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The Killing Plot

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Dystopian is one of my favorite genres and this book had me hooked from the first line.

17-year-old Arela lives in Osiris, a city of one million survivors protected from the outside. The outside is dangerous, a place where lawbreakers are exiled to their almost assured death. Orphaned since she was 5, Arela's on a mission to find out what happened to her parents and when she gets her hands on an old world - and illegal - device, she thinks it may have the key to unlock Osiris' tightly controlled information. But what Arela does find is something far more sinister and dangerous. As she gets closer to the truth, Arela starts to question everyone and everything she's ever known.

I loved Arela as a main character. She isn't afraid to stand up for herself, she's a bit impulsive, but she loves her friends and will do anything for them. This is an exciting read with lots of twists and turns. The ending has me looking forward to dive into book 2.

If you like dystopian, I definitely recommend this one.

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A solid start to a promising series, this debut ticks all the boxes for an engaging dystopian YA.

The wordbuilding is really good and has a certain Hunger Games meets City of Ember vibe that I really liked.
The characters are likable, and yet they lacked that little certain something to make me connect. Apart from the FMC Arela, that is, whom I found annoying. Her stubbornness and at times downright unreasonable behaviour irritated me throughout the entire book. Because she never seemed to learn from her mistakes. And the fact that she often seemed to go mental from one instant to another didn't help at all.
The plot is pretty good for the genre, albeit a bit predictable and with a couple of glaring inconsistencies, while the pacing is uneven and the end feels rushed, with way too many threads left hanging. I usually don't mind a soft cliff-hanger but this one was way too open for comfort.

All in all this was a quick read that might appeal to a younger YA audience, but I personally won't continue with the series.

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I liked it until they went the the crazy underground party place. Everything was going 100 mph and it didn’t hold my interest.

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A throwback to my dystopian days as a YA reader. Although the world build is a bit confusing and the pace slower than i would like i still found myself enjoying the story, I think a bit at the start could be done in a way to catch more the attention and to captivate the reader to continue with the story because after that initial slump the story gains traction and ends up being very interesting

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The world as we know it no longer exists, this is a well loved plot line. In THE KILLING PLOT, Tahnee Perry gives the plot a few tweaks and makes it her own. Set in a post apocalyptic version of a large city somewhere in what used to be the United States, a young woman lives in an orphanage. With no blood relatives, she has built a family of her fellow orphans. They rely on each other for support and advice. This is the back story of Arela's quest to find how and why so many of the orphans have gone missing with no trace. Along the way, she is also trying to find more information on how she came to be in this orphanage.

The world building is first rate. The characters come to life, bringing an added dimension to the story. They pull at your heart strings or give you a headache when their actions lead them into trouble. This is the first book in a new series. Ms Perry has taken the time and effort to give us the foundation of what to expect in the coming stories. It will be very interesting to see where this cast of characters take us next.

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I really enjoyed The Killing Plot ! It felt like a throwback to my early YA days when all I wanted to read was dystopian books. The Killing Plot is the story of Arela, a rebellious and intelligent young woman who wants to find out why kids are disappearing from the orphanage in which she lives. With the help of friends and a possible love interest, Arela begins to uncover a shocking and disturbing secret, one that reaches the top of their government. I am anxiously awaiting the second....that cliffhanger was HUGE! I love a book that leaves me wanting to get to the next book and this one definitely does that!

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This was really tough to get through. I was unable to finish it. I was hooked at the beginning and then it all fell apart. I picked up up once again and yet I was disappointed. I wanted to like this book and just cannot. I have little to say other than there was potential but it didnt work out for me.

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This novel sounded very promising. However, I found it to be slow moving, confusing World-building, and flat characters. Thus, it had potential but not was executed well. Still, I recommend this for fans Bella Forest, Kiera Cass, and C.J. Redwine!

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Rating: 2.5
I liked the way this book started, but it got too slow and boring pretty early on. It wasn't a bad book, it just wasn't for me.

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I didn't really enjoy this one. I feel the writing style just wasn't for me and I didn't relate to any of the characters.

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I’m really not into dystopian books but this one honestly surprised me. I really enjoyed this book and would definitely recommend it.

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I did not finish this novel due to the main character's voice. Arela's arc was losing me before we could jump into the story. I had a lot of hope for this because I enjoy a dystopian, but Arela did not feel realistic to me. I understand that it's dystopian, but the character did not feel believable to me. Then the pacing was confusing and I got lost. There is a lot of potential since the plot and opening were interesting. I may come back to this.

Edit: I apologize for inputting this in the incorrect area.

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YA dystopian fiction is my jam, so I was thrilled to get the chance to read The Killing Plot by Tahnee Perry. The good and bad parts about trilogies is that you get more of the story, but you have to wait for more of the story. Looking forward to seeing how this one made for fans of The Hunger Game and Divergent unfolds.

Many thanks to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for sharing this book with me. All thoughts are my own.

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Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for the arc in exchange for an honest review.

This was an interesting book however, it felt boring at the beginning, and I felt like I had to push through it, I liked it, but isn't a slog to get through it.

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Thank you NetGalley for providing me with an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

I liked this book, and I cannot for the life of me put my finger on why. 😅
The synopsis makes the story look way grander than it actually is. 🤔
But it was a really enjoyable read. And quick too! 🤩
I think I liked it because it is so fast-paced? Things are happening constantly. 😄

I would have loved a bit more world-building, because there are some aspects of the world I still did not understand. 🧐
But that might be something for the sequel. 😁 Which I will definitely be reading!

And that cover... I mean, it is so cool looking. 😎
A recommendation from me! 💙

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this was a great start to a scifi series, the world was perfectly built with interesting characters. I enjoyed going through this book and wanted more from this series.

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*I received a free copy of this ebook from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.*

I can vaguely see how it can be compared to Divergent, but the only connections I can see between this book and The Hunger Games are that they're both dystopians that take place in the United States a long time in the future. Unfortunately, The Killing Plot failed to ever truly capture my interest. It wasn't awful--it just wasn't that great, either, and despite the cliffhanger ending, find that I don't care enough about what happens to read any sequels.

Arela (17) is intelligent but not particularly smart. Combined with her recklessness and stubbornness, those traits get her into a lot of trouble. Considering how we were introduced to her, I feel like she was rather underwhelming for the rest of the book. I didn't dislike her, but I also wasn't particularly attached to her. The same can be said for her friends. Everyone was just okay. Though I despise Thaddeus Grant, so there's that.

The plot meandered a bit, which is possibly another reason I lost interest in the book. It felt like visiting a bunch of checkpoints on the way to the end (an abrupt cliffhanger, btw). The amount of actual plot progression that was achieved could have occurred in maybe 1/3 of the book. I was left with a feeling of incompletion, but not the kind that I would normally feel when I finish a book in a series. I suppose I don't have enough information about anything to care about where it's going.

Note: Maybe some mild swearing.

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Your typical dystopian sci-fi for younger YA readers. The book was easy to get into, well-written and quick to read. But it was very similar to many other YA dystopian sci-fi novels, I couldn't find anything really unique in it.
The story is about a 17 years old orphan girl who wants to find her parents and her place in this city, which is closed from the outside world and is under totalitarian regime, where is for example even thinking in not government-approved way is punishable by exile.
The plot was predictable, the characters felt a bit flat. I strongly disliked the main character because she was so unbearably naive and reckless in situations she knew were dangerous. She made sooo many stupid decisions even though she was supposed to be this 'not-like-other-girls mathematical genius' who could magically hack into every program and crack or calculate every password using her mental power of algorithms or something...and she got out of any situation completely unhurt. Needless to say, I found stuff like that very unbelievable, even though it is a sci-fi novel after all. That probably wouldn't be the case if I was younger when reading that, when I too thought that programming and cracking passwords was half magic. I would have thought the main character very badass and brave, but she was just way too naive.
Anyway, this was a fun read. It ended on a cliffhanger, but I don't know yet if I'm gonna continue the series - maybe if all the other books will be as short and quick to read as this one.

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This was an engaging book! This threw me back into the good days when Dystopian tales were fresh and new. Fun characters, interesting and engaging plot== well worth the read!

*I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

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I actually enjoyed the parts of this book that I read and just wish I knew it was present tense going into it because it affected and slowed down my reading. Would rate 3.5 stars!

Would recommend if you don't mind present tense, like dystopias, fantasy, and just seeing lots of fun twists and turns!

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