Quarantine: The Loners (Quarantine #1) by Lex Thomas

Synopsis:
“As original as The Hunger Games, set within the walls of a high school exactly like yours.” – Kami Garcia, New York Times best-selling co-author of the Beautiful Creatures novels

It was just another ordinary day at McKinley High—until a massive explosion devastated the school. When loner David Thorpe tried to help his English teacher to safety, the teacher convulsed and died right in front of him. And that was just the beginning.

A year later, McKinley has descended into chaos. All the students are infected with a virus that makes them deadly to adults. The school is under military quarantine. The teachers are gone. Violent gangs have formed based on high school social cliques. Without a gang, you’re as good as dead. And David has no gang. It’s just him and his little brother, Will, against the whole school. 
 
In this frighteningly dark and captivating novel, Lex Thomas locks readers inside a school where kids don’t fight to be popular, they fight to stay alive.

I liked this book but let me say it wasn't the greatest book I have read that was like this. I have read Lord of the flies, The Gone Series, Monument 14, The Maze Runner. Basically a lot of book where it is just kids with out adults. I don't think this one is great as it could have been or maybe I am just getting bored of this kind of book who knows.

What makes this book kind of the same to some of the other books I have read is, the government knows are starts this. They try to help people but end up giving up. Blah blah blah.

Differences are that this book is spread out a lot. Its hard to judge the time but over a year almost 2 probably you don't really know.

I would like to mention what I can gather it is set in Colorado. (Now should I be worried that I Live here?) 

Now this review: 

"Take Michael Grant's Gone and Veronica Roth's Divergent, rattle them in a cage until they're ready to fight to the death, and you'll have something like this nightmarish debut...Thomas' whirlwind pace, painful details, simmering sexual content, and moments of truly shocking ultra-violence thrust this movie-ready high school thriller to the head of the class." -Booklist (starred review)

Let me start off by saying it is pretty much true. You have children trapped like in Gone and you also have groups sorta like the fractions in Divergent. Some of it is violent but for the most part nah. This book wasn't as great as either of those books to me sadly to say but it was like if you put both of them together. 

Also one last thing. Didn't think it should be compared to The Hunger Games just didn't see it. Unless the Food and supplies that got dropped down every other week was like the Cornucopia in the Hunger Games and how people rushed after and killed people to get supplies and food. Other then that I just don't see the reference.

I will see how the next book turns out and let you know. :)

Drought by Pam Bachorz

Synopsis:
A young girl thirsts for love and freedom, but at what cost? 
Ruby dreams of escaping the Congregation. Escape from slaver Darwin West and his cruel Overseers. Escape from the backbreaking work of gathering Water. Escape from living as if it is still 1812, the year they were all enslaved. 

When Ruby meets Ford—an irresistible, kind, forbidden new Overseer—she longs to run away with him to the modern world where she could live a normal teenage life. Escape with Ford would be so simple. 

But if Ruby leaves, her community is condemned to certain death. She, alone, possesses the secret ingredient that makes the Water so special—her blood—and it’s the one thing that the Congregation cannot live without.

Drought is the haunting story of one community’s thirst for life, and the dangerous struggle of the only girl who can grant it

I enjoyed this book. 3/5 for how much I liked this book. It was fun to get into. Ruby wants to leave but really can't cause the Congregation can't live without her. It's cool to see how this book goes and what happens. I like where it ends the end doesn't tell much but it lets your imagination. Also while everyone seems against Ruby is she really to blame for the situation she is in? Shouldn't she be able to just leave her Congregation? If you ask me its not her fault. *Cough* Blame the mother *Cough*. Anyways enjoyed reading this book. Wondering what everyone else thinks though. 

Nerve by Jeanne Ryan

Synopsis:
A high-stakes online game of dares turns deadly

When Vee is picked to be a player in NERVE, an anonymous game of dares broadcast live online, she discovers that the game knows her. They tempt her with prizes taken from her ThisIsMe page and team her up with the perfect boy, sizzling-hot Ian. At first it's exhilarating--Vee and Ian's fans cheer them on to riskier dares with higher stakes. But the game takes a twisted turn when they're directed to a secret location with five other players for the Grand Prize round. Suddenly they're playing all or nothing, with their lives on the line. Just how far will Vee go before she loses NERVE?

Debut author Jeanne Ryan delivers an un-putdownable suspense thriller.

No question that this book is another one of my favorites and getting a 5/5. I couldn't put it down once I started. This book traps you in right away. It is suspenseful to say that least. It was nerve racking as I read threw it trying to figure out what was going to happen. I literally hated every time i turned a page cause there was half a second where I wasn't reading it was killer. It was not what I expected when I picked out this book but I loved it. With all the lies and the parts where the truth comes out. What length Vee goes to, to escape. Also the ending, well I loved that just loved it and im glad this book isn't part of a series. 

If you read this book I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. 

Thumped (Bumped #2) Megan McCafferty

Synopsis:
Thumped, the sequel to Bumped, manages to be satiric, scary, and romantic at the same time. It continues the story of separated-at-birth twins, Melody and Harmony, girls as engaging as McCafferty’s Jessica Darling. These sisters are the most popular teen girls on the planet. To their fans, they seem to be living ideal lives. Harmony is married to Ram and living in Goodside, the religious community that once meant everything to her. Melody has the genetically flawless Jondoe as her coupling partner, which means money and status—and a bright future.

But both girls are hiding secrets. And they are each pining for the only guys they can’t have…. The biggest risk of all could be to finally tell the truth.

So this book turned out the be a lot better then the first book. Things made more sense. Not everything was explained as nicely as it should have been but it was still a good book. I liked where this book went. All the lies and secrets and how everything unravels. It was a great book with a good ending. I gave it a 3/5 meaning I liked it. I sort think it was worth reading the first book that I didn't like much at all. 

Sky On Fire (Monument 14 #2) By Emmy Laybourne

Synopsis:

Trapped in a superstore by a series of escalating disasters, including a monster hailstorm and terrifying chemical weapons spill, brothers Dean and Alex learned how to survive and worked together with twelve other kids to build a refuge from the chaos. But then strangers appeared, destroying their fragile peace, and bringing both fresh disaster and a glimmer of hope.

Knowing that the chemical weapons saturating the air outside will turn him into a bloodthirsty rage monster, Dean decides to stay in the safety of the store with Astrid and some of the younger kids. But their sanctuary has already been breached once. . . .

Meanwhile, Alex, determined to find their parents, heads out into the darkness and devastation with Niko and some others in a recently repaired school bus. If they can get to Denver International Airport, they might be evacuated to safety. But the outside world is even worse than they expected. 

This book is told by both Alex and Dean and let me tell you I LOVED IT. Just as great as the first book but now we know way more. We know what is going on in the outside world and what is going on in the store which is way more then i expected. I thought it was just going to be from Alex's point of view but it wasn't. I gave this book a 5/5 and I just loved it as much as the first. The ending was spectacular and I wouldn't be surprised if the books ended there. Great ending. But now there is going to be more? Can't wait to see how that turns out!