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Breeders http://amzn.to/2jrTDUh
Believers http://amzn.to/2jrJKWB
Benders http://amzn.to/2j569MT
Brothers http://amzn.to/2jAtAON
Barriers http://amzn.to/2jrPeAU
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I wanna talk about Katie French for
a minute. I haven't read all of her books yet, but I recently got to read the
Breeders series and it was Ahmazing!
I've read my fair share of
futuristic post-apocalyptic dystopian YA stories, so when I started reading
this series I expected to be entertained but not wowed because how many
different ways can we really hear the same kind of story? But boy was I wrong.
I had never read a story, but
less a whole series, that was like this one.
The general story about the
impending extinction of the human race because of a lack of female babies being
born was a new take of the whole thing. And then to find out that there a group
of “doctors” that have come up with a plan to breed female babies, even if they
have to force the few fertile females that are left in the world to submit to
their experiments. Often resulting in what they call Benders, with neither male
nor female parts, more like a genderless half and half.
It was all a new and crazy
take on a classic story line about a future wasteland and I love it.
There have been five full
novels and a few short stories so far and I don't want to give too much away,
so I'll just go into a little bit about the first one so that you can
understand who these characters are.
The main character, Riley,
who has tried her whole life to disguise herself as a Bender so that she will
be safer in the outside world away from the Breeders, is typical to this kind
of story in the way that she's fierce and will do almost anything she has to to
protect her family and the people that she loves. What makes her different than
the typical lead for a story like this, is the doubt she has in herself and the
sympathy that she shows to those that mean to do her harm.
She doesn't want to kill,
even if it's in defense of her own life or those she cares for, she tries to
find another way because she wants to be better than the “bad guys” that her
family has been afraid of her whole life. She's heard stories of how life used
to be and knows there's a better way to live than what society has evolved
into.
All she needs is someone to
prove to her that not all the people (Men) that are left out in the world are
all bad, that there might actually be a safe place to be herself somewhere out
in the world.
Enter Clay.
He's the son of a mean son of
a gun who goes by the title of Sheriff. After the Sheriff kills Riley's step
father and takes her mother and Auntie while Riley and her brother hide, Clay
is the only person to offer to help her get her family back. Clay thinks Riley
is a Bender and she wants to keep it that way, because even though he hates his
Pa and everything the man stands for, the amount of money that the Breeders
offer for young healthy females like her is enough money to entice any man,
even one as kindhearted as Clay.
Along the way to find Riley's
mother and Auntie and get them back safely, Clay befriends Riley and her
brother and feels a kinship with them that he hasn't had since his own younger
brother was killed on his watch years before.
Ethan is Riley's younger
brother and at the tender age of eight he finds himself thrown out into a harsh
world that his parents have always tried to shield him from. But with Clay and
Riley by his side he knows that he can make it. Even if he really just wants
his mother sometimes.
Like with any series there's
ups and downs along the way, some fights they win and some they lose.
Friendships are made and some friends are lost, but through it all they never
stop striving for their ultimate goal of safety and happiness.
After five full length
stories and three novellas, you would think that it might slow down a little or
become stale or boring, but somehow, Katie French has managed to keep each
story new and exciting. Adding in new characters that you come to love just as
much as the originals, and throwing in memory loss that changes the way some
characters see their mission all together, this series hasn't missed a step yet
and I cannot wait for the next book.
Titles in the series…
Book #1 The Breeders
Book #2 The Believers
Book #3 The Benders
Book #4 The Brothers
Book #5 The Barriers
Book #6 The Butchers (coming
soon)
Novella: Nessa (can be read
at any point in the series)
Novella: Plan B (can be read
at any point in the series)
Novella: Clay (can be read at
any point in the series)
I strongly urge you to check
these books out. It's a great series and I know you won't regret it.
I give each book as well as
the series as a whole 5 out of 5 stars.
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