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Title: Pulse Point Author: Colleen Nelson & Nancy Chappell-Pollack Genre: Fantasy/YA Publisher: Yellow Dog Release Date: May 8, 2018 Summary ( Goodreads ) Pulse Point is set in a future where the climate has made the world inhospitable to humans. In order to survive, people live in self-sustaining domed cities. The City that Kaia and her family live in is run by Overseers, guards that ensure all the Citizens follow the guidelines so the City can maintain its ‘Energy In = Energy Out’ policy. Citizens are only allowed to use the energy they create. Energy production is calculated and displayed on their pulse point, a transmitter embedded in a person’s finger. When a Citizen is no longer able to produce energy, they are Balanced, or killed. Guest Post Top 5 things We Learned Writing Dystopian 1) Be Specific and Research - The end of the world has occurred so how do these characters survive?  The world building has to be logical and ...

       Book Info: Title: Furyborn Author: Claire Legrand ISBN:  9781492656623, Hardcover Release Date: May 22 nd , 2018 Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire Buy: Amazon | B&N | Books A Million | Chapters Indigo | Indiebound Summary: The stunningly original, must-read fantasy of 2018 follows two fiercely independent young women, centuries apart, who hold the power to save their world...or doom it. When assassins ambush her best friend, Rielle Dardenne risks everything to save him, exposing herself as one of a pair of prophesied queens: a queen of light, and a queen of blood. To prove she is the Sun Queen, Rielle must endure seven elemental magic trials. If she fails, she will be executed…unless the trials kill her first. One thousand years later, the legend of Queen Rielle is a fairy tale to Eliana Ferracora. A bounty hunter for the Undying Empire, Eliana believes herself untouchable—until her mother vanishes. To find her, Elia...