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The Farm
by Emily McKay
What would happen if vampire-like creatures took over the nation? What would be the government’s response? Lily and her autistic twin sister, Mel were sent away to a “farm,” a place where the children were taken. At the farm, they donate blood for the Ticks. They have been there for six months. It was supposed to protect them against the infestation of Ticks that were sweeping the nation since the Ticks liked younger blood better. The Ticks were created during experiments that went wrong while studying epigenetics and the monsters were created literally overnight. The Ticks are “vampire-like” in only the sense that they drink blood. These aren’t your sparkly or nice vampires. They prefer to drink their blood by ripping your heart out of your chest and drink from it. They are more animalistic than human and it is best to avoid them.
Lily wasn't your average Green, she had a goal in mind. She wanted to get her and Mel out of the Farm before their 18th birthday. That was when you were released, only nobody knows what happens after that. Since Lily’s and Mel’s birthday is coming up soon, she has to make plans for their escape. The escape is a risky thing because if they were caught, they would face certain death. It would be easy to track them since every “green” on the farm has a chip implanted that can tell their whereabouts. If they weren’t caught and managed to get out of the Farm, they could get ambushed by the Ticks and die. Lily didn’t know what the world was like now and planned the best she could for it.
Lily was getting ready to go ahead with her escape plan when she saw a new Green on the farm. It was someone she knew if the Before, Carter. She was suspicious of him at first. Lily didn’t trust anyone on the farm – Greens, Collabs or the Dean. Why does Carter suddenly show up in the Farm? Will Lily and Mel be able to escape? What is happening to the nation?
This book had it all – vampires, fighting, romance, road trips…but not too much of one element. I recommend this book to anyone who likes dystopian or vampire books. I thought vampires had been played out and there couldn’t be anything new in that genre, this book proved me wrong. The action in the book is what drew me into the story. The book was hard to get into in the beginning, but that changed after the first couple of chapters. The chapters are mainly from Lily’s POV. Carter’s chapters added an interesting mix in the book, although I’m not quite sure why his chapters were in the 3rd person and the others were in the 1st person. There are some from Mel’s POV. Those were interesting because she related things in terms of music or sounds. “It sounds like math” was one of the things she said. She was very perceptive and wasn’t given enough credit.
I wasn’t too fond of Lily at times and the way she acted that Mel was her “burden” because they were sisters. I felt that she was sometimes whiny and played the martyr when it came to Mel. She didn’t take her seriously. With all her planning, she still made careless decisions and went into things without thinking of the repercussions first. Yes, she felt that she had to protect Mel, but she put her in danger as much as she protected her. Carter gave me mixed signals – there were times that I wasn’t sure if he was as good a person as he was made out to be.
I thought McKay did a really good job with the characters. I will be interested to see if there are more POVs in The Lair. With some of the characters, my opinions of them kept flipping around. I never knew what was going to happen to people. The Farm did a good job of bringing the character’s emotions to life and making you feel what they feel (like an abductura). This will be series that I will be following.
Lily wasn't your average Green, she had a goal in mind. She wanted to get her and Mel out of the Farm before their 18th birthday. That was when you were released, only nobody knows what happens after that. Since Lily’s and Mel’s birthday is coming up soon, she has to make plans for their escape. The escape is a risky thing because if they were caught, they would face certain death. It would be easy to track them since every “green” on the farm has a chip implanted that can tell their whereabouts. If they weren’t caught and managed to get out of the Farm, they could get ambushed by the Ticks and die. Lily didn’t know what the world was like now and planned the best she could for it.
Lily was getting ready to go ahead with her escape plan when she saw a new Green on the farm. It was someone she knew if the Before, Carter. She was suspicious of him at first. Lily didn’t trust anyone on the farm – Greens, Collabs or the Dean. Why does Carter suddenly show up in the Farm? Will Lily and Mel be able to escape? What is happening to the nation?
This book had it all – vampires, fighting, romance, road trips…but not too much of one element. I recommend this book to anyone who likes dystopian or vampire books. I thought vampires had been played out and there couldn’t be anything new in that genre, this book proved me wrong. The action in the book is what drew me into the story. The book was hard to get into in the beginning, but that changed after the first couple of chapters. The chapters are mainly from Lily’s POV. Carter’s chapters added an interesting mix in the book, although I’m not quite sure why his chapters were in the 3rd person and the others were in the 1st person. There are some from Mel’s POV. Those were interesting because she related things in terms of music or sounds. “It sounds like math” was one of the things she said. She was very perceptive and wasn’t given enough credit.
I wasn’t too fond of Lily at times and the way she acted that Mel was her “burden” because they were sisters. I felt that she was sometimes whiny and played the martyr when it came to Mel. She didn’t take her seriously. With all her planning, she still made careless decisions and went into things without thinking of the repercussions first. Yes, she felt that she had to protect Mel, but she put her in danger as much as she protected her. Carter gave me mixed signals – there were times that I wasn’t sure if he was as good a person as he was made out to be.
I thought McKay did a really good job with the characters. I will be interested to see if there are more POVs in The Lair. With some of the characters, my opinions of them kept flipping around. I never knew what was going to happen to people. The Farm did a good job of bringing the character’s emotions to life and making you feel what they feel (like an abductura). This will be series that I will be following.