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The Scourge Brilliant Darkness Book 1 eBook AG Henley

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The Scourge Brilliant Darkness Book 1 eBook AG Henley

I forgot how much I love The Scourge by A.G. Henley! I picked up the audiobook to listen to last week and I could not stop listening. I binged it in one day and it was perfection. I first read The Scourge back in 2014 around the time the second book of the series hit shelves. I devoured everything from the series then and waited for the third book. However I somehow missed the release and because it had been so long I wanted to reread. I’m SO glad I did.

The premise of the book is simple. Set in the distant future, people living in a small community are separated by their color and the trees. Fair haired, light eyed humans live in the trees calling themselves Lofties. Dark haired, brown-eyed humans live on the ground and are known as Grounders. Grounders and Lofties have a tense relationship that started when they outgrew their tree top homes and the Grounders were forced to, well, the ground. This wouldn’t be so bad except for the Scourge, the flesh-eaters that roam the land since the fall. Now I know I’m not doing this book justice with my description but that’s the best I can do without spoilers 😉

Now onto the main characters. Fennel is a Grounder and a special one at that. She is Sightless which offers her protection from the Scourge. This makes her important to not only the Grounder community but also the Lofties. Why? When the Scourge arrive, it forces the Grounders to the caves and the Lofties to remain in the trees. This leaves Fennel who is protected to gather water for both communities. It’s a big job and one she has just inherited. The book opens on her first time gathering water and to say it’s a tense read is an understatement. It’s a hold-your-breath kind of read. Fenn is a character I found myself admiring. She’s blind, yet she doesn’t let that stop her from doing what is required of her. I find her brave in the face of adversity and was truly impressed with how she navigates her world.

For every Water Bearer, there is a Keeper and for Fenn that’s Peree, a Lofty who is one of the best archers in their community. I fell for Peree almost instantly. This is a boy who despite his raising sees the strength in Fenn and doesn’t care that she is Grounder. But what really made me fall for him is how he helps her do her job without ever stepping a foot on the ground. He is there above her in the trees, coaching her, telling her stories and shooting down Scourge who get too close. He’s brave, charismatic, and a dreamer.

Now the plot of The Scourge surrounds the fact that the Scourge stick around longer than normal. As a result, Fenn is getting exhausted and water is running out. So Fenn volunteers to search for the mythical waters deep in the caves. Peree naturally sneaks along. But it’s what they find along the way that truly makes the story. I can’t say anymore for fear of spoilers. However I can say how much I enjoyed their journey. Peree and Fenn are very different yet also very compatible. I enjoyed their easy banter and I was thrilled with their adventure. I loved how the author built a dystopian world that is both believable and fantastical. Despite Fenn’s blindness, I felt everything she felt and the imagery as told by someone who cannot see was vivid.

Overall I love The Scourge! This was the first time I had listened to the book and the narrator was fantastic. She drew me in immediately and I found myself holding my breath during the suspenseful moments, laughing aloud at the her sarcasm and even tearing up. I would recommend this book to anyone who joys a good dystopian and a clean YA read.


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The Scourge Brilliant Darkness Book 1 eBook AG Henley Reviews

One of the few books I've read where the main female is blind. It was interesting reading how she had to deal with life and how well she did it. Fenn and Peree are from two different groups. Fenn is a Groundling and lives on the ground where the Scourge are. Peree and his group, the Lofties, live in the trees. Both are dependent on each other for items to live. When the Scourge come Fenn's group goes into caves to hide until they leave. Fenn is not bothered by the Scourge because of her sightlessness and is tasked with bring the groups water. Peree is her Keeper and from above in the trees watches her and helps by shooting arrows at the Scourge that surround her on her trips to get water. When it is needed to look for the Hidden Waters Peree and Fenn are the ones to go and find more than what they thought they would. The book has some twists and the romance is slight. The story about the Scourge is a bit far-fetched and leaves many questions that I can't ask here due to spoilers. All in all it was a steady paced story that kept me reading. I received a copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.
Fennel lives in a world run by fear of the scourge savage people who eat the flesh of others. Fennel’s people are the groundlings, who call the earth their home and fear plagues them. The lofties live in the trees, protected from the flesh eaters. Both sides don’t get along, but they depend on one another. Fennel’s blindness is a gift that protects her from the scourge and that forces her to have the job of water-bearer, the sole individual responsible for keeping both the groundlings and the lofties hydrated during the long days the scourge ravages the land.

I was pleasantly surprised by this book. Going into it, I knew it was post-apocalyptic, but I didn’t quite realized it was a zombie novel, but that didn’t bother me at all. The way A.G. Henley approaches this cliched topic is so fresh and new that I really wanted to know more. I really liked the concepts in this world and found myself wrapped up in this book.

As a character, I enjoyed Fennel. She wasn’t perfect, but she learned to be strong. I have never read a book from a blind person’s perspective before and I really loved it. Having a family member that is blind, I felt like I could relate to this book and Fenn more. The only problem I had with Fennel’s blindness is that it wasn’t made clear that she could see changes in the lighting around her. From the beginning of the book, I thought she was totally blind and it really irritated me that she would talk about it getting darker or lighter. Once I realized she wasn’t one hundred percent blind, I finally stopped feeling like A.G. Henley was making mistakes in her writing.

Peree was a great guy and I really rooted for him and Fenn. I did find him a bit clingy at some parts in the book, but later his behavior makes more sense when the reader realizes Peree has watched Fenn for years (not in a creepy way). I really loved finding out his back-story and seeing some later events unfold that really challenge him.

I really loved the twists and turns of this book. So many times, A.G. Henley threw in things that completely twisted the story into a different direction and it was a very fun ride. The ending was very satisfying and even though this is part of a series, there luckily wasn’t a cliffhanger ending like so many series have. Overall, I really enjoyed this book.
I forgot how much I love The Scourge by A.G. Henley! I picked up the audiobook to listen to last week and I could not stop listening. I binged it in one day and it was perfection. I first read The Scourge back in 2014 around the time the second book of the series hit shelves. I devoured everything from the series then and waited for the third book. However I somehow missed the release and because it had been so long I wanted to reread. I’m SO glad I did.

The premise of the book is simple. Set in the distant future, people living in a small community are separated by their color and the trees. Fair haired, light eyed humans live in the trees calling themselves Lofties. Dark haired, brown-eyed humans live on the ground and are known as Grounders. Grounders and Lofties have a tense relationship that started when they outgrew their tree top homes and the Grounders were forced to, well, the ground. This wouldn’t be so bad except for the Scourge, the flesh-eaters that roam the land since the fall. Now I know I’m not doing this book justice with my description but that’s the best I can do without spoilers 😉

Now onto the main characters. Fennel is a Grounder and a special one at that. She is Sightless which offers her protection from the Scourge. This makes her important to not only the Grounder community but also the Lofties. Why? When the Scourge arrive, it forces the Grounders to the caves and the Lofties to remain in the trees. This leaves Fennel who is protected to gather water for both communities. It’s a big job and one she has just inherited. The book opens on her first time gathering water and to say it’s a tense read is an understatement. It’s a hold-your-breath kind of read. Fenn is a character I found myself admiring. She’s blind, yet she doesn’t let that stop her from doing what is required of her. I find her brave in the face of adversity and was truly impressed with how she navigates her world.

For every Water Bearer, there is a Keeper and for Fenn that’s Peree, a Lofty who is one of the best archers in their community. I fell for Peree almost instantly. This is a boy who despite his raising sees the strength in Fenn and doesn’t care that she is Grounder. But what really made me fall for him is how he helps her do her job without ever stepping a foot on the ground. He is there above her in the trees, coaching her, telling her stories and shooting down Scourge who get too close. He’s brave, charismatic, and a dreamer.

Now the plot of The Scourge surrounds the fact that the Scourge stick around longer than normal. As a result, Fenn is getting exhausted and water is running out. So Fenn volunteers to search for the mythical waters deep in the caves. Peree naturally sneaks along. But it’s what they find along the way that truly makes the story. I can’t say anymore for fear of spoilers. However I can say how much I enjoyed their journey. Peree and Fenn are very different yet also very compatible. I enjoyed their easy banter and I was thrilled with their adventure. I loved how the author built a dystopian world that is both believable and fantastical. Despite Fenn’s blindness, I felt everything she felt and the imagery as told by someone who cannot see was vivid.

Overall I love The Scourge! This was the first time I had listened to the book and the narrator was fantastic. She drew me in immediately and I found myself holding my breath during the suspenseful moments, laughing aloud at the her sarcasm and even tearing up. I would recommend this book to anyone who joys a good dystopian and a clean YA read.