Welcome back to the blog! Today, I’m on The Write Reads Ultimate Blog Tour for The Exiled by Sarah Daniels. Thanks to Dave and the gang from The Write Reads Tours and Penguin for the beautiful physical copies of the book.
Genre: Fantasy, YA, Sci Fi
Length: 496 Pages
Publisher: Penguin
Trust no one.
It is six months since the Arcadia set sail for the first time in forty years. But this wasn’t the freedom the inhabitants were hoping for. Esther Crossland did what she had to do, but it has left a trail of destruction in her wake. Now the wrecked ship is abandoned. Its inhabitants are in exile, trapped in sprawling make-shift shelters made up of warehouse, tents, shipping containers.
Esther and Nik, architects of the rebellion, are on the run. Esther is in hiding, desperate to do something to help her people, and Nik seems to have abandoned all hope, on a journey taking him further and further from home. And neither of them want to face up to their true feelings about one another . . .
Not only that, there is a new villain in town. With the fall of Commander Hadley, it’s left to the ruthless Admiral Janek to deal with the traitors, and her own past is beginning to catch-up with her.
Then the shaky ceasefire negotiated by General Lall, Nik’s mum, falls apart. Nik and Esther find themselves in a world of betrayals and double crossings – a game of power, with no one to trust but themselves.
It’s time for the final showdown.
The Exiled is the second in the Dystopian Duology that started with The Stranded. This picks up six months after the end of the first. I was really glad I had the second book to begin as soon as I finished The Stranded. It really made it such a great reading experience.
Sarah Daniel’s keeps the high standards she sets in the first one. I hardly felt like I was transported back to the occupants of The Arcadia immediately. Sarah Daniel’s world building is that good!
I was so invested in Nik and Esther, who are so unique and well developed. In fact, all the characters held me fast, not willing to leave this world. I felt like I was inhabiting. There is all the drama and suspense, just like the first book, too. The characters I love to hate are here, too. I was hoping they would get their comeuppance sooner rather than later.
I am so looking forward to reading more from Sarah Daniels after reading this well written, young adult, dystopian duology.
Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63050573-the-exiled
About the Author
Sarah Daniels is an ex-archaeologist who escaped academia and now writes stories from her home in rural Lincolnshire. Her work has been published in various online magazines and has been nominated for best British and Irish Flash Fiction and Best Small Fictions.
If you want to contact her, you can do so at the following locations:
Website: http://www.sarahdanielsbooks.com
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Twitter: @sarahdanbooks
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