the last book in the Extinction of All Children series. It is definitely action packed. Extremely well defined characters, good guys and bad guys. Looking forward to finding more books by LJ Epps.

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Emma and her friends—old and new—explore Territory U and find the rich aren’t always as happy as they seem. They come upon some strange things happening in the territory and also underneath it. Friendships will be tested. Will Emma and her friends come out of it alive?

As they try to gain support in Territory U with President Esther‘s permission, they find all is not as it seems. As lies are revealed and the truth unfolds, relationships are tested. Can they save the world that is doomed for distraction? I really loved the plot twists and unexpected ending. Overall a great finale for this dystopian tale. I was provided a free copy of this book through Netgalley. All opinions are my own.

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This is the third and last book of this series.
Emma and her friends are free to enter "U" territory to gather names for the petition of bringing down the walls between territories. This will also gave all the people together and no one divided by class. They will have equal opportunities for work and schooling and for the betterment of each individual.
President Esther is actually using this signing of the petition to cover a darker more nefarious plot.
People will die, secrets will be uncovered. Heads will roll!
This is an outstanding series. I would definitely love to see it on the big screen. Thumbs up!!

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This is great ending to the trilogy. All of my questions were answered with a fast paced plot and some predictable twists Although the plot is interesting, I felt the book needed a few more rounds of revisions to make it really shine.

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Accurately depicted as a cross between The Hunger Games and Divergent series, I read all three of the books in this series within a week or two. They were interesting, fast-paced and enthralling. It's always interesting to picture these dystopian worlds and imagine how humanity got there, but even more so with the state of our current affairs!

A few story lines were slightly cheesy and the writing was exactly high-quality with the characters coming across as immature and whiny most of the time, but the story itself was truly inspired!

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As Emma’s world is rocked to its core, L.J. Epps steps up the pace, builds the drama to a feverish pitch and brings home a truly twisted tale filled with surprises! Some are large, some are small, but Emma’s eyes are now opened to the truth and life in territory U is not quite what she believed it would be.

Smiling faces, back stabbing and fallen heroes will pepper the landscape of this fast-paced drama. Emma finally seems to grow into her role as a reluctant heroine and the ending has a certain poetic justice to it that felt right!

JOURNEY TO TERRITORY U brings home a solid finish that makes readers feel hope for the future of Emma’s world!

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Book 3 of The Extinction of All Children series, Journey To Territory U wraps up many of the questions readers have about what is going to happen. The writing, pace and dialogue strays from time to time, but the basic story line is fairly decent. The plot rambles here and there, but many of the questions about Emma and Esther come to a head in this book of the trilogy. Emma's perseverance is challenged again and again, with obstacles put in her path. Will she be able to unite the territories? Will Emma find Abigail? These questions pushed me to read until the end.

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I am very sad about this book. With book #2 being so boring, I had hoped book #3 would pick up. I dragged myself through this one, too. The dialogue was terrible and the characters were annoying.

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Journey to Territory U is the third and final installment in author L.J. Epps Extinction of All Children trilogy. This story continues right where Journey to Territory M left off. Emma and a few of her friends, Theo, Eric, Samuel, Logan, and Whitney who joined the group in the previous book, have found their way through the gates to Territory U. Emma is given 10 days to find enough signatures in bringing down the walls that separate the three territories.

Will the people of Territory U be accepting of her message, or is this a game to President Esther so that she can proceed with an even more nefarious path forward for the people of Craigluy? As Emma's group explores Territory U, they find that things aren't really that clear. Yes, people here are more wealthy, and they are able to adopt and have babies. But, there is a disturbance in the air that will lead to questions as to who will be living when all is said and done.

Will Emma find and save Abigail? Will she save the people of Territory L? Or, will certain truths destroy her spunky spirit and good heart? Emma’s final journey brings about new challenges and revelations. Will these new discoveries weaken her or make her stronger? President Esther has even more in store for Emma than she could ever imagine. Will Rich get his revenge against Emma? Will President Esther win in the end?

As a summary, this trilogy was entertaining, but there's no comparing it the Hunger Games. I am kind of disappointed that nobody has asked the question. What happened to the rest of the US? If you are saying that this group decided to cut off from the rest of the country and build their own country separating it into 3 separate territories, then explain why nobody has attempted to escape to the other states. After all, Arizona and California are mentioned, and there are obvious signs that the same tech that we use now, is still in use in this story.

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Journey to Territory U is the third, and final book, in a series by L. J. Epps (Extinction of All Children and Journey to Territory M). 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. I was given a copy to review.

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My least favorite book of the series. The dialogue became cringe worthy in spots and just so unrealistic. I finished just to see how it was tied up but I was sad to read how the characters became so dumb. Horrible things going on and yet they are all ok moving on.

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In the final installment of the series, Emma and her group are tasked with getting residents of U to sign a petition for the walls to be torn down. President Esther said the walls will come down if they get enough signatures. Meanwhile, Emma is trying to find out what the U Project is, and she is still searching for Abigail.

I have very little to say about the last book in the trilogy. The plot twists lacked the element of surprise, and the main action sequence involving Emma and a foe went down as I expected it would.

Having read the entire series, the feeling I’m left with is disappointment. The premise behind the trilogy has massive potential for an exciting set of books, but—for me—it failed to get there.

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Wow, awesome second book to the series,! Didn't want to stop reading, the characters were realistic. There were a lot of twists and turns in the book which made it not boring.

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Another ok book in this trilogy. We finally get some answers to questions that were hinted at from Book 1 (and basically were not unexpected at that point either). But the biggest downside I saw in this was the speed at which it wrapped up - I felt like there was a lot of story left to tell with only 10% of the book remaining. Not a bad YA dystopian trilogy, but nothing to write home about either.

I received this book from the publisher through Net Galley ik exchange for an honest review.

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Book: Extinction of All Children
Author: LP Epps
Rating: 4 Out of 5 Stars

I would like to thank Netgalley for providing me with this book.

So, it’s been awhile since I have written a review for a self-published author. I know that self-published books are hit and miss, but just give them a try. You never know if you are going to find your new favourite book. I will admit that I only got this one because the cover looked pretty. I really did not know anything about it nor really what it was about. Once I started reading, I discovered that this was a dystopia novel. It’s fine; it’s actually been awhile since I’ve read a good dystopian book.

What really kept me hooked on this one was the plot. It’s not really anything new in dystopia, but it was really interesting. Our characters live in a world that is divided on class and has a president who rules over everything. In Emma’s area, there can be no children and having a child can mean death. To me, this was hard to look away from. I know there are a lot of novels out there like this, but I have been away from this genre for awhile. I really thought that this was a good book to ease my way back into the dystopian genre.

Now, the actual writing was just okay. There were some parts that I thought kind of rambled on and were a little bit unnecessary. Now, I will admit that I am guilty of this in my own writing; it’s just something that we need to work on. I just thought that there were places that we got told what was going around, only to have it shown a few lines later. This was perhaps the most noticeable during Emma’s training sessions. It really doesn’t take away from the plot, but it just made me cringe a little bit inside. I do have the rest of the series, so I think it will be interesting to see if this is improved on.

The characters were decent enough. They weren’t as complex as other young adult characters, but they weren’t bad. Emma was an okay led. There was this bit about the chosen one going on; I’m not sure what that was about. She also isn’t the most resourceful of characters and does seem to rely on others to get her out of her messes. I guess this is fine, but it’s just not what I’ve come to expect from this genre. I don’t know…

Overall, not a terrible book. There is room for improvement. I am interested in reading the rest of the series, so this is why I’m giving it a four star.

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I couldn't put this down! Come find out what happens to Emma and her friends in Territory U. I wasn't expecting the twists in this book.

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As we have learned from the first two books that President Esther never does without there being something extremely unpleasant involved. Emma will lose more people, find out some difficult facts, discover some horrible plots and the readers will finally find out why Rich hates her so much and what a psychopath he really is and what Esther has kept hidden about him for many years.

3.75/5 STARS: **This is an honest, unbiased review. I would like to thank the author and/or/publisher for providing an ARC through Netgalley, all opinions are mine. **

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I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review. I really enjoyed this book it was my second book by this author but not my last. I highly recommend it to everyone.

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