This is the first book in the series and I thought it was okay. It had started getting repetitive and that made me slightly annoyed. But the story idea is great. I will most likely read the next book to see what happens next but probably not right now. You can read this book in a day.

I was intrigued by the synopsis of this book and had to read it. The concept of not allowing the poor to not have children was one I hadn't come across before. The characters were precise and not over thought. Enough description to paint the picture in my imagination without it being too drawn out. The storyline flowed well and lead on to the next plot with ease. The book lead to the next next one well and left me wanting to read on right away. Highly recommended young adult book.

There were some elements of Extinction of All Children that I really liked, but those elements had trouble trumping what fell flat for me. This is a dystopian story with a really interesting premise, some intriguing characters, and a story that picks up steam as it goes, but I had a hard time choosing to return to it in order to finish. A lot of the book feels a little formal and stilted, with characters phrasing things in odd ways that threw me out of the story in confusion. The strongest element of the book by far was the worldbuilding. I had a good sense of where Emma, the main character, was in relation to her territory and her world in general, which made it a little easier for me to get back into the story any time I was thrown out of it. I definitely felt more invested the longer I read, but I was ultimately left feeling like Extinction of All Children tried to do things that have already been done better by other works in the genre.

I was very excited to read this book because the premise is so intriguing! The story is interesting, and the plot a good one.

Unfortunately, the execution was not as good as the premise. I skimmed much of the book due to redundancy, too much detail, and a whining main character. The writing felt stilted and I almost stopped reading, but again, because the story was good, wanted to know what happened.

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!

I didn't think I'd like this book. I didn't like the title. NetGalley offered me this book, so I thought I would trust their judgement since they do such a good job in their recommendations. I LOVED this book. From the very first page, to the very last page, it gripped me. After finishing the book, I'm feeling tugs of similarity from another series, The Hunger Games, but not enough to worry me. I'm extremely excited to be starting book 2...Journey to Territory M.

What if you were the last child born who was allowed to live? Emma’s world was divided into three territories, those who were poor, the middle class and the wealthy. Run by a crazed “president for life,” Emma knows it is wrong to murder babies born to the poor, and somehow, some way, she is determined to change that. She hadn’t planned on the special propaganda event planned to honor her, the last baby born eighteen years or the tsunami of trouble that would come her way. Will she be prepared for the backlash of her actions?

EXTINCTION OF ALL CHILDREN by L.J. Epps sets the scene for what looks to become a fascinating series sure to engage young adult readers who can appreciate the youthful zeal of a headstrong teen rushing headlong into a hornet’s nest of deceit and turmoil. The characters are taking shape, and the plot is certainly an eyebrow raiser! A strong start that could take off in any direction and has me looking forward to book two!

Emma is on the run. She is running away from her territory, her President and her family. She is in the back of a truck with a fellow guard, running to territory M. Hopefully when they arrive their cause will be taken up and supported by the people. Hopefully she can find her beloved niece, Abigail, who is just a baby. In a world where no children are allowed. This is her goal. To save this child's life. To let the people know that what their President is doing to the children is wrong. And hopefully to be able to help her family. Before it's too late.
A book equal in excitement as the hunger games. Can't wait to read books two and three.
Excellent!!

Emma is a young girl living in the future as the youngest person in her territory. It is illegal to bear children. Emma wants to change the laws in her society but to do so she will have to protest against the President. Extinction of All Children was very well written; no distractions with spelling or grammatical errors. The plot line gripped me from the begging and I was very drawn into the story. The first 25% of the story moves rather quickly then things slow a bit but not as to lose interest. I am interested to see how Emma's story ends.

Great Story. Well written and very enjoyable. I liked the characters and the setting. I felt like i was reading in black and white, or at least a very dull and drab world. I very much felt like I was there.

When I originally read the blurb about this book, I thought the premise was interesting, intriguing. I was curious how someone, or a society, could get to a point where they would not allow more children. As I read the book and progressed through it seeing it through the eyes of Emma (the main character), it was clear that the dystopian world that she lived in was rife with problems and contradictions while being run by one person in charge who had a narcissistic and nasty streak. It is the dichotomy of beliefs between Emma and the President that fuels the decisions that Emma faces. While I thought the beginning was just slightly slow, it didn't stay that way for long, and by the time I was a few chapters in, I was hooked. The author did a wonderful job of writing a believable story that shows the passion of a young woman's heart and faith, while finding her voice to speak out against injustice. I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a story with a credible, charming female as the main character who faces many challenges as she tries to correct the wrongs.

Wow!! I really loved this book! I didn't get bogged down on back story or each character's life story. The author expertly wove needed information into the story line instead of pausing the story to give the back story. The characters you need to love are loveable, the ones you need to dislike are easily dislikable, and the ones you are on the fence about keep you questioning them. I would live to see this become a movie trilogy!!

A blend of the Hunger Games, Divergent, and The Giver. "Extinction of All Children" begins like a setting from District 12, with Emma (a little like Katniss Everdeen) who is strong-willed, and cannot stand to see her people hurt and mistreated. With an invitation to the president's mansion, the story transitions to a Divergent feel with intense physical and combat training (which takes up most of the book) with an attractive guy teaching her and willing to fight alongside her. The ultimate goal: To save the children (The Giver).

This story reads very much like a first draft idea where the author did not take the time to apply any of that vital, hard-work processes of editing and polishing before publishing it. I felt like I was in editor mode while reading this. More frustrating, I do not know anything about the author or how old they were when this was written, but every character talks like a teenager. The teenagers talk like teenagers, and the adults talk like teenagers. Their reasoning feels very adolescent.

Most of my opinions come from reading the first 35% of this title, as the rest of the story I ended up skimming to get the basics, because the writing bothered me too much to want to read the rest. Moments were interesting, but the amateur writing, confusing wording and sentence structure, 'after-thought' explanations that bog down what could have made some great actions scenes left very much to be desired.

Just a couple examples to clarify: Phrases such as 'start my stride' to explain walking. Out-of-order descriptions would include Emma's heart jumping and then a siren sounding (is this premonition, or is she having a heart attack?) and a man interacting with Emma followed by a lengthy explanation of how she noticed him on the scene before the action started (when before the action started, there is nothing in the descriptions to confirm this after-thought explanation).

Basically, this story--while already feeling like it has been told over and over again from books like The Hunger Games, Divergent, and The Giver--has potential, but needs a serious rewrite and editing job to be of any interest to me as a reader.

I received a free copy of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

Book: Journey to Territory M
Author: LJ Epps
Rating: 2 Out of 5 Stars

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

So, I really did want to like this one, but I just found it very hard to get into it. The first book in the series, I did actually like a lot, but this one was just missing something for me and I really can’t figure out what it was. I mean, it just didn’t get my attention.

First off, I really didn’t find any character growth, which is something that I look for in a series. Characters are supposed to have some change in them, especially when they are put into dangerous situation and have to overcome that. Here, it just didn’t happen. Not only were the characters not growing, they were doing things that really didn’t add anything to the plot. In fact, it was like they were doing things just to kind of go against what they were supposed to be doing.

The writing was a little strange here to. Some of the adjectives used, just didn’t really fit what was going on. It was almost as if the author was trying to hard to describe what was happening. Not only that, but the way things were worded was just strange too. It was like we were first told what was going to be shown, then shown it. Does that make any sense? It was almost as if it was worded a little bit too much.

The plot was okay. I mean, this is the middle of the series, so we can honestly expect to have that middle of the series feel. It moved really quickly in some places, while managing to drag out longer than needed in others. It’s something that I think the author will be able to improve on-if she listens to her readers. I really do feel like she’s not, because she is doing the same thing here that she was doing in the first book.

Again, I do think that this series does actually have a lot of promise, but so much was lost in this book. I really do hope that some clean up will happen, because this has a lot of potential.

Extinction Of All Children by L.J. Epps
Oh my god!!! I love this freaking book! It get me hooked from the first page I read! I can't wait to read the next book! I think I will start right now!!!
5 stars!! I want more!!

Extinction of all the Children by L. J. Epps is the first book of a series which is set in the future with 18 year old Emma as the main character. Extinction of all the Children could be a stand alone book, but would leave the reader with a lot of unanswered questions. To me, this story started slow and I'm hoping book two (Journey to Territory M) moves a bit faster. Readers of the Hunger Games need to check this story out. I was given a copy to review.

Thanks to NetGalley for the read. This was an interesting read and reminded me of some very popular YA hot hits, which was one of the main reasons I picked this series to read. I'm not sure how I feel about the h, she kind of annoyed me so I'll wait for book 2 to prove me wrong.

I tried so very hard to get into this book. I really REALLY wanted to, but I just couldn't. I gave up halfway thru and DNF. Thank you though NetGalley for the opportunity to read this. Hopefully, I can give it another chance soon as maybe I wasnt in the right mindframe to read it.

The year is 2080, and the residents of Craigluy have long been separated by walls into three class-based territories: L for the lower-class, M for the middle-class, and U for the upper-class. Because the citizens of Territory L are poor, President Esther has decreed they are no longer allowed to have children. Pregnant women are jailed until they give birth, then their babies are killed. 18-year-old Emma Whisperer, the last child allowed to live in L, is determined to tear down the walls, and bring an end to Esther’s despotic rule. She must… if she hopes to find her missing niece before she is killed.

When I found out about this trilogy, I was immediately intrigued because dystopia is a favorite genre of mine. The class separations, as well as it being illegal for those living in Territory L to have children—worse still, that any babies born were to be killed—made this sound like a book I would love. Sadly, that was not the case.

The story is told in the present tense from main character Emma’s point of view. While I don’t have a problem with first person narratives or the use of present tense in a story, the combination of the two in this book didn’t work for me. The constant telling of extraneous details felt particularly cumbersome, as well. Repetition of actions or thoughts filled much of the latter portions of the book, and I was often bored as a result.

This story had a great concept that I was eager to read. Ultimately, it proved unable to meet its potential. I was left disappointed… but I still wanted to see what will happen next.

Extinction Of All Children written by LJ Epps is a promising book, first in a series. Emma Whisperer is a sassy young adult, very much on the edge of her world toward the beginning. The more she learns about teh world she resides in, the less she likes... For acting out, she is assigned punishment and then has to become a guard. As she starts making friends with the guards, she learns that she needs to practice discretion and discernment....after all, she really has no idea who is really worth trusting.

Emma's character is pretty strong, and some of other characters seem like they are more one dimensional. It is a decent read, with intentional action (as opposed to action just to keep the pace going). I am intrigued enough to read the second book!!!

Thank you to LJ Epps and NetGalley for this ARC... writing and publishing a book is so much work!!! As always, my opinions are my own.