Thursday, January 19, 2012

Blood Red Road (Dust Lands #1), by Moira Young (2011)

Lugh got born first.  On midwinter Day when the sun hangs low in the sky.
Then me.  Two hours later.
That pretty much says it all.
Lugh goes first, always first, an I follow on behind.

Eighteen year old Lugh and Saba are twins.  With their pa and 9-year old sister, Emmi, the twins have spent their whole life in Silverlake, a dried-up wasteland ravaged by constant dustorms.  There hasn't been any rain for six months.

We bin watchin the land die, bit by bit.

The family is starving and Lugh wants to leave.

You aint really leavin, I says.

Ain't I?  There ain't no reason to stay.  I cain't jest sit around waitin to die.

Suddenly four armed men capture Lugh and take him away.  Saba's world is shattered and she embarks on a quest to get him back.  Not only does she learn that she's strong, she learns to trust others. 

Blood Red Road is an exciting start to the Dust Lands series.  If you like books like Hunger Games, Divergent, or Maze Runner, you'll love this read.

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Rating:  8 out of 10 stars
*mild language

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