Disclaimer: I received this book from somewhere, I think it was from @yatllive, but I’m not entirely sure. But thank you to the publisher regardless! All opinions are my own.
Book: The Fever King
Author: Victoria Lee
Book Series: Feverwake Book 1
Rating: 5/5
Diversity: LGBT main character, he’s bi and he’s also Jewish!
Publication Date: March 1, 2019
Genre: YA Dystopian Fantasy
Recommended Age: 16+ (death, violence, gore, some slight animal abuse, immigration issues, and abuse/torture mention, rape and child molestation TW)
Publisher: Skyscrape
Pages: 409
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Synopsis: In the former United States, sixteen-year-old Noam Álvaro wakes up in a hospital bed, the sole survivor of the viral magic that killed his family and made him a technopath. His ability to control technology attracts the attention of the minister of defense and thrusts him into the magical elite of the nation of Carolinia.
The son of undocumented immigrants, Noam has spent his life fighting for the rights of refugees fleeing magical outbreaks—refugees Carolinia routinely deports with vicious efficiency. Sensing a way to make change, Noam accepts the minister’s offer to teach him the science behind his magic, secretly planning to use it against the government. But then he meets the minister’s son—cruel, dangerous, and achingly beautiful—and the way forward becomes less clear.
Caught between his purpose and his heart, Noam must decide who he can trust and how far he’s willing to go in pursuit of the greater good.
Review: So I never read the synopsis of books and I mostly go off short 140 character blurbs from twitter or what the book is a mix of (I know, not the best way to choose books but twice burned twice shy). So I did not know this was a dystopian virus book and damn it was so good. The characters were amazingly well developed and complex, the story was intriguing, the magic system was super well explained, and the pacing was on point! I loved every bit of this book and Victoria Lee has become one of my all time faves now!
My only issue is that all of the timelines and the extras that are in the book threw off the rhythm of the book because they were just placed in the end of the chapter, but I also had an arc so I’m sure this was more developed in the final book.
Verdict: If you feel sick this is the perfect pick me up!
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