![]() It is certainly an interesting world and the unusual situation that the protagonist finds herself in ignited my curiosity. In a world where human life is not worth much, it stands to reason that atrocities would occur. You are not told that the world is awful, you are shown it. This is indeed the most brutal YA book that I have read. There have been many mixed reviews of this book, not only because it includes things that some might find shocking or bleak. Meanwhile, Rhine’s only desire is to escape and make it back home before her time runs out. He is also one of the last generation living a normal lifespan. Vaughn is a ruthless scientist bent on finding a cure for his son no matter whose lives he might destroy in the process. She is sold to Vaughn, a rich man who forces her to become one of his son’s wives. ![]() Rhine lives a dangerous and watchful life with her twin brother before she is kidnapped at the start of the book. Modern humanity has never come quite so close to dying out. The divide between the privileged and the poor has grown even wider. ![]() ![]() ![]() With there only being a short window for each generation to reproduce, girls are snatched from street corners, orphanages and their own homes in order to be sold to the rich as brides. Wither is the first in a trilogy of dystopian YA novels by Lauren DeStefano set in a world where, fifty years previously, genetic manipulation has resulted in a lifespan of twenty five years for males and twenty years for females. ![]()
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