To Best the Boys

The task is simple don a disguise Survive the Labyrinth Best the boys.In a thrilling new fantasy from the bestselling author of the Storm Siren Trilogy, one girl makes a stand against society and enters a world made exclusively for boys.Every year for the past fifty four years, the residents of Pinsbury Port have received a mysterious letter inviting all eligible aged boys to compete for an esteemed scholarship to the all male Stemwick University The poorer residents look to see if their names are on the list The wealthier look to see how likely their sons are to survive And Rhen Tellur opens it to see if she can derive which substances the ink and parchment are created from, using her father s microscope.In the province of Caldon, where women train in wifely duties and men pursue collegiate education, sixteen year old Rhen Tellur wants nothingthan to become a scientist As the poor of her seaside town fall prey to a deadly disease, she and her father work desperately to find a cure But when her mum succumbs to it as well Rhen decides to take the future into her own hands through the annual all male scholarship competition.With her cousin, Seleni, by her side, the girls don disguises and enter Mr Holm s labyrinth, to best the boys and claim the scholarship prize Except not everyone is ready for a girl who doesn t know her place And not everyone survives the deadly maze.Welcome to the Labyrinth. New Download [ To Best the Boys ] Author [ Mary Weber ] – kino-fada.fr I clicked Read on my Goodreads bar and it promptly nudged me to 1 rate my own book, and 2 answer the question, What did you think Well to the first part I won t rate it other than to sayyou know, my mom and I kind of like it.To the second What I think is that I wrote To Best the Boys for the girl I ve been and still often am I wrote it for the daughters I have who ve lived so much of this book, and for my sister who recently returned to school and earned a bio chem degree I w I clicked Read on my Goodreads bar and it promptly nudged me to 1 rate my own book, and 2 answer the question, What did you think Well to the first part I won t rate it other than to sayyou know, my mom and I kind of like it.To the second What I think is that I wrote To Best the Boys for the girl I ve been and still often am I wrote it for the daughters I have who ve lived so much of this book, and for my sister who recently returned to school and earned a bio chem degree I wrote it for our mom who s struggled with dyslexia h...I swear trying to keep up with all these 2019 releases is basically like having a second job But this sounds so insanely good girl scientists refusing to fit the small space the world leaves for them and competing for an esteemed scholarship against the boys WHERE DO I SIGN UPMarch Fairyloot Book Of The Month Click on link below the picture to see the wonderful goodies THE GOODIESThank you to Thomas Nelson for a hardback of this book Partial quote from the author For the girl who s been told to quiet down, calm down, sit down, or just leave it to the men this is for you And to those who told you such things Watch Us Rise I feel like this will be an inspiration to young girls The book will show them they don t need a man to make it in life and to think for t March Fairyloot Book Of The Month Click on link below the picture to see the wonderful goodies THE GOODIESThank you to Thomas Nelson for a hardback of this book Partial quote from the author For the girl who s been told to quiet down, calm down, sit down, or just leave it to the men this is for you And to those who told you such things Watch Us Rise I feel like this will be an inspiration to young girls The book will show them they don t need a man to make it in life and to think for themselves Rhen wants to be a scientist and she creeps around the town collecting things to try to find a cure for a disease that is killing people Some of her loved ones have the disease Rhen and her father both want to find a cure Meanwhile, Rhen and her cousin Seleni enter a maze that is supposedly for only...hm there is a solid foundation present within this story, with really creative ideas, but it isnt developed as well as it could be in other words, this isnt bad but it could be better strong feminist vibes and women empowerment are very present themes in the story, but its a little too overpowering every word and action by rhen is basically to prove men wrong i get it, i think it will inspire the target audience of this story, but it was just a bit much for me and took too much attention aw hm there is a solid foundation present within this story, with really creative ideas, but it isnt developed as well as it could be in other words, this isnt bad but it could be better strong feminist vibes and women empowerment are very present themes in the story, but its a little too overpowering every word and action by rhen is basically to prove men wrong i get it, i think it will inspire the target audience of this story, but it was just a bit much for me and took too much attention away from the plot there is a really unique urban fantasy atmosphere filled with ghouls and sirens, but the w...If you thought getting into university was stressful, w o a h, take a step back and read this book This is basically a maze competition where the winner gets a scholarship and PTSD Kind And I really enjoyed myself with this one The author is so lovely on instagram and has reached out and said kind things to me during my debut year writing is hard, folks so I was super excited to read my first book from her It definitely didn t disappoint it s a very apt discussion of today s world tooL If you thought getting into university was stressful, w o a h, take a step back and read this book This is basically a maze competition where the winner gets a scholarship and PTSD Kind And I really enjoyed myself with this one The author is so lovely on instagram and has reached out and said kind things to me during my debut year writing is hard, folks so I was super excited to read my first book from her It definitely didn t disappoint it s a very apt discussion of today s world tooLike coming from an angle where they live in a world of magic and ballgowns and ghouls The society in this book has a very early 1900s vibe and it was all Males Rule and females can go have babies or whatever I u...Blog Facebook Twitter Instagram Pinterest I love Mary Weber as much as her food recipes she shares with us every single month I don t usually decide whether to read a certain book by its cover, but this cover made me want to find outabout it When I read the synopsis, I had to read it, as it captures women fighting for their rights in a young adult format, and it simply was something I couldn t miss I will be honest with you and say that this book didn t deliver Maybe it was my Blog Facebook Twitter Instagram Pinterest I love Mary Weber as much as her food recipes she shares with us every single month I don t usually decide whether to read a certain book by its cover, but this cover made me want to find outabout it When I read the synopsis, I had to read it, as it captures women fighting for their rights in a young adult format, and it simply was something I couldn t miss I will be honest with you and say that this book didn t deliver Maybe it was my expectations, after all, that got me too excited for my own good. Let s start with Rhen She is a girl that loves science, and her father has taught her everything he knows They are poor family and don t have all the equipment in the...I NEED THIS NOW.To Best the Boys by Mary Weber is a young adult fantasy that I couldn t help but think was a bit like taking The Handmaid s Tale and mixing with The Hunger Games This is a lighter read than either mentioned but it does take place in a male dominated society which runs an annual competition.Rhen Tellur is unlike other girls her own age who only train to run a household and please a husband Rhen instead is out surveying corpses and trying to come up with a cure to her mother s disease working al To Best the Boys by Mary Weber is a young adult fantasy that I couldn t help but think was a bit like taking The Handmaid s Tale and mixing with The Hunger Games This is a lighter read than either mentioned but it does take place in a male dominated society which runs an annual competition.Rhen Tellur is unlike other girls her own age who only train to run a household and please a husband Rhen instead is out surveying corpses and trying to come up with a cure to her mother s disease working alongside her father in his laboratory wanting nothingthan to become a scientist herself.Every year the citizens receive an invitation for all teenage boys to come compete to win a scholarship to the all male university The labyrinth is by no means easy to complete and not all entering will make it out but Rhen decides that she needs to do whatever she can to change her own future and win that scholarship so dressin...Kind of was expecting a cliffhanger because, well, this is Mary Weber after all I guess this was a standalone, which is somewhat disappointing because I would have loved to have spenttime in this world.Rhen, Seleni, Lute, Beryll, Sam and Eric 3 3 3 3 I loved these crazy kidsthan I can say.And I am so appreciative of this portrayal of strong females They don t all have to kick bums or sass every nearby males They can take care of their family and have different drea Kind of was expecting a cliffhanger because, well, this is Mary Weber after all I guess this was a standalone, which is somewhat disappointing because I would have loved to have spenttime in this world.Rhen, Seleni, Lute, Beryll, Sam and Eric 3 3 3 3 I loved these crazy kidsthan I can say.And I am so appreciative of this portrayal of strong females They don t all have to kick bums or sass every nearby males They can take care of their family and have different dreams Whether...Well then.I didn t hate it, but that s the most glowing praise you ll get out of me Two stars feels slightly harsh, but three stars feels too generousscratches head Times like these make me wish Goodreads had half stars, but c est la vie.L I K ES The cover The way the letters loop around the maze and the gorgeous greenery everywhere Yeah I m digging that cover A YA BOOK WITH SUPPORTIVE PARENTS Ladies and gentleman, you heard that correctly This is indeed a rare specimen It s n Well then.I didn t hate it, but that s the most glowing praise you ll get out of me Two stars feels slightly harsh, but three stars feels too generousscratches head Times like these make me wish Goodreads had half stars, but c est la vie.L I K ES The cover The way the letters loop around the maze and the gorgeous greenery everywhere Yeah I m digging that cover A YA BOOK WITH SUPPORTIVE PARENTS Ladies and gentleman, you heard that correctly This is indeed a rare specimen It s not often I read YA books with parents, much less supportive and loving ones with whom the protagonist shares a close relationship This was one of my favorite parts of the book Rhen s ... I received a complimentary copy of this book from Thomas Nelson through NetGalley Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.Got to say that I m pleasantly surprised by this book It was quite good actually and I really liked the heroine, Rhen and the whole concept of the story When I first read the blurb my first though was that the story was going to be something similar to The Hunger Games and there was some resemblance to it, with the game and the oppression, but not as much a I received a complimentary copy of this book from Thomas Nelson through NetGalley Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.Got to say that I m pleasantly surprised by this book It was quite good actually and I really liked the heroine, Rhen and the whole concept of the story When I first read the blurb my first though was that the story was going to be something similar to The Hunger Games and there was some resemblance to it, with the game and the oppression, but not as much as I t...This was okay but it didn t blow me away the way I expected it to My first big disappointment of 2019.I did enjoy the characters of Rhen, her Da, Seleni and Lute And I did the hate the characters I was supposed to, but it just didn t pack a knockout blow.It reminded me slightly of Caraval, actually a LOT of Caraval It just seemed to have a slight feminist twist on it I did also enjoy the romance, but it was just so obvious that it didn t overly affect me either way.This was good, but with a This was okay but it didn t blow me away the way I expected it to My first big disappointment of 2019.I did enjoy the characters of Rhen, her Da, Seleni and Lute And I did the hate the characters I was supposed to, but it just didn t pack a knockout blow.It reminded me slightly of Caraval, actually a LOT of Caraval It just seemed to have a slight feminist twist on it I did also enjoy the romance, but it was just so obvious that...WOWWWWWW WHAT mindblown Review the blog I read To Best the Boys in pretty much one sitting and absolutely loved it It s about a girl who enters a maze and competes against boys to receive a scholarship to the all male Stemwick University doesn t that give you the Hunger Games vibes It certainly did for me, at least for the first one third of the book it s even in present tense And then it kind of steered off into its own thing, which I loved I wasn t quite expecting the maze to be WOWWWWWW WHAT mindblown Review the blog I read To Best the Boys in pretty much one sitting and absolutely loved it It s about a girl who enters a maze and competes against boys to receive a scholarship to the all male Stemwick University doesn t that give you the Hunger Games vibes It certainly did for me, at least for the first one third of the book it s even in present tense And then it kind of steered off into its own thing, which I loved I wasn t quite expecting the maze to be what it was I was expectingof a Hunger Games arena type of thing but it was cool anyway, and I liked all the mental intuition that it required vs physical strength.A for the gorgeous writing that is laced with sarcasm very similar to my own seriously, people when I say TBTB is right up my alley, it is right up to the sarcasm The characters were all so complex and unique I think Rhen was my favorite for her determination and courage, but Seleni was a close c...

• English
• 24 June 2017
Mary Weber
• Hardcover
• 314 pages
• 0718080963
• Mary Weber
• To Best the Boys