The Haven by @carolbooks #Review @NightOwlReviews

For the teens at The Haven, the outside world, just beyond the towering stone wall that surrounds the premises, is a dangerous unknown. It has always been this way, ever since the hospital was established in the year 2020. But The Haven is more than just a hospital; it is their home. It is all they know. Everything is strictly monitored: education, exercise, food, and rest. The rules must be followed to keep the children healthy, to help control the Disease that has cast them as Terminals, the Disease that claims limbs and lungs—and memories. 

But Shiloh is different; she remembers everything. Gideon is different, too. He dreams of a cure, of rebellion against the status quo. What if everything they’ve been told is a lie? What if The Haven is not the safe place it claims to be? And what will happen if Shiloh starts asking dangerous questions?

CAROL LYNCH WILLIAMS, who lives in Provo, Utah, was awarded the prestigious PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship. Her novel The Chosen One won the Whitney and the Association of Mormon Letters Awards for the best YA novel of the year. The Chosen One and Glimpse were both named "Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers" by the ALA, which also named Miles from Ordinary among the "Best Fiction for Young Adults" in 2012. 

In the book The Haven you find yourself wondering what in the world is going one.  Then about 60 pages in if you have seen the movie The Island you kinda figure it out.  This one fell short for me and I just couldn't finish it.  I also found out that this book also sounds like another novel which is adult called Never Let Me Go.  So with those two points I am kinda of surprised that the book was published.  The 60 pages that I did read. Were a slow, boring, lifeless book.  I found myself not being able to continue to read without wanting to fall asleep.  So unfortunately the only thing I did like about this book was the cover.

"*I received a copy of this book for free to review, this in no way influenced my review, all opinions are 100% honest and my own. OR I purchased the book on my own."

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Posted in: 1 Star, Review, St. Martins Press, Young Adult