My name is Dahlia but I’m called a Plaguer, a person who survived the Bloody Death. When the virus first hit the world, it ravaged the human race. I thought I was lucky to survive it but survival comes at a cost. Ever since the sickness, I see things and I’m hunted for these visions.
Some seek me out because they want to keep their secrets safe. They don’t want the world to know the truth of … truth of what they are. Others, like Dax, want my knowledge. Dax has secrets of his own but as long as he helps me evade the Dark Walkers, he can keep them. There’s only one place left for people like me, the Wilds, and only one man who can lead me there.
This book is for all the Plaguers, the truth sayers branded and marked as liars, often hunted and sometimes forgotten. This book is for the girl who was right.
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Wow. I didn’t see this coming but I loved it. Brilliant. Such a good book even tho I’m noticing a pattern with this writing and her characters. Can’t wait to read the next book.
I really enjoyed The Wilds. It felt fresh and original, and kept me reading to the end.
It’s a page turner.
This is a post apocalyptic teen book with a very original world concept and a steal-your-heart hero. It’s been a minute since I read it, but I absolutely LOVED it.
I devoured this book in less than a day. It was such a good read! The Wilds lays out an interesting world and a fascinating story. I can’t wait to dive into the next book and learn more.
The characters are fairly interesting, though only Dahlia and Dax get much fleshing out. My main issue with the book (and the reason I didn’t give it 5 stars) was Dahlia’s attitude. She’s pretty standoff-ish and rude for someone that doesn’t actually know a thing about the outside world. Dax is being tight lipped and a jerk at times but being this level of rude to someone that could abandon you in the wilds might not be the smartest idea.
Overall I liked The Wilds and would definitely recommend it. I would just like to see Dahlia tone it down a tiny bit.
A plague had swept across the world and killed most of the population. Most of civilization had collapsed. Society was divided into smaller countries, and most of the USA was a massive forest called the Wilds. Strange beasts and dangerous people lived in there. Dahlia was a plaguer, which meant she was one of the few who had the plague and survived it. Plaguers had some special abilities. Because of that, they were either killed or locked up. Dahlia had been locked up for most of her life. She adjusted to life on the outside too well. I would have expected her to be slightly shell shocked since she was experiencing a bunch of new things at once. It wasn’t bad enough that she was TSTL, but sometimes she just wasn’t smart enough to realize other people knew way more about the world than she did.
This is one of my favorite series. I just re-read all of the books to prepare myself for the spinoffs set in this world and fell in love with these characters all over again. Dal has been in captivity since she was a child because of the things she can see. No matter what they do to her she is determined to break out and take her friends with her. But when a mysterious man visits saying he can help her nothing goes according to plan. She is whisked away to the Wilds where she’ll have to learn how to live out in the real world again and survive those that want to use her gifts. Dal is such a strong character. She refuses to back down from anything and the chemistry with Dax is absolutely amazing. This is a must read series.
I loved the whole series! The main character was hilarious at misreading men and relationships. The characters in general were well written and came alive in the series. I highly recommend it!
I loved the main character Dahlia. I though she was so well written with a great mixture of naive child and bad ass fighter. I thought the story was very entertaining. I’m not sure how I feel about the end with the revelation about Dax but I’ll need to read the following books in the series to see how it works out. Overall a very entertaining story.