Title: Fire & Flood
Series: Fire
& Flood, #1
Author: Victoria
Scott
Publisher: Scholastic
Press
Publication Date: February
25, 2014
Genres: YA,
Fantasy, Sci-fi
Reviewed by: Ellen
Fritz
Ellen’s rating: 5/5
SUMMARY
Tella Holloway is losing it. Her brother is
sick, and when a dozen doctors can't determine what's wrong, her parents decide
to move to Montana for the fresh air. She's lost her friends, her parents are
driving her crazy, her brother is dying—and she's helpless to change anything.
Until she receives mysterious instructions on how to become a Contender in the Brimstone Bleed. It's an epic race across jungle, desert, ocean, and mountain that could win her the prize she desperately desires: the Cure for her brother's illness. But all the Contenders are after the Cure for people they love, and there's no guarantee that Tella (or any of them) will survive the race.
The jungle is terrifying, the clock is ticking, and Tella knows she can't trust the allies she makes. And one big question emerges: Why have so many fallen sick in the first place?
Victoria Scott's breathtaking novel grabs readers by the throat and doesn't let go.
Until she receives mysterious instructions on how to become a Contender in the Brimstone Bleed. It's an epic race across jungle, desert, ocean, and mountain that could win her the prize she desperately desires: the Cure for her brother's illness. But all the Contenders are after the Cure for people they love, and there's no guarantee that Tella (or any of them) will survive the race.
The jungle is terrifying, the clock is ticking, and Tella knows she can't trust the allies she makes. And one big question emerges: Why have so many fallen sick in the first place?
Victoria Scott's breathtaking novel grabs readers by the throat and doesn't let go.
REVIEW
Fire & Flood is all that the
blurb promised and so much more. When she decides to compete in the Brimstone
Bleed, Tella Holloway is completely taken out of her comfort zone and dumped
into situations exactly opposite to what she is used to. During the race she
meets the gorgeous Guy, the much nastier Titus, and several other characters
who have a major impact on that part of her life.
This highly imaginative story captivated me from the
beginning. Although this book is comfortably paced, I found it engaging with
never a dull moment.
I absolutely loved Tella as a main character. She is
self-confident and positive with a "hey, I can do this" kind of
attitude. Although she would rather be giving herself facials and doing her
hair, she copes remarkably well with the grimy circumstances of living in a
rainforest and then in the desert. She survives traumas of being chased by
chimps, bitten by a leech, and being attacked by ants. But, when fellow
contestants are hurt or die, it almost destroys her.
Guy, the other main character, has a gift for
leadership, a great deal of knowledge about survival in the wild, and maybe
even a couple of ulterior motives. Other characters like Harper, the warrior,
and gentle, humorous Jaxon, add to an unforgettable cast of characters.
My personal favorite, however, was little Madox.
Unfortunately, saying more about that cute little fellow will give more
spoilers than I want to.
In this book you will meet a fire-breathing lion, a
cheetah whose eyes can provide light, a few animals with wonderful fighting and
hunting skills, and the coolest shape-shifter you've ever heard of. The balance
of good and evil is kept by a boy with a mean, split personality, a monster
child, and several crazy pharmacists.
Always moving forward, full of suspense and self-sacrifice,
I found Fire & Flood to be a
thrilling and heartwarming read. (Ellen Fritz)
ABOUT the AUTHOR
Victoria Scott is a
teen fiction writer represented by Sara Crowe. She's the author of the FIRE
& FLOOD series published by Scholastic, and the DANTE WALKER trilogy
published by Entangled Teen. Her books have been bought and translated in
eleven foreign markets including the UK, Turkey, China, Poland, Germany,
Australia, Israel, Taiwan, Brazil, New Zealand, and the Netherlands.
Victoria lives in Dallas with her husband and hearts cotton candy something fierce.
Victoria lives in Dallas with her husband and hearts cotton candy something fierce.
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