Calm by S.J. Baker
Book Info
Genre: Young Adult Dystopian Thriller
Length: 288 Pages
Published: September 19, 2024
Publisher: Neem Tree Press
Amazon: https://amzn.eu/d/h6Cmfmk
Blurb
In this enthralling dystopian YA thriller where emotions become weapons, the fight for humanity’s true essence takes centre stage.
In a near-future Britain, society’s calm facade conceals a sinister truth: the state maintains its control by meddling with the nation’s water supply. The result? A population lulled into apathy. Lulled, apart from a courageous few known as the Resistors.
New Resistor Owyn joins lifelong Resistor Tiegan in a fierce quest for freedom. Spurred on by the promise of a mass Resistance, they ignite a chain of events that shakes the foundations of Britain’s oppressive regime.
One thing is clear: the price of freedom is higher than they ever imagined.
About the Author
S. J. Baker teaches English in a secondary school in Hull, where she does her best to pass on her own love for reading and writing to her students. Books have always loomed large in Ms. Baker’s life, so it was perhaps inevitable that after completing a degree in English Literature at Cambridge she should train as a teacher and spend her career sharing her love of story-telling with young people. Reading aloud to her own children as they grew up confirmed her in the belief that we learn much about life and how to live well from the books that we read. She lives in East Yorkshire with her husband and two exuberant black Labradors.
When I saw the email for Calm I was intrigued as my track record for reading a Dystopian has been bleak to the say the least but when coupled with a thriller which I thoroughly enjoy especially if it is a YA.
The first thing that struck me was that what was enfolding in Calm was that this could scarily happen in real life and all I could think of was control the water control everything I am not going to go in full detail as people really need to read this book for themselves.
I loved the main character of Owyn and Tiegan as main characters but would of like to know what happened to Monika, Allen and Ash.
For all the above reasons Calm receives 4 stars
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