Hi Bookish friends!!!
Welcome to my second post on the exciting Ultimate Blog Tour for The Exciled by Sarah Daniels with Dave @The_WriteReads/@WriteReadsTours!!!
ALso a big thank you to @penguinplatform for my physical review copy!!
So, without further ado let’s dive right in!!
About The Book:
Genre: Fantasy, YA, Sci Fi
Length: 496 Pages
Publisher: Penguin
Synopsis/Blurb:
Trust no one.
It is six months since the Arcadia set sail for the first time in forty years. But this wasn’t the freedom the inhabitants were hoping for. Esther Crossland did what she had to do, but it has left a trail of destruction in her wake. Now the wrecked ship is abandoned. Its inhabitants are in exile, trapped in sprawling make-shift shelters made up of warehouse, tents, shipping containers.
Esther and Nik, architects of the rebellion, are on the run. Esther is in hiding, desperate to do something to help her people, and Nik seems to have abandoned all hope, on a journey taking him further and further from home. And neither of them want to face up to their true feelings about one another . . .
Not only that, there is a new villain in town. With the fall of Commander Hadley, it’s left to the ruthless Admiral Janek to deal with the traitors, and her own past is beginning to catch-up with her.
Then the shaky ceasefire negotiated by General Lall, Nik’s mum, falls apart. Nik and Esther find themselves in a world of betrayals and double crossings – a game of power, with no one to trust but themselves.
It’s time for the final showdown.
My Thoughts:
The Exiled continues from the first book. It’s been six months since Arcadia crashed, and its inhabitants have had to set up came ashore.
The story continues to unfold through multiple POVs, just like in The Stranded. This time around, we hear from Esther, Nik, and two new characters, Meg and Janek. It has been nice to see some familiar characters return as well as seeing new ones.
Once again, the characters are well done, and this time around, they felt even more complex and flawed. It was also much harder to work out who to trust and who exactly some of them were working for. There were definitely a couple of surprises.
Although I flew through this book, I did find the pace a little slower than The Stranded, especially during the first half of the book.
Now, I loved the whole concept and the development of the story from start to finish, but one thing that let me down was the whole love triangle, romance trope. If you’ve been following me for a while you’ll know this is a trope I’m not a fan of as for me it takes away the focus from the main plot, and makes me lose a little interest in the book. Obviously, this is down to personal preference but a big put-off for me.
Overall, I enjoyed this duology very much and can’t wait to see what to read more from this author soon.
Highly recommend this to anyone looking for a fast-paced YA dystopian.
My Rating:
💙💙💙1/2
About the Author:
Sarah Daniels is an ex-archaeologist who escaped academia and now writes stories from her home in rural Lincolnshire. Her work has been published in various online magazines and has been nominated for best British and Irish Flash Fiction and Best Small Fictions.
If you want to contact her, you can do so at the following locations: Website|| Twitter || Instagram ||TikTok
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