Waiting on Wednesday: (57)

The Hunt

Megan Shepherd

The Cage, #2

Balzer + Bray

Expected: May 24th, 2016

Description from GoodReads:

   They’ve left the cage—but they’re not free yet.

   After their failed escape attempt, Cora, Lucky, and Mali have been demoted to the lowest level of human captives and placed in a safari-themed environment called the Hunt, along with wild animals and other human outcasts. They must serve new Kindred masters—Cora as a lounge singer, Lucky as an animal wrangler, and Mali as a safari guide—and follow new rules or face dangerous consequences. Meanwhile, Nok and Rolf have been moved into an enormous dollhouse, observed around the clock by Kindred scientists interested in Nok’s pregnancy. And Leon, the only one who successfully escaped, has teamed up with villainous Mosca black-market traders.

   The former inhabitants of the Cage are threatened on all fronts—and maybe worst of all, one of the Hunt’s Kindred safari guests begins to play a twisted game of cat and mouse with Cora. Separated and constantly under watch, she and the others must struggle to stay alive, never mind find a way back to each other. When Cassian secretly offers to train Cora to develop her psychic abilities—to prove the worthiness of humanity in a series of tests called the Gauntlet—she’ll have to decide fast if she dares to trust the Kindred who betrayed her, or if she can forge her own way to freedom.

Why I Want It:

   Megan left us off with a cliffhanger at the end of The Cage, and from that moment on I needed The Hunt. I just need to know what happens to the characters, what happens with the Kindred, and finally their new prison. The Hunt sounds like an adventure waiting to happen!

   That's my Waiting on Wednesday this week! Will you be picking up The Hunt? What are you waiting on this week?

Book Review: The Cage by Megan Shepherd

Release Date:  May 26th,  2015

Read: April 21st-27th, 2015

Publisher: Balzer & Bray

Series: The Cage, #1

Format: ARC, 400 pages

Source: From McNally Robinson in exchange for an honest review for their Two Thumbs Up program

Description from GoodReads:

   Taken from her world without warning.
   Trapped in an alien environment.
   Falling for her captor.

   When every move is being watched, sixteen-year-old Cora Mason's only chance for escape may be within the arms of the enemy.

   A beautiful and powerful otherworldly species has taken six teenagers captive in a human zoo-where they are the exhibits. Now, far from home and each harbouring secrets about their pasts, the tenuous group must fight for leadership and a chance to return to Earth...if they can trust each other.
   

Review:

   Sometimes mistakes are worth making.

   The Cage was one of my most anticipated books of early 2015, the synopsis had me needing to read the book within seconds of reading it, and then came the gorgeous cover. The need for this book was unreal.
   You could in many ways connect with the characters in The Cage, because each character was completely different in their own ways with the exception of one thing. The senators daughter, the army boy, the model, the genius and the illegal trader, you could find a bit of yourself in all of them. 

   The characters of the book were described in the synopsis as being captured and held captive in a human zoo, it was a new idea for me, and it was definitely an exciting one at that. Except I found for The Cage that it really couldn't be considered a zoo but rather a lab with scientists doing experiments on the captives in their cages. When I think of Zoos I think of people viewing animals held captive and having their photos taken, with The Cage it was more along the lines of the captives being watched.
   The way the "aliens" are built and described in the book was my favourite, they were described as beautifully creepy looking. Tall, unnatural colours, and their eyes, oh goodness. They were close to human looking but also weren't, so it made it easy to picture them and place them into the book alongside the human characters. A lot of alien books tend to make the aliens too human looking in books, I'm glad it wasn't that way with The Cage.
   The Cage definitely had a major science fiction feel to it, it would be the perfect book for people who enjoy obviously Sci-Fi and for fans of space and advance technology.
   I really enjoyed The Cage and look forward to see what everyone else thinks of it! The wait is officially on for me and it's sequel!

   You can find my review on McNally Robinson's Two Thumbs Up review page here.

Rating:

Favourite Quote:

"A smile can hide so much. A smile can be a lie." ~ Cassian

Recommend to People Who Enjoy:

Young Adult, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Paranormal, Dystopian, Adventure, Aliens

Waiting on Wednesday: (39)

The Cage

Megan Shepherd

The Cage, #1

Balzer + Bray

Expected: May 26th, 2015

Description from GoodReads:

   When Cora Mason wakes in a desert, she doesn't know where she is or who put her there. As she explores, she finds an impossible mix of environments—tundra next to desert, farm next to jungle, and a strangely empty town cobbled together from different cultures—all watched over by eerie black windows. And she isn't alone.

   Four other teenagers have also been taken: a beautiful model, a tattooed smuggler, a secretive genius, and an army brat who seems to know too much about Cora's past. None of them have a clue as to what happened, and all of them have secrets. As the unlikely group struggles for leadership, they slowly start to trust each other. But when their mysterious jailer—a handsome young guard called Cassian—appears, they realize that their captivity is more terrifying than they could ever imagine: Their captors aren't from Earth. And they have taken the five teenagers for an otherworldly zoo—where the exhibits are humans.

   As a forbidden attraction develops between Cora and Cassian, she realizes that her best chance of escape might be in the arms of her own jailer—though that would mean leaving the others behind. Can Cora manage to save herself and her companions? And if so . . . what world lies beyond the walls of their cage?

Why I Want It:

  WHO WOULDN'T WANT  TO READ ABOUT PEOPLE CAGED IN A ZOO? LIKE C'MON PEOPLE.

Why You Should Want It:

  *See above*

   That is my Waiting on Wednesday for this week, will you be picking up The Cage? What are you waiting on this week?