Luckily, being a writer turned out to be just as magical. As a child, she wanted to grow up to be either a unicorn or mermaid. Kate Jarvik Birch is a visual artist, author, playwright, daydreamer, and professional procrastinator. Mary Lindsey, author of Shattered Souls I recommend this for fans of dystopian novels. I found the plot to be creative, original and intriguing and I was riveted to the pages until the very end. Most of the characters were believable and developed and I couldn’t help but relate on a personal level with Missy and Ella. Missy on the other hand is so selfless and brave and extremely patient with Ella that she became my favourite character and felt to me like the heroine.

I did think she could be really naive and helpless which for the main character, I didn’t really admire she hadn’t really grown as a character. I loved the political intrigue and Ella’s resilience and tenacity in the face of all the adversity and real danger they face. It is about the struggle to be recognised and treated as equals, about friendship and love, sacrifice and shrugging off the cloak of naivety and waking up to the realisation that the world can be a really dark place where the majority of people prefer to turn a blind eye to atrocities as long as it doesn’t directly involve them or theirs. There is so much more going on than I had intially thought! It is so much more than just a story about human pets. If she fails, Ella will pay not only with her life, but the lives of everyone she’s tried to save… If she’s lucky, she’ll be able to rescue Penn and expose the truth about the breeding program. With help from a very unexpected source, Ella slips deep into the dangerous black market, posing as a tarnished pet available to buy or sell. Her escape started a revolution, but she’s trapped, unable to get back to Penn-the boy she loves-or help the girls who need her.īack in the United States, pets are turning up dead. But while she can think and act as she pleases, the life of a liberated pet is just as confining as the Congressman’s gilded cage. In a daring move, she escaped her captivity and took refuge in Canada. Read on to see my review of the book and be sure to enter the Giveaway!Įlla was genetically engineered to be the perfect pet-graceful, demure…and kept. Welcome to the Tarnished Blog Tour! To see the full tour schedule click on the banner above.

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