By K. A. Riley
Recruitment
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First of all, I want to just say how much I love the dystopian category. I don't know why, but I do. What can I say, I feel like it's research for a future we may see🤷♀️🤣.
Anyway, this series had been in my Amazon list for a while and I finally decided to read it. The story takes place in the not so distant future (it's 2021 and this is in the year 2042.). A war has been ravaging the US for about ten years. First the able bodied adults were taken for military recruitment. Then every year the ney turned seventeen year olds are recruited. There's no choice. They must go or die.
Kress is different from everyone else in her tiny town. Her father, a geneticist, altered her so she was integrated with a raven. She can see and hear what the raven, Render, sees and hears. She trains him and herself to become an awesome team. In recruitment day, Render must be left behind as the 8 seventeen year olds leave to be trained.
Training takes place at a place that tests their ability, trainability, tactical abilities, and mental/psychological abilities. But something is not right with the facility. They are warned that some die during training. They are pushed to near death. Through it all the group becomes closer and begin to work closely as a team. When tragedy strikes their team questions are being asked and truths come to light about the war and the recruits real purpose.
So far this book series hasn't disappointed. I'm looking forward to the next book. Kress, a loner at home, begins to shine as a strong quiet leader that her group looks to for inner strength and comfort. It doesn't hurt that she also is developing her ability of telepathy that goes beyond Render the raven. We even see the growth of the strange character Amaranthine who becomes vital to their group.
It's a bit mysterious, a little bit of action, with some puzzles you can try to figure out yourself. I'd say young adults and adults would like this book.
Render
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The recruits have escaped the Processor facility after discovering the war is a lie. They are on the run to get back home to warn the children left and save them. Danger comes around every corner from the desert, hunger, crazy people, slave cities, and whether trusting others is a good idea. After returning home, they head for San Francisco to assist the underground resistance. Kress, Brohn, and Manthy are quickly figuring out their abilities as well as giving hope to their fellow countrymen.
This book was not as exciting as the first. They did a lot of traveling and it had a lot of explanations. It is probably the set up for an epic finish in Rebellion.
Rebellion
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This is the third book in this trilogy, though the story continues after this book. So calling it a trilogy is a stretch. In this book Kress and her Emergent friends are in San Francisco with Wisp, Brohns sister. The beginning of the book is all about their strategy for fighting President Krug who's visiting. I found all the strategy boring. I found myself skimming this part of the book not really getting into it.
However, it does get more exciting when Kress and Brohn have an encounter with Krug's men. Around chapter 25 we finally see the battle with Krug. This has good fighting and surprises.
The book leaves us with the team going in another mission, hence not truly a trilogy. I'm sure I'll read the next book, but I'm going to wait.
All in all, this is an exciting series, and I really love how the characters are born with cool abilities. Give it a read if you like military strategy and dystopian books.
Andrea ❤️
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