Booktalk

Booktalk about Wither by Lauren DeStephano

What if you knew you couldn’t live past the age of 25 if you were a guy and the age of 20 if you were a girl?  What if you lived in constant fear by simply walking down the street?  What happens to the elders.. the people who invented drugs to create perfect, yet eventually lifeless children?  Well, as far as we can tell, if the elders are rich enough, they marry their sons off to multiple women in hopes that they can find a cure.  But what does this mean for girls?  They’re stolen out of their lives, picked by men to be part of various families, and if the girls don’t make the cut, their killed in the van their hoarded in.  This is what happens to Rhine Ellery, stolen from her twin brother and the only thing that kept her alive were here heterochromatic eyes.  She was forced to marry along with two others to the same man.  What happens to her?  What happens to the cute helper she can’t help but be attracted to?  What should she do as the little time she has left is slowly being taken away from her?  Should she leave? Should she stay? Should she go find her brother or has he already come looking for her?  If you enjoyed The Forest of Hands and teeth, you’ll like this one.  The storyline keeps you guessing about the story of Rhine, the history of the world, why there is an age difference between death, what happened to cause the world to be the way it is.  You’ll want to know what happened to Rhine, her new husband Linden, the other two wives Cecily and Jenna, their evil stepfather scientist Vaughn, and if her love for her brother and relationship with the maid Gabriel could get her out of her brave new world.  To find out what happens, read Wither by Lauren DeStephano.