by Sarah Dalton
I download tons of free books. I'm usually broke and reserve book purchases for special occasions. Anyway, most free books are free for a reason. They're unedited, poorly written, horrible rip offs, or just an combination of those. This one managed to rise above the others. It was a bit of Diverg...
Wow.How can I put my feelings about this book into words..? I don't think I can. This book is amazing. And it's terrifying.This is an extremely well written Young Adult dystopia which could actually happen. And that's why it's terrifying. Look around you at the world, at the way women are treated ev...
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*Book source ~ Won in a LibraryThing giveaway. Many thanks to the author and LibraryThing. Mina Hart and others like her are Blemished. The Genetic Enhancement Ministry has taken over Britain except for small pockets of resistance. Mina lost her mom to the Resistance, fighting against the life whe...
Review copy received through Enchanted Book PromotionsIn a world full of genetically-altered clones called GEMs, Mina Hart is a Blemished, i.e. imperfect. She's forced to cover her hair with a headscarf, work as a servant for the GEMs, and forbidden to have children. On her first day at St. Jude's s...
The Blemished takes place in the near future, where scientific advancements have created the "perfect" humans: no family histories of medical conditions or mental illnesses, and stunning good looks. These genetically enhanced humans, or GEMS, receive all of the advantages in life while the Blemished...