Wither by Lauren DeStefano
Hey there,
Today’s post is another one where I recommend a series I don’t see much love for.
The Chemical Garden Trilogy is a Young Adult Dystopia and it really is something else.
It gives me Handmaid’s Tale vibes.
In a world where females die at 20 and men at 25, young girls are being abducted and forced to breed in a desperate attempt to keep humanity ahead of the disease that threatens to eradicate it.
Our female lead, Rhine, age 16, is kidnapped and sold as a bride to Linden, a rich young man with a dying wife. And even though Linden is kind to her, all she wants it to break free of her gilded cage — plus get away from Linden’s cruel father who is willing to experiment in the name of science.
With the help of a servant named Gabriel, Rhine must do what she can to survive and get out of her situation alive — before she turns 20 and her time’s up.
Even just writing this post has made me want to give them a reread!
What’s your favourite dystopian series?
Until next time,
