Title: DISCORD
Series: BOOK ONE OF THE ECHOES OF THE EARTH SERIES
Author: KATY HAYE
Genre: YOUNG ADULT FICTION, SCIENCE FICTION
Length: 250 PAGES
Publisher: PLUMSHINE BOOKS
Release Date: DECEMBER 8, 2016
ISBN: 9781540412430
Price: $3.99 USD (EBOOK)
Rating: 4 OUT OF 5 STARS🌟🌟🌟🌟
Seventeen-year-old Beth has brain damage. She lives in a Steptoe House – a hospital in the English countryside that specializes in helping youths recover from brain trauma.
Her life consists of school classes, medical tests and of playing and listening to therapeutic music.
Some days she feels great and better yet, she feels almost normal. On those days she contemplates going home and returning to her life. But, what kind of life will she be returning to? She has no memories of her family or her friends, in fact, she remembers nothing of her life before waking up at Steptoe House.
Beth’s bad days are REALLY BAD. On those days she sees and hears ghosts and other shadows. On those days she acknowledges that she is NOT ready to go home after all.
When a boy named Toby arrives at the Institute, Beth’s life will never be the same.
Toby encourages Beth to confront her fears instead of hiding from them. But when strange things begin to happen and Beth’s sense of deja vue starts running overtime, both Beth and Toby set out to discover what exactly it is that is wrong with Steptoe House.
I have to admit that I was pretty sure I had this novel completely figured out by the halfway point of the novel. I also haveto admit how very wrong I was.
What starts out as teen romance novel ends up morphing into a completely different book. In fact, this book is hard to classify into a single genre. It is clearly a Young Adult novel, but it is so much more. It is romance. It is horror. It is science fiction. It is mystery. It is drama. It is even speculative fiction. Whatever the official genre, I enjoyed it immensely.
The cast of characters are diverse and they all seem like ordinary teenagers doing their best to recover from brain injuries so that they can return home to see their families. Families that never visit. According to the doctors, it would be detrimental to their recovery to have visitors. But, it all seems very strange to lead character, Beth. (And to the reader.)
I do not want to include any spoilers in this review, but suffice it to say that if you enjoy books that keep you in suspense and that keep you guessing, then this is a MUST READ.
The author has done a phenomenal job in setting up the story for the next book in the series, and I, for one am excited to read it. Rumour has it that Book Two will be released in March 2017.
I rate DISCORD as 4 out of 5 Stars 🌟🌟🌟🌟
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Katy Haye – In Her Own Words:
I spent most of my childhood and adolescence lost in a good book. Even now, and given the tedious necessity to earn a living in order to eat, I spend as much time as possible running around either my own or someone else’s imaginary world.
I’m fascinated by what makes books work – what makes a story so vivid the words themselves melt away and I’m living the character’s life with them?
I’ll be pondering (and very probably ranting) about the nuts and bolts of a good story on my Add More Narrativium blog – please join in. Also on this website, you can find out more about my books, including extracts and where to buy.
You might also like to check out my video of how I became a writer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o03uWBH7bBE
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