The Hunger Games meets Divergent in this epic first book in the GEOs trilogy.It’s been decades since the deadly GM virus decimated humanity but the world is still holding out for a cure. Hidden underground in the dark GEOS remains what’s left of the population. For seventeen-year-old Tylia, survival is all she knows.As mutations of the virus continue to spread, Tylia is faced with an unthinkable … faced with an unthinkable decision: watch her ailing mother become ravaged by the illness or hack her way into the terrifying Acceptance trials, and face the infected world above. If she survives her immunity will guarantee a renewed life for her family.
But the world above is vastly different to the one she’s been led to believe exists. Surviving the virus is about to become the least of her concerns.
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The Acceptance by Ramona Finn is a great story that I have loved reading. This is book number one in this wonderful start to a brand new series and I loved reading it very much. I highly recommend this story to everyone who loves reading about dystopian then this is definitely for you.
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The Acceptance (The GEOs Book 1) Kindle Edition
by Ramona Finn
A solid YA dystopian novel. Sometime in the future, humanity has fled underground because of the Virus. Living in tunnels, fulfilling their designated role, the people in Geos dream of escaping through the Acceptance, where they are sent out into the destroyed world. The requisite courageous girl – Tylia and the two guys Kev and Ben Farrow– one who is attracted to her and one how is probably using her.
Tylia hacks into the program that selects who can go out into the dead world, and changes her own chances because she needs to save her mother.
The world-building isn’t bad, but it is a pretty stock setting. It combines any number of the other, better books of the genre and blends it on frappe’. However, there is an issue with time. It is slippery, very slippery. At times Ms. Finn implies that humanity has been underground long enough to have several generations, and then at other times, the first generation sent down into the Geos was still alive and spry. Up, on the surface, Tylia has what is identified as a month, but Kev is still alive with no source of water or food. This leads to a lot of confusion.
The one, serious sin that Ms. Finn commits is using the stereotype of the Noble Savage. “Noble savage, in literature, an idealized concept of uncivilized man, who symbolizes the innate goodness of one not exposed to the corrupting influences of civilization. “ (1) It should be noted that this is a very problematic stereotype to bat around. “The Noble Savage, long assumed to be the invention of the eighteenth-century philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, was, in fact, a racist propaganda device of British anthropologists to create a climate where slavery and genocide could be mooted “(2). While Ms. Finn’s characters are clearly of mixed ethnicity, she spends too long on this stereotype without any irony or nuance.
The story isn’t bad, and the plot does make an effort to be interesting by including things like a Keeping Up With The Kardashians style show about scientist seeking the cure. This is another place where time gets slippery. We are told that Tylia was alive when her parents joined the Geos, yet, there is an implication that several generations had been born.
Not a bad book. It’d be a great read on an airplane or the beach. Nothing new to see, but a safe read when you have nothing else
2 ½ star rounded up to the 3
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(1) Noble savage | literary concept | Britannica
(2) Racists created the Noble Savage | World news | The Guardian
The well written storyline and the well defined characters made this book a very enjoyable read! I was so engaged in this story that I read this book in one sitting!
I received this ARC from Bad Boy Updates. This is not my normal genre, but once I started this I couldn’t put it down! The word Tylia lives is controlled by one “family” who dangles the hope of a cure for the virus that wiped out most of the world. She has always believed what her family and the “government” has told her, but her world is shaken to its core when she hacks her way into the Acceptance in the hope of better care for her mother. She must learn how to survive, find a place in a new world and unlearn everything she thought was the truth. I love that just when I thought I had things figured out for the first book, the ending leaves you with WHAT THE HECK?!!! I can’t wait for the next book!
Another great read by author Ramona Finn. She lures you in and keeps you in her world. The world has been decimated by the virus and Tylia along with the other survive underground..can she survive the acceptance and help her sick mother..but she is soon to find out not all she has been told us true. Will she survive..
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This is totally off the grid for me. I usually don’t read these kinds of stories. I liked the sound of the blurb and decided to try this gender. Absolutely loved it. Very detailed and well written. Love the characters especially Tylia. She’s a hacker or coder and totally determined to save her family. She’s being told not to trust anyone but she needs to gain the trust of Reja. Read the story to find out if Tylia saves her family. I received a copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Interesting read about a young adult who discovers the truth of the world above. I received an ARC copy and am voluntarily leaving a review.
ONE MIND-BLOWING AVALANCHE!!!
Greedy gremlins! Ramona has this baby banging like a cheap screen door and throwing caution to the wind delivering this brilliantly composed bombshell that’s as riveting as it is captivating, wrapping this bad boy up sleek, shiny and tight. Shattering boundaries and pushing limits, displaying the strengths and weaknesses being weighed and balanced, propelling this jewel on-ward without a hitch, knocking it into overdrive, blowing it into a tailspin with a life-altering realization. Bearing the burdens and towing the line presenting this action packed, hard hitting, pulse racing, heart pounding, adrenaline pumping, page flipping, block busting bombshell, blasting this baby to life beautifully. Satisfaction rocks this gem, bringing it home with such intensity and precision, riding roughshod and imparting one jaw dropping dynamo, launching this baby to a whole new level. Coiled, twined and tightly woven, displaying the explosive ups and agonizing downs, grounding in it’s simplicity and awe inspiring in it’s depth. The characters, banter, dialogue, interactions and charged atmosphere along with relatable qualities and individual traits, blend and flow, transforming into genuinely charismatic personalities. The scenes are strikingly sharp with abundant details and depictions creating a colorful backdrop that makes the storyline pop. Awesome job Ramona, thanks for sharing this little treasures with us.
Wow! This novel was a great read about a dystopian world, where a virus has wiped out much of humanity and the survivors have been driven underground. Some though live Above, whom are considered dangerous. Like most, absolute power corrupts, brainwashing and fear the keep the people ignorant, ans false hope is given. In this case, it is the Acceptance, where those chose have to survive the Above and if they do, get a chance to live in the Labs. Tylia will do anything to save her mother. She is a coder and good at hacking, which gets her into the Acceptance. She has no idea what she has gotten herself into and warned not to trust anyone. Nothing is as what she was told and learns much from a man who saves her life. Tylia is determined to save her family, even if she has to gain the trust of the Rejs. Tylia becomes a survivor and learns much, which shocks her, but she is determined to know the truth.
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