I probably don't even have to ask you if you like the Hunger Games, because honestly, who doesn't? But the hype for is pretty much over and it's time to find a new series to be excited about! For lovers of the Hunger Games I have two recommendations. (Divergent is a good pick as well of course, but I'm pretty sure everyone's read that already!) This first one I actually wrote my first blog post on: the GONE series by Michael Grant. SYNOPSIS: In the blink of an eye, everyone disappears. Gone. Except for the young. There are teens, but not one single adult. Just as suddenly, there are no phones, no internet, no television. No way to get help. And no way to figure out what's happened. Hunger threatens. Bullies rule. A sinister creature lurks. Animals are mutating. And the teens themselves are changing, developing new talents—unimaginable, dangerous, deadly powers—that grow stronger by the day. It's a terrifying new world. Sides are being chosen, a fight is shaping up. Townies against rich kids. Bullies against the weak. Powerful against powerless. And time is running out: On your 15th birthday, you disappear just like everyone else... So yes, I've already done a review on this series (link) but this series is so good for Hunger Games lovers! The exciting thing about the Hunger Games is the fighting, the dystopian aspect and the fact that young people are left to their own devices, and that's exactly what happens in the GONE series too. The whole thing is so thrilling and I secretly like GONE even better than the Hunger Games (sorry). Read my review that I just linked too to find out a bit more and read a more comprehensive opinion. Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/2536134.Gone Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Gone-Michael-Grant/dp/0061448788 This next one is another one of my favourite series ever and it the last book only just came out last year: the Lorien Legacies by Pittacus Lore. SYNOPSIS: Nine of us came here. We look like you. We talk like you. We live among you. But we are not you. We can do things you dream of doing. We have powers you dream of having. We are stronger and faster than anything you have ever seen. We are the superheroes you worship in movies and comic books--but we are real. Our plan was to grow, and train, and become strong, and become one, and fight them. But they found us and started hunting us first. Now all of us are running. Spending our lives in shadows, in places where no one would look, blending in. We have lived among you without you knowing. But they know. They caught Number One in Malaysia. Number Two in England. And Number Three in Kenya. They killed them all. I am Number Four. I am next. I read I Am Number Four in early 2014 and I sped through the books that were out by that time, and then I proceeded to wait and read each book as it came out! There was quite a bit of time in between readings so I forgot some things along the way, especially as so much happens in each book! But if you read it now, you can read them all in one go as they're all out now (yay!). These books might be more actionpacked than the Hunger Games: fights upon fights upon fights. Aliens, monsters, evil people: these books have it all. You may have heard of this series before as I Am Number Four was made into a movie, but the sequels got cancelled because the ratings were so bad.. I haven't actually watched the movie because I'm afraid it'll ruin everything, as I loved these books so much! So even if you did watch the movie and didn't like it, please give the books themselves a try because they are clearly much better than the movie!
Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/7747374-i-am-number-four?ac=1&from_search=true Amazon: www.amazon.com/Am-Number-Four-Lorien-Legacies/dp/0061969575
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