Hi Bookish friends!!!
Welcome to my first of two spots on another exciting Ultimate Blog Tour with Dave @The_WriteReads/@WriteReadsTours and the gang!
For today’s post I’m excited to be sharing my thoughts on The Stranded by Sarah Daniels!!!
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: 448 Pages
Publisher: Penguin
Synopsis/Blurb:
Welcome to the Arcadia.
Once a luxurious cruise ship, it became a refugee camp after being driven from Europe by an apocalyptic war. Now it floats near the coastline of the Federated States – a leftover piece of a fractured USA.
For forty years, residents of the Arcadia have been prohibited from making landfall. It is a world of extreme haves and have nots, gangs and make-shift shelters.
Esther is a loyal citizen, working flat-out to have the rare chance to live a normal life as a medic on dry land. Nik is a rebel, planning something big to liberate the Arcadia once and for all.
When events throw them both together, their lives, and the lives of everyone on the ship, will change forever . . .
My Thoughts:
The Stranded is a YA dystopian that follows a group of rebellions who are planning to free the people who have been forced to live on a cruise ship as they aren’t allowed ashore after a virus hit decades earlier.
The story is told from multiple viewpoints, which I thought would be confusing, but it worked well as we get to see the bigger picture of what’s going on. I loved the fast pace and action throughout the story. yes, there were a couple of slow moments, but I still raced through those, too.
This is not the first time I’ve read a dystopian set on a cruise ship, but I still found the whole concept interesting. I loved the world-building.
The characters were well done. They felt relatable and engaging. I loved watching the different friendships growing between the characters, but at the same time, I found some of them annoying and would have loved to slap a couple of them.
Before starting the book, I was a little worried that the whole story would be taken over with a romance subplot like most YA books, but it wasn’t, and I liked that. Yes, there are a couple of characters in relationships, but it wasn’t the main focus.
A fab start to this duology.
My Rating
💙💙💙💙
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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