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Swain, H. A.
3 Reviews
(3)
YA
Scholarship student Uma has spent most of her life on the Moon colony, waiting to visit Earth again. Earthling Talitha, along with her twin brother Castor, scam consumers from Earth's wastelands. Uma and Talitha fall fast in love when Uma escapes to Earth, but each keeps a secret that could break the other's heart. A poignant futuristic love story about finding your place and building empathy.
Reviewer: Jeannie Coutant
(4)
YA
Zimri, a naturally gifted "Plebe," and Orpheus, a privileged "Plute," exist on opposite sides of the tracks in a technology-obsessed world in which anyone can be a surgically created musical genius--with enough money. Swain presents a dystopian-future music industry, wherein economic privilege dictates accessibility. The dual narrative develops the characters well enough but leaves the story's conflicts feeling rather weightless.
Reviewer: Jeannie Coutant
(4)
YA
In a world in which food is gone and corporate-controlled science has eliminated its necessity, ultra-privileged Thalia begins to feel hunger, sparking a journey that ends in revolution. Thalia's cluelessness and repeated endangerment of her friends are hard to swallow, weakening the story's romance, but the world she inhabits is fascinating and well developed, with a have-versus-have-not conflict that will engage readers.
Reviewer: Claire E. Gross
3 reviews
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