The Gender Game (The Gender Game, #1)

Posted on 23 February 2018 by Bella Forrest

For fans of The Hunger Games and Divergent comes a story like no other A toxic river divides nineteen year old Violet Bates s world by gender Women rule the East Men rule the West Welcome to the lands of Matrus and Patrus Ever since the disappearance of her beloved younger brother, Violet s life has been consumed by an anger she struggles to control Already a prisoner to her own nation, now she has been sentenced to death for her crimes But one decision could save her life To enter the kingdom of Patrus, where men rule and women submit Everything about the patriarchy is dangerous for a rebellious girl like Violet She cannot break the rules if she wishes to stay alive But abiding by rules has never been Violet s strong suit.When she s thrust into danger than she could have ever predicted, Violet is forced to sacrifice many things in the forbidden kingdom including forbidden love In a world divided by gender, only the strongest survive Free Read The Gender Game (The Gender Game, #1) Author Bella Forrest For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr The Gender Game is book one in a brand new series by Bella Forrest This book was generously provided to me in exchange for an honest review by NetGalley, NightLight Press, and by Bella Forrest I have to give so much credit to Bella Forrest for such a big change from her Shade of Vampire series I would classify this book as Dystopian I loved the wo...It isn t that this book is terrible oh wait, yes it is The Gender Game puts us into a dystopian world where two cities are divided by gender and a toxic river In Patrus it s the males who rule the city, with females having about as many rights as dogs, whereas in Matrus the females are in charge and weed out any males who they think show undesirable traits and send them to work in the mines.The story focuses on Violet, a juvenile delinquent who ends up in a detention centre in the Matrus It isn t that this book is terrible oh wait, yes it is The Gender Game puts us into a dystopian world where two cities are divided by gender and a toxic river In Patrus it s the males who rule the city, with females having about as many rights as dogs, whereas in Matrus the females are in charge and weed out any males who they think show undesirable traits and send them to work in the mines.The story focuses...matrus and patrus i am in awe at these names how astonishingly witty and original another thing that s astonishingly witty and original battle of the sexes because wow because i ve never heard that before cutting fucking edge stuff right here guys anyways when are cisgender people going to stop pulling this shit i guess trans people don t exist or non binary people or intersex people you know what, i d read a book about a dystopia like this if there WERE TRANS PEOPLE IN IT because co matrus and patrus i am in awe at these names how astonishingly witty and original another thing that s astonishingly witty and original battle of the sexes because wow because i ve never heard that before cutting fucking edge stuff right her...Source I received a digital copy of this book for free on a read to review basis Thanks to NightLight Press and NetGalleyOnce you reach the other side of the river, trust no one, Violet Do you understand meThis was a YA dystopian story, in which different genders ruled in different cities.Violet was quite unfortunate in this story that she kept finding her way into trouble At points it even seemed like she was doing it on purpose as she had very little regard for rules and regulati Source I received a digital copy of this book for free on a read to review basis Thanks to NightLight Press and NetGalleyOnce you reach the other side of the river, trust no one, Violet Do you understand meThis was a YA dystopian story, in which different genders r...I found myself mentally digging deep into Bella Forrest s The Gender Game for possibly some unintended symbolism or deep meanings Two societies exist, separated by a toxic river Not only are their ideologies different, but the battle of the sexes has taken a very ugly turn as one side of the river is dominated by women and the other by men The men of Matrus are powerless, pieces of property, much as women have been seen as for centuries past, while the women of Patrus are also the lowest form I found myself mentally digging deep into Bella Forrest s The Gender Game for possibly some unintended symbolism or deep meanings Two societies exist, separated by a toxic river Not only are their ideologies different, but the battle of the sexes has taken a very ugly turn as one side of the river is dominated by women and the other by...ARC received from Netgalley, in exchange for an honest review 2.5 starsWhen I saw the blurb, I immediately wanted this book Then I saw the author and knew I just had to have it But sadly I m left underwhelmed and confused The biggest letdown was the romance because What romance There was 1 kiss and what I would call a barely there friendship The whole book leads up to this big climax and the climax just ended up being a big ball of confusion Who did what and why Then there were burst ARC received from Netgal...DNF at 25%I was sent this book by the publisher on Netgalley in exchange for a honest review.Sadly, I can t bring myself to finish this book as of right now I can t say that this book is really bad, but I also didn t enjoy anything about it I found the writing extremely flat The narrative was full of pointless information and tiny details that only bored me, and it was a info dump nightmare Even the new characters were introduced in a very info dumpy and totally not realistic way Like, she DNF at 25%I was sent this book by the publisher on Netgalley in exchange for a honest review.Sadly, I can t bring myself to finish this book as of right now I can t say that this book is really bad, but I also didn t enjoy anything about it I found the writing extremely flat The narrative was full of pointless information and tiny details that only bored me, and it was a info dump night...WOW Being familiar with Bella s writing, I was thrilled that she was starting a new series I dove in expecting the same type of story as I ve become accustomed to with her Shade series which I adore , but this was VERY different in a VERY good way The Gender Game drew me in and kept me enthralled from beginning to end Although Bella tackled a completely different genre and theme in this book, her telltale descriptive writing and personable characters were still presentas were the most WOW Being familiar with Bella s writing, I was thrilled that she was starting a new series I dove in expecting the same type of story as I ve become accustomed to with her Shade series which I adore , but this was VERY different in a VERY good way The Gender Game drew me in and kept me enthralled from beginning to end Although Bella tackled a completely different genre and theme in this book, her telltale descriptive writing and personable characters were still presentas were the most j...I have to stop buying 1 Young Adult Kindle Reads and expecting them to be well written and well plotted Played myself.3.5 starsThis is a hard one to review I liked the main character but the world drove me mad It s not bad world building it s just that the world is so wrong that it makes you want to scream Imagine a world ruled by feminazis on steroids With men totally subjugated, told what to do, what to work and tested for violence at a young age and then if the show any sort of spine are view spoiler carted off to a mine according to the government when most likely the poor boys are just killed h 3.5 starsThis is a hard one to review I liked the main character but the world drove me mad It s not bad world buildin...

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23 February 2018

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