BROWSE BOOK REVIEWS

Series: Chemical Garden Trilogy

CHILDREN'S

Released: Feb. 12, 2013

SEVER

by Lauren DeStefano

"Fans will delight in the symbolism and clues from the cover, but they will ultimately find the trilogy's conclusion unsatisfactory. (Dystopian romance. 14 & up)"

In the third book of The Chemical Garden Trilogy, readers finally learn what exactly a Chemical Garden is. Read full book review >

CHILDREN'S

Released: Feb. 12, 2012

FEVER

by Lauren DeStefano

"Readers who want to know more about the causes and effects of the mysterious virus will have to wait for the third installment, purposefully set up by another rushed ending. (Dystopian romance. 14 & up)"

The atmospheric worldbuilding, moral dilemmas and romantic possibilities of Wither (2011) never heat up in this, the second novel in the dystopian Chemical Garden Trilogy. Read full book review >

CHILDREN'S

Released: March 22, 2011

WITHER

by Lauren DeStefano

"Give this one to fans of The Hunger Games trilogy or Ally Condie's Matched (2010). (Dystopia. YA)"

In this thought-provoking debut, reminiscent of The Handmaid's Tale with a touch of Big Love, a generation of "perfectly engineered" embryos, known as the First Generation, has been watching its children die off from a virus that claims females at age 20 and males at age 25. Read full book review >