Escapement (The Neumarian Chronicles, #1)

by Ciara Knight

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When I started reading Escapement, I felt like the story had a Branded/Divergent feel to it. While it does has some minor similar aspects, it is entirely different from this book. This is the first book I have read that has a lot of action in a Dystopian book. It is very suspenseful and has just moved to the First Place on my favorite Dystopian books.

Semara has lived with her mother, the Queen since she was six years old. She used to live with her dad but one day she got handed over to her mom and she didn't like it one bit. She was treated horribly by her own mother, to the point of almost torture. Each year, Semara has to pick a Neumarian, people with special gifts that the Queen hates, to be killed. The day of her sixteenth birthday is the day she has to pick once again in order to be part of the council of where they live. As she's looking all over the place, she notices a familiar face--one that belongs to a person she never thought she would see again, considering she had sent this person to be killed but had helped escaped, not knowing what the future held for this person. Once the Queen noticed what was going, she sent Semara to be put as a slave to the General (evil incarnate) but Semara is rescued and her journey begins with betrayal, sadness, and new powers she hadn't thought she had.

The covers of the whole series caught my attention a lot and, while I struggled whether or not to sign up for review, I am so glad I did! I entered a new world where everything is raw and a little gore-y. I finished this book in two days (basically in 1 day because I only read 2 chapters the first day). I ate it all up once I started reading.

Ciara Knight has brought it all with this new series.