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Sins Of Our Mothers by Nicole Souza was an interesting book. This type of book isn’t for everyone, but I did enjoy it. Whenever I read books in the dystopian genre, they always have big shoes to fill. I can’t help but compare them to 1984 & the Divergent series of books. This wasn’t as good as those two, but it was still a good book. I also liked it enough that I would read other books in this series. I enjoyed this author’s style of writing, but I did find parts unbelievable. Even as I typed that, I know that is something crazy to say because anything can happen in dystopian novels. I just wonder why with the society so advanced, they didn’t figure out how to make all of the babies born female so that there wouldn’t be any defective babies born. Other than things like that, I did enjoy this book enough that, as I said before, I would read the other books in this series. If you love books in the dystopian genre, I would pick up this book and read it. If dystopian books aren’t something that you usually read, I will pick up this one because it would appeal to people who don’t usually like this genre.
About The Book
◊ Genre: Dystopian Novel
◊ Publisher: WiDo Publishing (August 25, 2020)
◊ Print & eBooks
◊ Paperback: 338 pages
It has been fifteen hundred years since the solar flare devastation of the Global Catastrophe. Due to the radioactivity in the harvesting fields, society dismisses its defective children as nothing more than flawed products of the malfunctioned seeds in the field.
But Lyratelle, a hyper-observant musical prodigy, believes these “defects” are intelligent, particularly her own sibling, the youngest child of her impervious mother. Abandoning her dream career, Lyratelle climbs the bureaucratic ladder to run the Defect Research Center, where she can safeguard the child.
With an underground team of women who share her uncertainties, Lyratelle unearths the Old History truth that womankind’s survival actually hinges on the existence of these defects.
When General Sarah Love, the city’s most powerful advocate against the defects, detects Lyratelle’s sympathy toward the creatures, she threatens the life of Lyratelle’s sibling.
Now Lyratelle’s desperate attempt to save this child endangers everyone she loves—her team, her family, even the existence of the defects themselves.
About The Author
As the third of eight siblings, Nicole has always been surrounded by people. Among her immediate family are spoken seven languages. Her favorite thing is hearing her nieces and nephews speak French, Tongan, or Mandarin. It’s no surprise she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Languages, as language is one of her greatest passions, topped only by music and Beat Saber.
Nicole minored in Women Studies and continues to take a particular interest in both women’s history and their individual stories. She’s grateful for her ancestors and other women who paved the way for her to pursue her dream of publishing stories and strives to create new avenues for the coming generations to pursue their dreams.
Though she’s lived-in various states in the U.S. and Brazil, Nicole considers Utah “home base” and continuously finds herself returning, even when previous moves were intended to be permanent. She attributes her love of Utah to the beauty of the Wasatch Mountains and the incredible people who make it feel like home, even when she’s been away for long periods of time. Recently, however, after visiting her sister’s family overseas, she’s been dreaming of a quiet beach house in Taiwan.
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Chapter 3
Juley 18, 1513 P.C.
6:40 a.m.
Sebastian usually woke when the Settlement alarm blared. He hated that alarm more than anything. Today, a bizarre dream woke him. The only impression he retained from it was the sensation of tumbling chaotically downhill. Just before an undoubtedly agonizing crash, he jolted awake. The dream left him with distressed energy, as if his skin were vibrating. He couldn’t fall back asleep. For the past hour, he’d been staring at the ceiling, reliving his last turn in the pit, hoping to return soon. Monster, the beautiful black Labrador that secretly lived in the apartment, lay spread-eagle beside him, licking the air while he slept.
Sebastian’s reverie was interrupted by his roommates’ voices. The apartment walls were annoyingly thin; even with Chris snoring in the bed across from his, Sebastian heard the conversation in the other bedroom.
“Newcomers,” Nicholai grumbled. “They have no idea what’s coming.”
“Oh, man. Fresh off the train.”
Sebastian assumed they were watching the happenings of the Settlement from their window, something he never did. When he was away from it, he didn’t want to think about it.
“Those six are headed to our work-yard,” Nicholai added. “You might have to train one.”
“I think I’d like to.”
Nicholai snorted. “No, Phil. Newcomers screw up and get you in trouble.”
“Is that how you felt when you taught me to swing an axe?”
“You were different. The other two . . .”
Sebastian’s mouth fell open. Nicholai couldn’t possibly mean him.
Phillip chuckled. “I won’t be training anyway. Our apartment’s full. You only train if there’s a bed open.”
“There will be soon.”
“You know that kinda talk pisses me off.”
“I’ve missed a week of work. General Love’s not gonna just ignore that.”
There was sudden, loud pounding on the apartment door. “Open up!”
Sebastian and Monster shot out of bed. “Go, buddy.” As Monster ran to hide in the bathroom, Sebastian reached under his pillow. He pulled out a thin rope wrapped tight around a blue stone. The frayed ends created a messy knot that hadn’t been undone since it was tied over three years ago. Sebastian hung it around his neck, the stone resting between his large pectoral muscles, then pulled on the T-shirt he wore yesterday to hide it.
The pounding intensified. “Open the door!”
Chris had his back to the game room. Sebastian wondered how he slept through the noise.
“Coming!” Phillip’s voice had already moved out to the game room.
Sebastian shuffled out and stood by the L-shaped couch, pushing messy blond hair out of his face. Phillip waited until Monster was out of sight before opening the door. Two soldiers stood in the hall.
“Defect One-Four-Eight-Three Dash Seven-One-Three!”
Sebastian raised a hand.
“Come with us.”
Sebastian didn’t question her. He didn’t want to lose pit time.
“Defect One-Four-Six-Five Dash Eight-Eight-Five!”
Nicholai grumbled from the bedroom doorway.
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Books that make me question things means it makes me think. Sounds like that what this book did for you. Enjoyed your review. Thanks so much for being a part of Nicole’s tour and sharing this.