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Chemical Garden Trilogy
3 Reviews
(4)
YA
Chemical Garden Trilogy series.
Rhine (Wither; Fever) learns that her twin brother Rowan is behind the bombings of laboratories investigating a deadly virus. Although she often resents her ties to her former husband (through forced marriage) Linden and "sister wife" Cecily, she needs their help to find Rowan. Rhine's poignant and complex relationships with fragile Cecily and curmudgeonly father-figure Reed balance her still-unbelievable attachment to Linden.
Reviewer: Katie Bircher
(4)
YA
Chemical Garden Trilogy series.
This sequel to Wither follows Rhine and Gabriel (after they have escaped from the mansion in which they were near-enslaved) as they attempt a new life together. Rhine leads Gabriel to Manhattan in search of her long-lost brother, but complications leave the story with a cliffhanger ending; only die-hard fans will be eager for the third volume in this dystopian trilogy.
Reviewer: Natasha Gilmore
(4)
YA
Chemical Garden Trilogy series.
In a future where men die by age twenty-five and women by age twenty, Rhine is kidnapped and sold as an unwilling wife/breeder to wealthy Linden. Rhine, plotting her escape, reluctantly grows close to her "sister wives," her attendants, and even to Linden. Rhine's relationships with the other young women feel authentic, but her implausible attachment to her captor adds forced romantic tension.
Reviewer: Katie Bircher
3 reviews
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