Ahoy there me mateys! I meant to read this book in me 20 books in 2020! list. Ha! I picked it up randomly due to an attempt (yet again) to read things I own. This was just an okay read and I will not be reading more in the series.
Sadly, this was not helped by it being a collapse of the world book. The problem in this version is the extinction of honey bees. Even though I read this not too long ago, all the details are fading. Never a good sign. I remember really loving the beginning of the novel. I remember enjoying the not-so-nice side character, Arrin. I thought the romance was boring. The cure and reasons for the tattoos ended up not making logical sense. I also hated the climax and ending. Hmmm writing this review makes me realize I didn't really like this book that much and am not that sad about the plot fading.
At least that is one book in the hold read and ready to go to a new home. Arrr!
Goodreads has this to say about the novel:
When the honeybee population disappears and a pandemic sweeps across the planet, the government tried a bio-engineered cure even deadlier than the problem. Branded with the mark of the vaccine, Fiona must navigate this new dystopian world. But there's no cure for being stung. . .
Fiona doesn't remember going to sleep. But when she opens her eyes, she discovers her entire world has been altered-her house is abandoned and broken, and the entire neighborhood is barren and dead.
Even stranger is the tattoo on her right wrist-a black oval with five marks on either side-that she doesn't remember getting but somehow knows she must cover at any cost. And she's right.
When the honeybee population collapsed, a worldwide pandemic occurred and the government tried to bio-engineer a cure. Only the solution was deadlier than the original problem--the vaccination turned people into ferocious, deadly beasts who were branded as a warning to un-vaccinated survivors. Key people needed to rebuild society are protected from disease and beasts inside a fortress-like wall. But Fiona has awakened branded, alone-and on the wrong side of the wall.
To visit the author's Instagram go to:
Bethany Wiggins - Author
To buy the book go to:
stung - Book 1
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Yer Ports for Plunder List
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