Saba lives in Silverlake, a draught ridden area filled with dust storms and scarce food options. She lives there with her twin brother, Lugh, her little sister, Emmi, and her father who can read the future through the stars. Suddenly, a quick dust storm turns out to be a group of riders who kill her father and kidnap her brother. Saba embarks on a journey through harsh landscape and dangerous characters in trying to find and rescue her beloved brother.
Promoted as, you guessed it, a new
Hunger Games,
Blood Red Road was a solid and entertaining story. The dialect (dropping all g's, using "afeared" instead of afraid, etc) and dialogue (no quotation marks, ever...) were hard to get through in the beginning, but once you get used to it, it flows pretty well.
A reasonable recommendation for teen readers looking for their next dystopian fix.
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