Synopsis
In a future ravaged by greed and war,
The Domicile has emerged. A new civilization governed by clandestine
Elders where citizens are united by white masks and uniform
identities. To remove one’s mask, to go outside the Domicile, to
show defiance, means being sent to the Meurtre, a horrifying death
sentence.
Q437B doesn’t follow the rules. She
craves sunlight, dares to love her childhood friend B116A, and –
the most forbidden of all – has seen the true face of her beloved
beneath the mask.
But when Q becomes an Adulte, The
Domicile threatens to take away everything that makes her happy. She
is forced to marry an abusive soldier who demands she conform.
Whispers spread about the unconventional lessons she teaches her new
students. And when Q openly disobeys the Elders, the people become
restless, questioning the truth of the world in the wake of such
defiance.
Rumblings of discontent stir as others
begin to follow the path toward their freedom. The Revolution has
begun, and Q is the spark that ignited the flames.
Author Bio
Courtney’s love for writing started
pretty much when she learned to read, which her mother would tell you
was a feat in itself back when she was in the first grade. Once she
aced those flashcards with vocabulary words, Courtney’s writing
took off. And her love with it. In school, she was always writing
short stories on a word processor (What?? Word processor with floppy
disks?). Oh yes, she literally had a card filing case full of floppy
disks.
Now getting her Doctorate in social
work, she’s used this education to help her writing some of the
gritty issues entwined in her stories. When Courtney isn’t writing
her next book while drinking coffee, you can find her doing homework
(drag) with chocolate chip flavored coffee, reading series of books
(because school books are only so interesting) while drinking pumpkin
flavored coffee, playing with her little boy, or daydreaming of
future beach houses while drinking some other scrumptious flavor of
coffee.
Order Links
Amazon US:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B017O08SDO
My review
Wow!! This one was a crazy ride for me. In a world where the elders control every single thing it's amazing to have someone with a rebellious attitude. Q wants freedom of choice, specifically to love B. I hurt for them as Q is forced to marry an abusive husband and watch B marry a perfect wife. Not that their love dies, it gets stronger. And then there's a twist.
I loved seeing the relationships build and grow and seeing B and Q find their paths. It's a beautiful but heart wrenching story of love and hurt and beliefs and family and fighting for your freedom. I loved the story and the writing is great! I'm dying to see wherever book two will take us as there's a major shock at the end of book one. Removing those masks had so many significances and I'm excited to see them nice forward. 5 PAWS!!!
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