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The Fire Sermon by Francesca Haig

Brief summary (no spoilers): The setting is several hundred years after some nuclear showdown. The land is scorched and mostly abandoned. Fertility was greatly affected- all births are twins. One twin is the Alpha- healthy, strong, and with a complete body and mind. The other is the Omega- crippled in some way. Those that have no external abnormality have a mental one. Cass is the Omega, and she's a Seer- she has visions of the future. No one like Seers. Especially not Cass's twin, Zach. Category : Post-apocalyptic fiction, probably YA Why I chose this book : Recommended by Amazon My personal opinion : I enjoyed this book. The story was clean (language), the plot and premise were interesting, and the characters were lifelike. I do recommend it, but for people who are mature enough to handle death and discrimination. Warnings Language: none Violence: yes, some of it mildly graphic "Adult" situations: cuddling, kissing Death: yes, including main character(s) Movie

Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

Brief synopsis (no spoilers): A large company attacks an illegal mining operating, with the intent of killing all witnesses, taking over the mine, and getting away with it. They mostly succeed- only a small fleet of spaceships escapes. But one of the ships is controlled by an AI, and it seems to take personal offense over the attack. To further complicate issues, the company released a virus that causes people to go crazy and attack each other, and crew members on one of the ships were infected. Category : Sci Fi Why I chose this book : Recommended on Amazon My personal opinion : I didn't really enjoy the book for several reasons. I did enjoy the plot line, I like the characters, the AI was credible, and I typically enjoy this genre. However, the language was not actually clean- it was redacted. There are black blocks that hide what the original word was, but my brain simply put the removed word right back in its place, so I don't feel like I was sheltered at all. Also, I'