PlagueMichael Grant
576 pages
Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books (HarperTeen)
Release Date: April 5th, 2011
Source: Publisher (ARC for review)
This is a blood-pumping, white-knuckle sci-fi thriller of epic proportions. The FAYZ goes from bad to worse...The darkness has been foiled once again and the resurrected Drake has been contained. But the streets of Perdido Beach are far from safe, with a growing army of mutants fighting against the humans for power in the town. In a small room of a house near the edge of town, Little Pete lies ill on a bed. In his fevered dreams, he continues his battle with the hidden evil that seeks to use his power to bring about anarchy and destruction.
My reaction after I read the last line of Plague? I was speechless, is all I can say. All you need to know is that I am DYING to read the fifth book, when the fourth hasn't even been released yet.
But you need to know more, don't you? Michael Grant's writing style is unique in every way. Believe me when I put him right next to JK Rowling. He belongs there. And I mean it.
For those of you who have read the first three books in the Gone series, you are well aware of the many different things happening at once. Every one and a half to two pages of so, we leave one character hanging from a cliff and run of to another. And its not just two of them. There are about four or five different things going on at once and in the end, everything ties together in one perfect ending. To me, that's beyond words (as you can tell from my weak explanation). To me, that's sheer genius.
In the latest installment of the Gone series, Sam and the kids in the FAYZ are far from content. Water is scarce, a horrifying sickness is spreading, and mutilating, sickening bugs are hatching out of human bodies. That's right, hatching out of the kids - and they can't even feel a thing.
Sam, with some of Perdido Beach's best fighters, is sent to scout for water, while Astrid is contemplating murder, and Caine is living luxuriously on the island. But of course, this is the FAYZ, nothing lasts long.
Heart pounding, thrilling, and all-around unputdownable, Plague is a masterpiece.
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I am DYING to read Plague, it looks so good (and your review only makes me even more eager to read it!). Only one more day till it releases!
ReplyDeleteThe title makes me shiver I can't even type it! Great thank you!
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Thanks for the lovely review. Less disease in FEAR and more of, well, a more psychological problem. Also lots of answers.
ReplyDeleteI loved this installment as well!! I cannot wait for the next book. This series is just so addictive. As soon as I finished, I wish I had the next book on hand.
ReplyDeleteOh wow this series sounds great! I haven't gotten a chance to read this series yet but I always see them at the bookstore and I've heard great things about them. Thanks for the review I'm going to be reading these very soon :-)
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