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Fever

Fever

DystopianScience Fiction
Pages
352
Published
2012
Language
English

Synopsis

Rhine Ellery has escaped the mansion where she was held as a sister-wife, but freedom in a dying world is more dangerous than she imagined. In a future where women die at age twenty, she must navigate a landscape of organ harvesters and carnival shows to find her lost brother. With the help of Gabriel, she fights to stay alive while the clock on her short life continues to tick down.

Prose complexity
4/10

Vibe

DarkTenseAtmosphericEmotional
SurvivalFound FamilyComing of Age

Genres

Dystopian Science Fiction YA Dystopian Young Adult Post-Apocalyptic

About the author

L
Lauren DeStefano

Lauren DeStefano was born October 13, 1984, in New Haven, Connecticut, and holds a BA in English with a creative writing concentration from Albertus Magnus College. She is the New York Times bestselling author of the dystopian Chemical Garden trilogy, comprising Wither, Fever, and Sever, in which a genetic disease kills women by twenty and men by twenty-five, and a teenage girl is forced into polygamous marriage to keep the population alive.

Characters

All characters in Fever

Frequently asked questions

  • Is Fever a standalone book?

    Fever is the second book in The Chemical Garden series and continues the story of Rhine Ellery. Readers will benefit from starting with the first book, Wither, to understand the full context of the world and characters.

  • Does Fever end on a cliffhanger?

    The book concludes with significant plot developments that leave several major character arcs unresolved, setting up the events for the next installment in the series.

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