Review: The Raging Ones by Krista and Becca Ritchie

Series: The Raging Ones 

Format: e-ARC

Rating: 5 Stars

How I Got It: Netgalley

Genre: Young Adult, Sci-Fi, Fantasy

Publisher: Wednesday Books

Synopsis courtesy of Goodreads

In a freezing world, where everyone knows the day they will die, three teens break all odds.

Franny Bluecastle, a tough city teen, dreams of dying in opulence, to see wealth she’s never known. Like the entire world, she believes it’s impossible to dodge a deathday.

Until the day she does.

Court Icecastle knows wealth. He also knows pain. Spending five years in Vorkter Prison, a fortress of ice and suffering, he dreams of life beyond the people that haunt him and the world that imprisoned him.

Mykal Kickfall fights for those he loves. The rugged Hinterlander shares a frustrating yet unbreakable connection with Court—which only grows more lawless and chaotic as their senses and emotions connect with Franny.

With the threat of people learning they’ve dodged their deathdays, they must flee their planet to survive. But to do so, all three will have to hide their shared bond as they vie for a highly sought after spot in the newest mission to space. Against thousands of people far smarter, who’ll live longer, and never fear death the way that they do.

Review

***I received this book via NetGalley from the publisher in exchange for an honest review***

I have to review this, but I don't know what to say. I really enjoyed it and am a total fangirl of Krista and Becca Ritchie.This is their first YA and Sci-Fi/Fantasy so I didn't know what to expect. I also didn't read the synopsis first.

Now, if you already like the Ritchies' writing, I think you'll like this. It has a good found-family story which they are very good at writing. It also feels different in tone from other YA books just like their New adult books feel different than other NA.

There are three alternating POVs. Normally, I don't like anything beyond two-one of the reasons I rarely read high-fantasy-but this did work for me. They are three distinct people with easy to identify voices. Franny, the only girl-was my favorite, but I do like all of them.

I don't want to talk too much about the plot because I want to avoid any and all spoilers. The world is interesting and easy to picture-the writing is very cinematic. And the whole knowing the day you are going to die raised questions. It actually really made me think about the moral and ethical ramifications of having that kind of knowledge.

There is a slight romance, but it's probably like plot D. I did like it and am rooting for those tow, but I am more invested in the friendship between the 3 main characters. It is an evolving and real friendship. I particularly like reading how they interact as a group and each "pairing". These kinds of relationships are fun to read.

The book has a good amount of mystery/secrecy to keep you engaged and guessing. I was often confused, but in a good way. And the ending left me wanting more. Even though this felt like three books in one-again, in a good way-I have no idea how the Ritchies will wrap this story up in one more books. But you know I'll be there to find out. 

Thanks for reading!

Holly