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Growing and Changing: Exposure to Toxins Will Do That

Wilder Girls by Rory Power

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I’m pretty sure I purchased this book when it first came out. The only problem was, I purchased it as an Spanish language ebook and I don’t speak or read Spanish.  I tried to fight with Barnes & Noble about an exchange but gave up quickly.  When I saw the opportunity to purchase it on a discount just recently, I took it.  The cover intrigued me just as it did when I first purchased it, and the summary was equally tantalizing. The book begins after […]

“I think I’d been looking for it all my life a storm in my body to match the one in my head.”

Wilder Girls by Rory Power

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In one word: Unnerving First things first. We gotta talk about this cover. FRIGGIN. GASP. From art to font, the whole thing is perfection. It really captures the tone of the book, as nature and puberty coalesce into a diseased nightmare for the students of the Raxter School for Girls. When the Tox breaks out the girls are quarantined, and a year and a half later, they are no closer to answers, and their numbers are dwindling. We follow a trio of friends, Hetty, Byatt, […]

Came for the cover art; stayed for the story

Wilder Girls by Rory Power

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I’ve confessed before that I have a habit of buying books based on their covers. I totally bought this book based on the cover. I read the summary and I was like “hm.. it’s probably YA” and I don’t tend to buy YA these days, but then I said “I don’t care- that cover art!” So, it is YA, and like the cover, it’s very, very good YA. I’d say it wears it’s inspiration from Jeff VanderMeer’s Annihilation trilogy proudly, and does a lot of […]



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