The nation as we know it is a thing of the past. With the male species on the verge of extinction, a society called the End Men is formed to save the world. Folsom Donahue is one of twelve men whose sole purpose is to repopulate the Regions. The endless days spent having sex with strangers leaves Folsom with an emptiness no amount of women, money, or status can fill. Until Gwen. Gwen has wanted a …
Gwen has wanted a child for as long as she can remember, but when she finally gets a chance to have her own, she uncovers a long-hidden truth. The injustice she sees moves her to help save the men whom no one else believes need saving.
A forbidden love, grown in a time of despair, ignites a revolution. Folsom and Gwen, torn between their love for each other and their sense of duty, must make a choice. But some will stop at nothing to destroy them.
Folsom is book one of the End of Men series.
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I really liked this dark future tale. It had a little bit of sci-fi, erotica, and romance. The situations intrigued and angered me and the end made me want more. A really good book. Looking forward to the rest.
So much more than what the synopsis gleams . .. I found myself imagining this on the big screen the entire time I was reading. It’s an incredible concept with a unique plot. Loved it! Don’t miss out in this unique story!
Women are not stupid. That’s why they outlasted us.
Tarryn Fisher is known for her ability to tell twisted stories with a delicate eloquence. She writes such dynamic characters, and gives her female characters such as strength, wisdom, vulnerability, and makes her readers realize there is nothing wrong with having flaws. Tarryn Fisher brings this story to life in a way that only she can and presents us with the terrifying answer to what would happen if women ruled the world, and the yearning for complete control runs wild.
Willow Aster has written over 8 novels, and she has a fierce passion for writing. She brings her characters to life with as much realism and care a person can. This is my first experience reading Aster’s work, but I will definitely add her other works to my to be read list. She has intrigued me in a way that not many authors have.
With only 12 men remaining who can produce children, the world has drastically changed as it was once known. Long gone are the days of patriarchal rule. The women rule the world.
Folsom, attractive and charismatic, and literally one of very few. He is desired solely because he’s a man and can impregnate women. In fact, he has the most reliable track record of getting women pregnant. Yet, as resigned to this fate as he’s allowed himself to become- Folsom wants more.
Gwen, smart and beautiful, she wants what every woman in Red Region wants, a baby. A boy. She wants to carry a life inside her and do her part to contribute to her region. Yet, something changes within her after her turn with Folsom.
This collaboration between Tarryn Fisher and Willow Aster is so well done. They have created and deconstructed a world that is terrifying and deadly. We may think a world dominated by women is something to be desired. A world where the 12 remaining men able to impregnate women are strictly controlled and kept in check is a positive thing. But what happens to free will? What happens to love? What happens to raising boys to be polite and courteous? While women are powerful in so many ways, we see the absolute terror that can arise when the desire for total control and domination takes over.
The world spread before us is one of control, careful construction, and absolute power. This book is like The Hunger Games for adults. We briefly hear about each of the regions, and we learn that the 12 men rotated around like stud animals being put to work.
The characters’ personalities quickly shine through, and we see just how deadly this game of creating life can get. I recommend this book. I gave this book 4 out of 4 stars.
What to say about this book….? I wasn’t sure what I was going to get with this story. It seemed intriguing when I heard about it forever ago. But dystopian anything isn’t really my thing anymore, much less a dystopian romance. But Smutathon is taking place this week and I had picked this as an option for the challenge ‘out of my comfort zone.’ I showed my stack to a friend and said picked one, they picked Folsom and I am so glad they did. Because I was leaning towards another book. I was shocked at the healthy amount of smut in this book. Both of these authors are new to me so I wasn’t sure what I would be getting. This book follows Folsom, who is one of 12 End Men. Because something happened that caused the men to die off and/or become sterile. So it is the duty of the End Men to help repopulate the world. The country is now divided into 12 regions and the men travel to each and basically act as a stud… impregnating as many women as possible. No one really questions the new reality…. until they do. This book follows the same lines of a lot of dystopian stories in this aspect but it was still completely entertaining to read. This story feels very unique to me, and that may be because I don’t read a ton with this tone or Fisher and Aster may have actually done something fresh. Either way, I was here for it. What I was not here for is the cliff hanger.. There is a book brought up in this book.. a classic. I know how it ends and I sort of wonder now if it being discussed was foreshadowing for this story. While I am not happy it ended in a cliff hanger, and even more upset because the series isn’t complete yet.. I did sort of think it would be going that way. Otherwise, it was going to make the next books seem like they didn’t go with this story. You’ll see when you read it. And I do recommend that you read it. Especially if you’re like me and you rarely venture from your contemporary or dark romances. This is the perfect book to dip your toe into something a little different but still get the things you love with contemporary romances. I will definitely be picking up Jackal very soon and crossing my fingers that book three will be coming to book shelves very very soon!
This one is hard to review because I have some conflicting feelings about it. I absolutely love the premises, the idea of the Age of Women and the message that you don’t right a wrong by doing another wrong. Women finally came to their own and have no men to put them down or disrespect them in any way, but their answer to that is to place men in a humiliating position that turns them into baby-making machines and nothing else. Not cool.
Love the way they fall in love in spite of the circumstances and that this love is what wakes Folsom up from the emptiness that is his life.
Hated the language (specially the repeated use of the term p***y which has some very bad connotations for me) but thought that it fit well with the story for the most part. I would have stopped reading it after the first chapter if that was not the case. The characters are well developed and you can’t help but loving and rooting for them. I also loved a surprise (won’t say what because of spoilers) at the end.
Now for what I didn’t like and the reason I gave it four stars instead of five. There are a couple scenes that really rubbed me the wrong way.
***Possible spoiler***
The first one is when they are at the SIM. They are finally on a real date and what does Folsom choose to do? Have sex with her while watching a simulation of the two of them having sex (their version of porn, I guess). You would think that a man who spends his days having sex with so many women and has nothing else in his life would enjoy something a little different–an old-fashioned date, talking over coffee, getting to know each other, or anything but what they did. That made me feel that he didn’t really care for her, that he was only interested in her for sex.
The second one really pissed me off. We’re in Folsom’s POV, the man is basically being tortured, treated like a piece of meat or a sperm-producing machine, he’s suffering both physically and emotionally, his thoughts go to Gwen and bam! enter a totally unnecessary, super crass, and disrespectful sentence. It totally ruined the moment and again reduced Gwen to just another sex object. I was very disappointed with that.
That said, it was well-written, interesting, thought-provoking, and entertaining. Bravo.
I don’t normally enjoy dystopian novels. But when Tarryn Fisher and Willow Aster announced their newest book, I decided to leave preconceived ideas aside and give it a try. I found myself devouring Folsom and I couldn’t stop thinking about the concept that the book proposes: a society ruled by women, where men are scarce and used as a tool.
The story was an addictive and a fast paced read. The characters are complex and draw you in. The writing by Fisher and Aster is simply superb.
Wow!!
The world as we know it is over and the only way to keep producing people has changed very few men are alive and there are 12 that can reproduce. The Sperm banks have been empty so the only way to continue is for the End Men to take on the job.
They seem to live a very glamorous life traveling the regions and making babies only problem is very few new males are born. Folsom is not only the first End Man he is also the not successful in fathering babies and boys.
He just entered the Red region with party’s nightly and appointments daily he has a lot of work to do.
Gwen wants nothing more in life than to have a baby and a boy at that what a glamorous life the mother’s of boys have. She wants to help with the cause. Her mother got her and her sister Sophia each a much anticipated appointment with Folsom.
No one ever gets more time with him and no one gets a relationship with him. Somehow she broke thorough his walls and he wants more of her.
So many twists and turns this book was just fabulous I could not put it down it had kind of a hand maids tale mixed with the hunger games. I loved every thing about it. I can’t wait to read the second book. This book had me on the edge of my seat the whole time.
I didn’t think I would love this book as much as I do! When the second book came out I even re-read Folsom before starting Jackal. Great characters, interesting story.
“I’d been living without feeling anything and now I feel everything.”
Two amazing authors team up to give us a brand new series that just screams EPIC! Why’d I wait so long to start this book, you ask? Truth is, I have no clue and I’m already kicking my own ass for not starting it sooner! Silver lining? I don’t have to wait so long for book two (JACKAL) to come out! And OMG, after absolutely devouring FOLSOM, I need the next book ASAP!
FOLSOM, book one in the new End of Men series by Tarryn Fisher and Willow Aster, took me by surprise in the best way possible. It’s original. It’s dangerous. It’s exciting. It’s entertaining and HELLA SEXY! I’m talking INSANELY SEXY! I might confuse some people here, but while I was reading about Folsom, Gwen, and the rest of this amazing cast of characters, I got a real Hunger Games/Handmaid’s Tale kind of vibe. And you don’t really need to know what that means…all you need to know is that I already believe that this book…this series belongs on the big screen. It’s THAT explosive and unique and sexy that you just want to see it come to life in front of your eyes.
But if we can’t have that, it’s no biggie because Fisher and Aster are PROS! Their writing is seamless, flawless, and has so much depth to it, you just feel these characters come to life with each turn of the page. I loved it! I devoured it! I crave more of it! Both Fisher and Aster’s words BELONG on the pages together. I can’t wait to see what’s next for the END OF MEN!
IVE NEVER BEEN SO ANGRY WITH A BOOK. I will be back with a review
So this book actually made me throw my kindle across the bed in frustration. I picked it up for free in kindle unlimited because I love Tarryn Fisher’s work and thought this would be a quick read. Boy did I underestimate this novel. I had been angry throughout the novel, this is definitely not a light hearted read. It makes you think about the world we live in and how it could be a scary future, sort of an opposite gender Handmaid’s Tale. This book left me with so many questions, some I wanted to ask throughout the novel and some after I was left with that cliff hanger. This was a unique love story, it was kind of predictable from the start what would happen romantically but other than that the story was unpredictable. There were so many twists and turns you just couldn’t see coming. I loved the way the story went on, never dwelling too much on one thing, it was quickly paced. The downfall of this was that it left so many unanswered questions.
And then the ending?? I should mention, this series was never finished. So if you’re like me and planned on reading the series after this ending from hell, you’re going to be disappointed. It was 4am, I planned on going to bed, maybe starting the sequel Jackal but I was not happy to discover the second book leaves on a cliff hanger as well, only with the third book announced and never published. I’ve never been so angry with a book before, like I was actually enraged at times and had to put it down. Characters made my blood boil, but in my opinion, that’s what makes a great book. This one will definitely stay with me (even if I don’t want it too). So if you’re ready for a rollercoaster of emotions, pick up this book.
I’m not sure why I picked up this book. I don’t read futuristic or dystopian books as a rule–just not my style. But Folsom by Tarryn Fisher and Willow Aster called to me. Something about this book said READ ME RIGHT NOW…and I did. And I loved it.
It’s smart and sexy but also deeply suspenseful. I woke up early to read and stayed up late! Folsom has some intense themes and ends in a cliffhanger but I’m here for it.
Hell. Yes!
I picked up this book based on a recommendation I’d seen. Whilst the blurb intrigued me, and the premise is unlike any other I’ve read, I admit it also worried me. I thought it might be a non-stop sex fest, and that we’d get all the details of the sex with the nobody-women — when I knew I’d only want to be invested in the intimate scenes with the herione.
I’m pleased to report, it was brilliantly done. Yes, we know he’s banging hordes of women, but it’s glossed over, made bearable by his thoughts on the matter, and we’re only given the best erotic bits when it matters.
The tension rises continually, the pace is perfect, but oh my gawd, I am not too happy about that cliffhangar ending!!
I suppose I’ll forgive it though, because damn, I love dystopian romance and this is so well done.
Go on, what are you waiting for? You need to read this…