MY THOUGHTS:
I love it. It fits this series so well!! And the colors - those of war and destruction. Of fire. I can't wait to read the book!!!
BOOK DETAILS:
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Title: Collide
Series: The Taking, Book 3
Author: Melissa West
Release date: December 2nd, 2014
Publisher: Entangled TEEN
Genres: YA Sci-Fi
Synopsys:
Military
legacy Ari Alexander has survived alien spies, WWIV, and a changing
world order. But when the new leader of Earth uses Jackson—the
only boy she's ever let herself care about—to get to her, Ari has
no choice but
to
surrender. To free Jackson, she agrees to travel to the national
bases to train others to fight.
What
she discovers is a land riddled with dying people. Ari has the power
to heal by turning the fighters into aliens—half-breeds like
her. If she succeeds, together, they have a chance at
overthrowing the alien leader, Zeus. But if she fails, everyone she
holds dear will be wiped away forever.
Once
again, everything Ari’s come to believe is thrown into question. In
a world of uncertainty, loyalties are tested, lies are
uncovered, and no one can be trusted. If Ari and Jackson have
any hope at survival and at preserving a life for the future, they
must fight the final war with their eyes wide open.
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Excerpt:
“Wake
up!”
I
feel as though someone has pinched my mind, shaken my brain around,
and asked it to work again. I try to open my eyes, but they’re
heavy and clouded and I begin to worry that maybe they are open. I
just can’t see.
“Wake
up!”
I
flinch at the sound, so close to my ear, yet far away. Or maybe it’s
my understanding that’s far.
“Ari.
We’re out of time. Wake up!”
My
mind flashes into focus, but I don’t open my eyes. I can feel,
sense, everything around me. The beeping sounds that alternate in
succession. The breathing in and out of the person beside me, yet I
can’t make out who the person is. Even if it’s a he or she. But
what I can sense is danger, danger so intense that the hairs on my
arms are at full attention and the xylem in my body has sparked,
causing me to instantly want the person beside me dead. If he or
she—it—is dead then I am free to escape, even if I have no idea
what or who I am escaping from.
“Fine.
Just call this payback.”
I
have one second to realize that the person is Cybil, before a gut
wrenching pain slices through my left arm. My eyes snap open and
she’s in front of me, so pale and rattled that she looks like a
ghost of herself. I glance down at my arm to see that Cybil ripped
out my IV and is now holding it in her hand like a toy.
“I
warned you. Look. This likely triggered an alarm. We have to get out
of here. Right now.”
I
try to nod, but my body is sluggish and I’m not sure that I’ve
moved at all. Cybil loops her arm under my back to help me sit up,
and instantly the room begins to move in and out of focus. “What
happened to me?”
“They
happened. Now move.”
I
start to climb off the table I’m on, when Cybil’s eyes round out
and her body begins to quake. “Cybil? What is it?” I reach out
for her, just as her body collapses to the ground and a metal door
behind her slides open. Two men dressed in thick white suits rush in,
followed by a shorter man. A man I recognize.
“Hello,
Ari. Nice to see you awake,” Kelvin says. Kelvin Lancaster. I
remember him from the talks with Earth, how he seemed to be in
control, how everyone around him acted uneasy in his presence. Like
he was more enemy than friend. I start to respond to him, when I feel
a sharp pinch in my arm. I look up to see another white-suited person
behind me, syringe in hand. I try to push the person away. I try to
open my mouth to scream. But suddenly my lips feel tingly, my arms
limp. I focus back on Kelvin, on the grin on his face, and then the
world around me disappears, and I’m once again alone in the
darkness.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Melissa
West writes young adult and new adult novels for Entangled Teen and
Embrace and Penguin/Intermix. She lives outside of Atlanta, GA with
her husband and two daughters and spends most of her time writing,
reading, or fueling her coffee addiction.
She
holds a B.A. in Communication Studies and a M.S. in Graphic
Communication, both from Clemson University. Yeah, her blood runs
orange.
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Melissa Online:
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