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The Drowned by Eliza Knightly
A century ago the world flooded, killing off most of the human population. All who remain are scattered communities of drifters and the elite Philosophes who live in a walled city above sea level.
Amidst a growing drifter rebellion, sixteen-year-old Gwyn travels to the university in the city to bring help back to her dying community. When she gets there she discovers a game-changing secret that the university has been hiding for over a hundred years. Can Gwyn find a way to save the last of humanity from all-out war or does she fall for the wiles of the drifter rebel, Zack?
This serial caught my attention because it was blowing up my feed on Jukepop. It seemed like everyone was reading it, and I just had to find out why. And I did.
The writing quality is professional, publishable even with the right tweaking. The world is concrete and the concept wonderful. The characters are lively and well-fleshed out, with even the characters that we're meant to sympathize with least being given their own scenes and time to breathe.
The story is moving rather slowly, with time being spent building the world of the Drifters, which I certainly don't mind. It reminds me of some of the best parts of young adult novels, where you get to know the 'normal' world before being introduced to the rabbit hole.
Add it to your lists, because I'm pretty sure one day you'll have to pay to buy this novel in print.
Read here at Jukepop Serials.
A century ago the world flooded, killing off most of the human population. All who remain are scattered communities of drifters and the elite Philosophes who live in a walled city above sea level.
Amidst a growing drifter rebellion, sixteen-year-old Gwyn travels to the university in the city to bring help back to her dying community. When she gets there she discovers a game-changing secret that the university has been hiding for over a hundred years. Can Gwyn find a way to save the last of humanity from all-out war or does she fall for the wiles of the drifter rebel, Zack?
This serial caught my attention because it was blowing up my feed on Jukepop. It seemed like everyone was reading it, and I just had to find out why. And I did.
The writing quality is professional, publishable even with the right tweaking. The world is concrete and the concept wonderful. The characters are lively and well-fleshed out, with even the characters that we're meant to sympathize with least being given their own scenes and time to breathe.
The story is moving rather slowly, with time being spent building the world of the Drifters, which I certainly don't mind. It reminds me of some of the best parts of young adult novels, where you get to know the 'normal' world before being introduced to the rabbit hole.
Add it to your lists, because I'm pretty sure one day you'll have to pay to buy this novel in print.
Read here at Jukepop Serials.