I used to read dystopian all the time. For a good stretch of time it was all I read, really. Then I just couldn't anymore, maybe the world I was seeing outside my window was too close to what I was reading in books, or maybe my own mental state just wasn't in the right place anymore, either way I strayed away for awhile and have been struggling to find the right book to pull me back in to the beauty that is dystopia. If you are looking for a good dystopia too, Fragile Remedy is the perfect book to pull you back in. As always I heard about thsi one on Twitter (I live there, book twitter has been good to me) and once I picked it up I couldn't put it down. Fragile Remedy by Maria Ingrande Mora Release Date: March 9, 2021 Goodreads Link Author Website Why I love this book: As noted above- it's everything a good dystopian should be. It's a world that is at once so familiar, and still so foreign that you have to stop and think about how they got there from here and how easy it would be to slip down that path. For every "that could never happen" there is that moment of "unless..." which is what makes dystopian books so compelling. Mora creates this world so quickly and deftly that you are immediately immersed, there is no confusion about this world and where our characters fit in. And the characters are something to behold. Nate is our maind focus, he is a GEM (genetically engineered medi-tissue) - he was built quite literally to be used and abused and to keep the elite alive. He is nothing to those in power, but everything to the people who love him. He is smuggled out as a child and falls in with a street gang led by Reed. They don't know what he is, or that without the medicine that keeps him well that he will die, sooner rather then later. This leads to the main reason I love this book. We get to see Nate go through the whole spectrum of emotions as he tries to figure out what to do. He loves Reed, but isn't sure he can trust him with this secret, he isn't sure if letting Reed in would put Reed at risk. He has to decide who to trust and who to stand up to and above all he has to decide what he is willing to risk. The Nate and Reed relationship is perfect, and everyone can relate to that feeling of "what would I risk for this person?" The rest of the cast of characters are a great balance of people just trying to find their way in a world that isn't kind to them, to find a family that they can rely on, and to rise to the occassion when the moment presents itself. I'm hoping there will be more to this series. I love where the story ended, but there is so much more I would love to see. This world and these characters are still calling my name and I can't wait to see what Maria Ingrande Mora does next.
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