Decembers Pick
In a desperate attempt to escape destruction decades earlier, humankind was forced underground, into the depths of the earth, creating a new society called the Tri-Realms. After her parents and sister are abducted by the Enforcers, seventeen-year-old Adele, a member of the middle-class moon dwellers, is unjustly sentenced to life in prison for her parents' crimes of treason. Against all odds, Adele must escape from the Pen and find her family, while being hunted by a deranged, killing machine named Rivet, who works for the President. She is helped by two other inmates, Tawni and Cole, each of whom have dark secrets that are better left undiscovered. Other than her friends, the only thing she has going for her is a wicked roundhouse kick and two fists that have been well-trained for combat by her father. At the other end of the social spectrum is Tristan, the son of the President and a sun dweller. His mother is gone. He hates his father. Backed by only his servant and best friend, Roc, he leaves his lavish lifestyle in the Sun Realm, seeking to make something good out of his troubled life. When a war breaks out within the Tri-Realms, Tristan is thrust into the middle of a conflict that seems to mysteriously follow Adele as she seeks to find her family and uncover her parents true past. In their world, someone must die.
3 comments:
I like this book. It was fast reading and was a different story than most post apocalyptic books. It is interesting that given time a lot of cultures form a caste system.
I don't think I would like to live underground for a long period of time. Even though the book didn't usually make you feel underground. However, I do want to go through the cave of waterfalls.
I liked the mystery of Tristan and Adele causing pain when close to each other. Since the cause of this was not answered in this book I will probably read the rest of the trilogy if only to find this out. Or I will ask someone who has read them to just tell me the end, either way is good.
I'm going to say I liked this book. I didn't hate it, but I didn't love it either. It was definitely a fast read and I always appreciate that. But, I was kinda bugged that the author never explained why there was so that funky relationship between Tristan and Adele. I get that it is a series....but to start out with that and then not get back to it, or at least explain a little about it.
That was probably my only pet peeve. I did like that it was a different take on an apocalyptic story. I definitely would not like to live underground. I love my sunshine and blue sky way too much. And, I didn't get why they couldn't move back up to the surface after all these years. The earth HAS to better. I'm still debating on whether I want to read the other books in the series. ;)
Totally agree with Linda: if you're gonna introduce a mystery at the beginning of a book, you'd dang well better give me a clue of what it's all about by the end, at the very least.
Also, I couldn't help wondering why, if Tristan was serious about changing everything, he didn't just bow down to his father for a few more years, until he could take his place. Would have saved a lot of trouble, and more than a few lives.
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