Monarch Rising

Name: Monarch Rising
Brand: Scholastic Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Harper Glenn
ISBN: 9781338877250

Author: Harper Glenn

Narrator: Bahni Turpin, Pete Cross

Unabridged: 16 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Scholastic Audio Books

Published: 10/04/2022

Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Social Themes, Romance, Dystopian

Synopsis

In a chilling near-future New United States of America, Jo Monarch has grown up in the impoverished borderlands of New Georgia. She’s given one chance to change her fate... if she can survive a boy trained to break hearts.Today is the day Jo Monarch has been wishing on the moon about her entire life. It's the day of the Lineup, when she could be selected to leave her life in the Ashes behind. The day she could move across the mountains to a glittering, rich future.Once Jo is plucked from the Lineup, the real test begins. She still needs to impress the New Georgia Reps at tonight's Gala, and her path forward leads straight to Cove Wells. The damaged stepson of one of the Reps, Cove has been groomed as an emotional weapon, taught that love is a tool -- and he's set on breaking Jo's heart next.When a riot breaks out back in the Ashes the night of the Gala, Jo's dreams might all go up in smoke. Can she really have everything she's ever wished for... when it means leaving all her loved ones behind in the fire?Harper Glenn's debut is as gripping as it is prescient, an unflinching meditation on whether love can save us from ourselves, and what it takes to be born anew.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mya Matteo on July 31, 2022

content warnings for this book: incest, violence, racial fetishization from the love interest, addiction I rarely think books are "bad"—often they're just not my thing, but others might enjoy it... but I genuinely think this book needed several more drafts. plot holes, strange character motivations,......more

Goodreads review by Erin on September 27, 2022

This was ALL over the place. I didn't understand the world-building, the ending is a mess, in spite of Cove proclaiming he doesn't believe in insta-love he sure fell for it quickly, I didn't think the leads had any chemistry, and the personalities of the characters seems to turn on a dime. I think t......more

Goodreads review by Brandie on March 07, 2023

If you are looking for a futuristic dystopian book then look no further because this book is definitely for you. I have not read anything like this and I absolutely enjoyed every single moment of it. Books like this makes you appreciate things and it puts everything into perspective that this world......more

Goodreads review by Kim on February 13, 2022

Strange in the best possible way, Monarch Rising creates a world that destabilizes the reader with glimpses of the familiar amidst utterly unique characters and settings. Building a mesmerizing plot on the foundation of the Dickens classic Great Expectations, this story defied my predictions and sur......more

Goodreads review by Georgia on September 20, 2022

3.75 Definitely search up trigger warnings for this including; Violence, attempted sexual assault, parental manipulation, incest, and drug addiction. Woah! I have not flew through a book this fast in a very long time. For the first 50% or so I thought this was going to be a five star book. I really l......more