In a freezing world, where everyone knows the day they will die, three teens break all odds.
Franny Bluecastle, a tough city teen, dreams of dying in opulence, to see wealth she’s never known. Like the entire world, she believes it’s impossible to dodge a deathday.
Until the day she does.
Court Icecastle knows wealth. He also knows pain. Spending five years in Vorkter Prison, a fortress of ice and suffering, he dreams of life beyond the people that haunt him and the world that imprisoned him.
Mykal Kickfall fights for those he loves. The rugged Hinterlander shares a frustrating yet unbreakable connection with Court—which only grows more lawless and chaotic as their senses and emotions connect with Franny.
With the threat of people learning they’ve dodged their deathdays, they must flee their planet to survive. But to do so, all three will have to hide their shared bond as they vie for a highly sought after spot in the newest mission to space. Against thousands of people far smarter, who’ll live longer, and never fear death the way that they do.
Released on August 14, 2018 by Wednesday Books
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My Thoughts:
The Raging Ones covers a very interesting topic of every person finding out their deathday right after their birth. Based on the age they will die, the residents of this planet are classified based on how much of an impact on society they can have. Franny, Court, and Mykal have all miraculously survived past their deathday, and they have an odd connection with each other.
I was SO excited going into this book, because it was a concept I had thought of before. What if you knew the day you were going to die? How would you live life differently? This book really dove into the whole idea and created a class system out of it, which I thought was so interesting.
Franny has just evaded her deathday, and she builds a odd physical connection with both Court and Mykal. She was my favorite character, because she was scared about what life meant for her now that she didn't know when it ended, but she also realized that she would have to be strong. Mykal was a great character, and honestly reminded me of a caveman half the time. He was a great comic relief, and I loved his relationship with Franny. Then there's Court – not sure what I thought of him. He was such a complicated character, and I couldn't tell if he was hapy, sad, worried, whatever.
While I really enjoyed reading this book because of the plot, Court's character caused a lot of issues for me. I really loved him, but he confused me (if that makes any sense). Also, for some reason, this book took me forever to read. It's not a bad thing at all, but it was only about 300-some pages, and I feel like it really took a lot while reading it. I was so invested, and usually I read quicker when I'm invested, so that was slightly surprising!
If you're looking for a great sci-fi with a fun character group (not much romance!) then this is definitely the book for you!
Stars: 4 out of 5 stars
What I Liked: The plot, Franny, Mykal
What I Disliked: Court's complicated personality
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