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michey2015's review against another edition
5.0
This was interesting. I wasn't sure I was going to like it because of how futuristic it was, but I found it slightly empowering. I'm curious to see how this story goes.
cassire's review against another edition
4.0
I have mixed feelings about this book. I will probably read the next book.
othersian's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
lissherondale's review
5.0
"You saw me…and my boots"
wow!
When I read the synopsis I was like "really??" the premise didn't call my name but is Tarryn Fisher and Willow Aster!! so I have to give them a try... and oh boy.. amazing.
the world is more complex that I expected to be, and of course it has a lot of sex here but after reading The Prophecy by Jennifer L. Armentrout, where the sex was awful and corny. here was hot and interesting.
I loved the characters the drama and the writing. Once I picked it up I couldn't stop reading!
I thought this will be ridiculous but it's surprisingly accurate to our world..
We overestimate humanity, men and women. feminism is not women overpowered... Feminism is equality.
The ending thou! amazing I want the next book now!
I will never doubt Tarryn Fisher abilities again.. she's the Queen!
wow!
When I read the synopsis I was like "really??" the premise didn't call my name but is Tarryn Fisher and Willow Aster!! so I have to give them a try... and oh boy.. amazing.
the world is more complex that I expected to be, and of course it has a lot of sex here but after reading The Prophecy by Jennifer L. Armentrout, where the sex was awful and corny. here was hot and interesting.
I loved the characters the drama and the writing. Once I picked it up I couldn't stop reading!
I thought this will be ridiculous but it's surprisingly accurate to our world..
We overestimate humanity, men and women. feminism is not women overpowered... Feminism is equality.
The ending thou! amazing I want the next book now!
I will never doubt Tarryn Fisher abilities again.. she's the Queen!
thenerdymom's review
5.0
“The secret to survival is to stay hard and focused, hard enough that the vastness of emptiness cannot live inside you. My life is a straightjacket, and if you don’t want anything to hold power over you, including the straightjacket, you pretend you aren’t wearing one. But, as I sit across from this woman, I feel it: every constraint, the painful tug of my conscience both toward her and the Regions. Before Gwen I did what I needed to do, I survived. But not I’m not so sure what that means.”
Folsom Donahue is one of twelve reasons the male gender will survive, the weight of this sits upon his shoulders every day. He thinks nothing of it though, it’s his civil duty: have sex with women and impregnate them. He’s been doing it for years and he’s sure he is doing this for the greater good. To produce more men. Until he meets Gwen Allison.
All Gwen has ever wanted in this life is a baby of her own. Someone to call her own, take care of and to love. The only way to get what she wants is by an End Men. It just so happens her favorite, Folsom Donahue is moving to the Red Region. Her mother has set an appointment with him Gwen’s dreams will soon become reality. Or so she believed.
When love takes root and grows in your heart, what are you willing to risk for it?
I want to gush forever about this unique story that Tarryn and Willow have created for us. I’m not surprised that I’m in love with it so much to be honest. When Tarryn first announced that she had been co-writing a book about the extinction of men I fainted. Okay. I’m being dramatic. But come on! Who is better fit to slay this type of novel? Right, no one except Willow Aster.
Willow Aster’s work has only popped up in my radar because of Tarryn. I’ve heard nothing but AMAZING things about this woman, knowing Tarryn wouldn’t steer her PLN’s in the wrong direction. Folsom is my first Aster read and I can confidently say it will not be my last. And the two authors together? Shit is DYNAMITE.
“The life I live is lonely. I have no home, I have no family, and I have no ties to any one place. What they make us do takes our souls; it turns us into machines that function without love. Every human needs love…”
Folsom is a hottie. There. I said it. He’s caring, charming, and sexy. There is a magnetic force pulling the reader in, demanding attention. And I gave it all. He’s one of the most sensitive male characters that Tarryn has ever written and it is more than likely because Willow played her part in this. I loved it. I loved Folsom Donahue. And I can successfully add another book boyfriend to that corner in my heart.
Let’s talk about Gwen now! Without a doubt she is my favorite female character I’ve encountered in a long time. She’s different than all the women of the new world and it radiates from her. She doesn’t question, she just does. She’s Tarryn tough but her walls do not stand tall like previous female characters she has brought to life. It was like a breath of fresh air. Her femininity is one of the attributes I enjoy most about her. She’s small, dainty, and vulnerable in the best way ever. But my favorite thing about Gwen? She’s a fighter, and the fight has just begun.
“Don’t forget, Gwen, that these men you love so much are the ones responsible for this mess we’re in. They had control of this world for thousands of years and they didn’t do anything but take from us, use us, and suppress us. ‘The age of women,’ as you call it, is finally here. And most of us couldn’t be happier about it.”
“You can’t hold twelve men responsible for an entire gender, Sophia.”
The message that was given in this book will be received when you read it. During times like these–which we are currently living in–books are always there to help us stop, take a step back, and remind us of some things we may have lost sight of.
“You can’t hold twelve men responsible for an entire gender.” is a quote that not only pertains to men these days, but any group of people. Police men, doctors, republican, democrat, black, white …anyone. Our problem as a country is that we have started to look at people as a whole instead of the individuals themselves and it’s become dangerous to our society. We need to stop blaming these groups, open our eyes to the fact there will always be terrible people in the world. But more than that? The good will always be there to outweigh. The only way forward is to try understanding each other even if we cannot agree. To stop holding twelve men responsible for an entire gender.
More than anything reader, I want you to enjoy this book and to understand it. I want you to love it and to be just as excited as I was when I finished it. I am so ready for Jackal that I cannot contain it. I have so much faith in both Tarryn and Willow that this will be one of my favorite series ever. Now, I’ll leave you with this;
“Before the age of women, there was an aged of men.”
You could hear a pin drop in the room, it is so quiet.
“In that age we were ravished, sold into marriages, denied an education, raped and blamed, and refused equal treatment. I’m beyond grateful to be with you today in this age of woman. But I am also grieved. The age of men is over and so is our oppression. And what has oppressed us is near extinction. Unfortunately, we will follow shortly behind them.” I swallow hard, my emotions reaching their peak. The faces staring up at me are conflicted. that are listening to me, rapt attention on their faces. I flex my hands where they can’t see, hoping I don’t look as wrung out as I feel.
“The problem lies not with men, or women, but with humanity. Perhaps we lost it, but there’s a good chance we never found it. And what has been done to us for thousands of years must not be done to them now…the men. In the age of women, we must rise for the sake of our humanity. Let us decline rather than once again turn humans into slaves. We must not repeat history; we must rewrite it. To do so, we must unite. Unite in our defense of justice for all women and for all men.”
wandereaderr's review
5.0
I don’t know what I was expecting when I started this, but oh my GOD. Oh my god... incredible.
chaptersbyindia's review
4.0
FINALLY! After reading a few chapters here and there from several books during this whole quarantine season, I finally found a book that grasped my attention and kept it! I am so excited to tell you all, spoiler free, about how much I loved this book!
“Words are a powerful weapon and they never die.”
So since I wasn’t having luck finding a story I could get into, I decided to search for my favorite author’s (Colleen Hoover) best friend whom I figured had to of been an intriguing author. That’s when I discovered Terryn ‘s book series with another author and that summary engulfed me!
A world where women are the superior and men are almost non-existence in this unique dystopian world created by two authors together... count me in! I knew it had to hold some steamy romance in which it did. But I also connected with the political drama, which I felt personally related too with everything going on in the real world.
It’s literally a fight for truth and that is a great representation of this book. I felt pulled to Gwen’s character and marveled at her witty personality and how she strived to expose the truth at any cost. I wish I could be as brave as Gwen! Of course I loved Folsom’s character as well and wanted nothing more than for his life to get better.
I’m not a big fan of ranchy talk in books and there definitely was some in this story but I just tried to move past it and the lack of details I wish were added to this story. I’m just someone who bailed lots of juicy details describing everything! The lack of them leaves for more imagination I suppose.
Other than that, it was a wild ride in which I am already ready to dive back into with the second book in this series. Definitely recommend this to my friends!
“It was the truth! For the truth to make a difference, it needs to be said by one person at a time, until there's a noise loud enough to make a difference.”
“Words are a powerful weapon and they never die.”
So since I wasn’t having luck finding a story I could get into, I decided to search for my favorite author’s (Colleen Hoover) best friend whom I figured had to of been an intriguing author. That’s when I discovered Terryn ‘s book series with another author and that summary engulfed me!
A world where women are the superior and men are almost non-existence in this unique dystopian world created by two authors together... count me in! I knew it had to hold some steamy romance in which it did. But I also connected with the political drama, which I felt personally related too with everything going on in the real world.
It’s literally a fight for truth and that is a great representation of this book. I felt pulled to Gwen’s character and marveled at her witty personality and how she strived to expose the truth at any cost. I wish I could be as brave as Gwen! Of course I loved Folsom’s character as well and wanted nothing more than for his life to get better.
I’m not a big fan of ranchy talk in books and there definitely was some in this story but I just tried to move past it and the lack of details I wish were added to this story. I’m just someone who bailed lots of juicy details describing everything! The lack of them leaves for more imagination I suppose.
Other than that, it was a wild ride in which I am already ready to dive back into with the second book in this series. Definitely recommend this to my friends!
“It was the truth! For the truth to make a difference, it needs to be said by one person at a time, until there's a noise loud enough to make a difference.”
bookgirl0925's review
2.0
2.5 Stars
I was expecting so much more from this story but just felt very disappointed in the end. Let me start by saying that I love The Handmaids Tale, so for this story to be very similar only with the reversal of the men being needed for procreation versus the woman piqued my interest. However after reading this story I can tell you there is no way this is even in the same league as THT. This story is all over the place and the reasons why the men have to “perform” vs just using a sperm sample is just ridiculous. I mean seriously, if the average man can produce up to 300 MILLION sperm per ejaculation that would indicate that you have a better chance at repopulating the world by artificial insemination that you would by having him have sex with a couple women everyday.
I don’t know how I feel about Folsom, I have a hard time believing that he is instantly in love with Gwen but I like his softness when he thinks of his life “before”. The way he talks of his mom especially. Gwen on the other hand was not very likable and at times acted like an immature brat. She did redeem herself somewhat when it came to her wanting to protect Laticus and her willingness to be an advocate for The End Men. In the end it seemed like this is a combo of THT and The Hunger Games and it just became too much. So while this story ends in a cliffhanger, I really have no interest in continuing the series.
I was expecting so much more from this story but just felt very disappointed in the end. Let me start by saying that I love The Handmaids Tale, so for this story to be very similar only with the reversal of the men being needed for procreation versus the woman piqued my interest. However after reading this story I can tell you there is no way this is even in the same league as THT. This story is all over the place and the reasons why the men have to “perform” vs just using a sperm sample is just ridiculous. I mean seriously, if the average man can produce up to 300 MILLION sperm per ejaculation that would indicate that you have a better chance at repopulating the world by artificial insemination that you would by having him have sex with a couple women everyday.
I don’t know how I feel about Folsom, I have a hard time believing that he is instantly in love with Gwen but I like his softness when he thinks of his life “before”. The way he talks of his mom especially. Gwen on the other hand was not very likable and at times acted like an immature brat. She did redeem herself somewhat when it came to her wanting to protect Laticus and her willingness to be an advocate for The End Men. In the end it seemed like this is a combo of THT and The Hunger Games and it just became too much. So while this story ends in a cliffhanger, I really have no interest in continuing the series.
amor_fati's review
5.0
This book took me on an adventure I did not expect. I knew where I going with these authors. I knew my heart would not recover. I knew I would love each character. I didn’t know know just how much I needed this book especially right now. They give us a new kind of hero and heroine. And it’s just the beginning.
Gwen is everything a woman needs to be in this age of mankind. Folsom is what every woman wants because he gives them what then need but no one really every thought about what he wanted until her. Until Gwen. Then they meet. A simple moment with shoes and the world is shaken on its axis. Forever. If you ask me. That is the moment it changes.
It’s the little moments Tarryn and Willow writes for that write for us that makes the big moments hits us with a harder. We already have the cracks started with the little ones.
Gwen is everything a woman needs to be in this age of mankind. Folsom is what every woman wants because he gives them what then need but no one really every thought about what he wanted until her. Until Gwen. Then they meet. A simple moment with shoes and the world is shaken on its axis. Forever. If you ask me. That is the moment it changes.
It’s the little moments Tarryn and Willow writes for that write for us that makes the big moments hits us with a harder. We already have the cracks started with the little ones.