Sowing

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Revised June 2019 in response to reviewer concerns They can take your house, your daughter, whatever they want.For Ariliah, life under the militarized Hulcondans is one of order and safety Despite the soldiers ruthless policies, she trusts their judgment They alone provide protection from the enemies lurking beyond the city wall.For her older sister, Rabreah, every glance from a Hulcondan is a threat Though even a whisper against them is treason worthy of death, Rabreah is determined to end their tyranny Joining an underground resistance is her only hope until she realizes she doesn t know the people she s aligned herself with at all Unsure who to trust but unable to back out, she must work alongside the attractive yet infuriating rebel leader who reminds her far too much of the soldiers she hates.But with subversive posters appearing throughout the city and people dying on the blade of an unknown assailant, the sisters world begins to crumble.And as the line between friend and enemy blurs, both girls must face the truth everything is about to change Sowing is a gritty, slow burn spy thriller set in a dystopian world on the brink of war.Perfect for fans of the characterization and political tension in Leigh Bardugo s Six of Crows, Sabaa Tahir s An Ember in the Ashes series, and Pierce Brown s Red Rising saga. This series is meant to be read in order. Free Read Sowing [ author ] Angie Grigaliunas [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr I read this for SFPBO It was chosen to be one of the 10 finalists, and I did not like it There s a gratuitous overuse of violence and rape towards women, among other things Like there was sooooooo much misery for the main character that it became torture to read no pun intended and I just stopped caring I don t have anything against violence Love it I lov...Sowing is one of those books that seems problematic on the surface and then just getsandso the deeper you get into it Most of those issues stem from the fact that it comes across as rape oppression fantasy It seemed to me that the author was trying to write a grimdark YA, but her version of that is framed specifically through the denigration of women and girls If that s not enough, the world was lightly done You can t see any further than what s on the page in front of you, with Sowing is one of those books that seems problematic on the surface and then just getsandso the deeper you get into it Most of those issues stem from the fact that it comes across as rape oppression fantasy It seemed to me that the author was trying to write a grimdark YA, but her version of that is framed specifically through the denigration of women and girls If that s not enough, the world was lightly done You can t see any further than what s on the page in front of you, with the staged suffering of women the centre of it all This is a dystopian society where hierarchy is everything and the threat from Outside allows for all manner of abuses It says a lot about a book when all you can remember from it is sexual violence and all the ways rape is used as a plot point Need a character to hate the cruel city rulers Raped Need a scene to test the met...TW attempted rape sexual assault, physical abuse, psychological abuse I m sorry, but I really did not like this book At all.The story takes place in a world where there are humans and a slave race called the itzalin We don t learn much about them, except they work in the Itzalin Ward and have grey skin and yellow eyes and are humanoid enough to be able to mate with other humans They re mentioned infrequently here and there and they re really the only thing fantastical about the book.We fol TW attempted rape sexual assault, physical abuse, psychological abuse I m sorry, but I really did not like this book At all.The story takes place in a world where there are humans and a slave race called the itzalin We don t learn much about them, except they work in the Itzalin Ward and have grey skin and yellow eyes and are humanoid enough to be able to mate with other humans They re mentioned infrequently here and there and they re really the only thing fantastical about the book.We follow the perspectives of two sisters, Ariliah and Rabreah Ariliah likes the way things are in the town Rabreah doesn t and joins forces with a rebel group We aren t given a real reason as to why they want to rebel The people in charge, the Huldoncans, are implied to be this bad group of people Exceptthey don t do anything No one does anything Apparently, they lower the marriage age every once in a while It s about 14 16, which is really young So that s a ...Disclaimer This book was sent to me by the author, Angie Grigaliunas, for an honest review Opinion The nerd in me is losing its s t right now I don t think you guys understand the painstaking dilemma that is like a raging tsunami building up inside me right now How am I supposed to go on after this There is supposed to be EIGHT books in this series, and I don t even know if I can wait for book TWO I M GOING TO LOSE IT I don t think I can go on sigh The Itzalin are a race of creatures Disclaimer This book was sent to me by the author, Angie Grigaliunas, for an honest review Opinion The nerd in me...Welp These are always difficult It can be challenging to review a book that you dislike, but I m going to give it a good try.The Sowing is told in the first person from the point of view of two sisters, Ariliah and Rabreah They are a part of the poorest class of people in a city that s split into two main peoples the Hulcondans, and the uh the not Hulcondans The Hulcondans being a group of soldiers who are the ruling class of the city The people t...This is one of the SPFBO finalists I picked this up to read and was a little unsure what I would get as the cover looks almost like a cult horror, and there were certainly elements of a cult mentality throughout this I wouldn t say this is predominantly fantasy, although it is an alternate world, there is little magic in this and it s just in the form of a beaten down slave race who are outside the limits of the city where the main focus of the story is set This is a dark book, with a LOT o This is one of the SPFBO finalists I picked this up to read and was a little unsure what I would get a...I wasn t sure what to expect going into this one since it was labelled a YA novel, but what I got was something that was muchadult than YA, in my personal opinion There are a lot of very dark topics and a rape scene that didn t settle well with me, it felt muchlike an adult grim dark than a YA novel It was oddly juxtaposed with an aversion to cursing, with the characters being told to watch their language which bothered me a bit This is a world where the people are ex...I ve not read this book yet, but it is one of ten finalists in the Self Published Fantasy Blog Off SPFBO , selected from 300 entries So it must be good Find outabout the contest hereThis review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here Reviewed as part of SPFBO 4, originally posted at Thoughts Stained With Ink Spoilers do abound in this review Also, trigger warning rape and abuse are discussed Sowing, by Angie Grigaliunas, is the latest finalist for the SPFBO I ve read and, though I wish I could report differently, unfortunately, I think I was the wrong kind of reader for this book, as I ended up not enjoying it, for reasons I ll detail below.Sowing is a story about two sisters in a dystopian society the younger, Ariliah Reviewed as part of SPFBO 4, originally posted at Thoughts Stained With Ink Spoilers do abound in this review Also, trigger warning rape and abuse are discussed Sowing, by Angie Grigaliunas, is the latest finalist for the SPFBO I ve read and, though I wish I could report differently, unfortunately, I think I was the wrong kind of reader for this book, as I ended up not enjoying it, for reasons I ll detail below.Sowing is a story about two sisters in a dystopian society the younger, Ariliah, who is just trying to survive the day t...I was provided an advanced reader copy for review I got this as an ARC Advanced Reading Copy Angie is truly a talented author, and her creative world building talents are shown in the first instalment of her fantasy series Sowing A dystopian society told in the POV s of two sisters of widely differing backgrounds, it highlights the cruelty of the world, while at the same time making you want to knowI spent the book wondering what the outside world must be like, because it was very i I was provided an advanced reader copy for review I got this as an ARC Advanced Reading Copy Angie is truly a talented author, and her creative world building talents are shown in the first instalment of her fantasy series Sowing A dystopian society told in the POV s of two sisters of widely differing backgrounds, it highlights the cruelty of the world, while at the same time making you want to knowI spent the book wondering what the outside world must be like, because it was very interesting and drew me in Limited third person narrative is difficult to do right, and the aut...

Sowing
  • English
  • 07 June 2017
  • Kindle Edition
  • 386 pages
  • Angie Grigaliunas
  • Sowing