Title: Isaura (Aberrant 3)
Author: Ruth Silver
Publisher: Patchwork Press/Lazy Day Publishing
Published On: December 4th, 2013
Cover Art: Erica Crouch (paperback), Lazy Day Publishing (eBook)
Genre: Young Adult, Dystopian, Science Fiction, Fantasy
Synopsis:
With Joshua’s recent disappearance, Olivia has little choice but to head into the dangerous Gravelands as the new government wrestles with fixing the damage to society. Joining forces with her estranged father and a girl from Haven, they go on a search-and-rescue mission to find Joshua and bring him back alive. If traveling through outlaw territory isn’t frightening enough, Olivia learns she has exposed her secret and is hunted by her allies.
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Excerpt:
“I'm fine!” I pushed harder on the gas. “They can't be that far ahead of us.” I just hoped we were headed in the right direction.
We drove another twenty minutes north as I moved off the dirt road and onto grass. I glanced back at Rane. “Do you think Craynor could have found a place in Haven to keep Joshua?”
“I don't know. Not much was left. There could have been a cellar or basement abandoned that didn't get struck. That's how I survived,” Rane admitted.
It at least gave me hope. As we drove north, the rain stopped and the clouds parted. Cresting a hill, I slammed the brakes as we jolted to an abrupt halt.
“What the hell?” Gavin's voice echoed as the seatbelt restrained him and his arm shot up on the dashboard to steady himself. A few feet away, I saw outlaws with weapons pointed in our direction. “Hurry up!” His voice threatened in my ear as I slammed on the gas, but our car wasn't going anywhere: the tires had blown from spikes in the road.
Locking the doors hadn't helped. They busted the car window and flipped the lock, opening the door, dragging all three of us out.
My Review:
I received a free copy of the book from the author for my honest opinion.
Olivia lives in a world where women can't get pregnant. Olivia is the only woman that they know about that can get pregnant. There is scientist working on figuring out why women can't get pregnant. They are working on a cure. They are some people who want to take Olivia against her will so that they can run test on her so they will be the ones who finds the cure. So while Olivia is trying to stay up step ahead of the ones who want to kidnap her she is searching for Josh. Josh was kidnapped in book #2 of the Aberrant series and now Olivia is trying to find him. She will do whatever she needs to or has to do to get find him Olivia will fight for her husband and his life. She would give up her own life for his. As Josh would do anything for Olivia. He would give his life for Olivia as well. Josh and Olivia are soulmates.
Josh and Olivia have to grow up real fast in the world that they live in and have been thrown into. Josh and Olivia should be going to college and just hanging out with their friends, but not in the world that they live in. When they turn eighteen years of age they are married and end up having to run away from the only home that they had ever known, running for their lives. When their new home is blown up just when they have returned to it. They have to go back out to the gravelands and find a new home to live in. They are also on the run from Isaura herself. Isaura is the bad guy who wants to use Olivia as a test subject for her experiments so she can find a way for women to become pregnant again.
Isaura is just chocked full of twist and turns that will leave you hanging but only for a little while. At times you think you have everything all figured out and then bam the author throws another twist in your face and you are like whoa wait a minute I sure didn't see that one coming. She makes you feel as if you are right there with Olivia riding right along beside her on her journey. You forget that you are reading a book and it is like you are seeing a movie play out in your head. I am sad to see the end of the series. I am going to miss Olivia and Josh. I would really like to know more about all of the other characters as well. Thanks for a great journey Olivia and Josh it has been fun. I highly recommend the Aberrant series to anyone who has not had the opportunity to read it yet.
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Title: Moirai (Aberrant 2)
Author: Ruth Silver
Published: September 26, 2013 by Patchwork Press & Lazy Day Publishing (eBook)
Genre: Young Adult, Dystopian, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Romance
Synopsis:
Olivia has been on the run from the government of Cabal since the marriage ceremony. Finally settling in and finding herself a place to call home in Shadow, Olivia and Joshua prepare for the uprising that they and the rebel alliance have been planning for months.
With new abilities and special talents from Mindonsiphan, Olivia learns she can do more than most ordinary eighteen year olds. Learning both to hide and perfect her skills will be one of the biggest challenges she’ll be forced to face.
A constant rollercoaster of emotion and adventure await Olivia and Joshua as they embark on a journey to the rebel city of Torv, and what was once home, Genesis.
Title: Aberrant
Author: Ruth Silver
Published: April 28, 2013 by Patchwork Press & Lazy Day Publishing (eBook)
Genre: Young Adult, Dystopian, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Romance
Synopsis:
In the future dystopian society of Cabal, the government instills equality for all and offers its citizens the perfect system. There is food, shelter and jobs for everyone. The one requirement is to follow the rules without question, including the government’s match in marriage and “The Day of the Chosen”, a lottery that randomly selects families to conceive children as natural means hasn’t existed in generations. Following her eighteenth birthday, Olivia Parker accepts her requirement to marry her childhood best friend, Joshua Warren, and is eager to start her work assignment and new life when it all comes abruptly to an end as she’s arrested and thrown in prison. The only crime committed, her existence.
Olivia is unlike the rest of the world born not from “The Day of the Chosen.” The truth haunts the government and puts her life in grave danger as one simple fact would destroy the perfect system. With Joshua’s help, Olivia breaks free of prison and is forced on the run. Together they set out to find the promised rebel town in search of a new home and new life together. Their situation seems less than promising as they reach the town of Haven. New rules and customs must be adhered to in order to stay. Leaving would mean most certain death in the large expanse of the Gravelands. Time is running out as the government mounts an attack to destroy Olivia and bury her secret with her. Thrown into a world unlike their own, they must quickly adapt to survive.
About the Author
Ruth Silver attended Northern Illinois University and graduated with a Bachelor's in Communication in the spring of 2005. While in college, she spent much of her free time writing with friends she met online and penning her first novel, Deuces are Wild, which she self-published in 2004. Her favorite class was Creative Writing senior year where she often handed in assignments longer than the professor required because she loved to write and always wanted to finish her stories. Her love of writing led her on an adventure in 2007 to Melbourne, Australia. Silver enjoys reading, photography, traveling and most of all writing. She loves dystopian and fantasy young adult stories. Her debut novel published by Lazy Day Publishing and Patchwork Press, ABERRANT, was released April 2013. The second novel in the series, MOIRAI, continues the saga. ISAURA, is the final installment in the ABERRANT trilogy. Ruth has been actively writing since she was a teenager. She currently resides in Plainfield, Illinois.
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