The Stranded (The Stranded, 1)

Reviews

Ellie Mai

Overall this is a really brilliant dystopian story and a great first part of this duology. So when I saw The Write Reads doing this tour, I signed up straight away because it was the perfect excuse to get back into the genre. Esther and her older sister May have worked hard to get the chance of a new life on land, Esther as a training medic and May as a cadet in the military, and Esther’s looking forward to graduating from her training, but things don’t go according to plan, especially after rebels drop illegal leaflets and Esther finds herself soon entangled in their plot.

Michelle Ann Nangle

The Stranded, told in multi POV is set aboard the Arcadia, a cruise liner that for years has hosted people after the outbreak of a deadly virus. Wow, what an amazing and gripping dystopian story! I want to say a huge thank you to you Sarah for sending me an ARC copy.

Strawberry

I love a good dystopian story and wow is this one so different and interesting. I’m also a big fan of multiple povs and I LOVE that we get to see this world from so many eyes around the ship.

I could really feel that these people are fighting for their lives and a better future, that’s how consumed I was by this book. It was also an honour to interview you on Instagram and learn about your journey. The author has done a great job at painting the lives of the different groups of people aboard the Arcadia cruise ship that has been stranded at sea for 40 years after a deadly virus was released.

I don’t want to spoil the story by giving too much away as you slowly learn everything as you read, but after a huge disaster in Europe led to many people boarding cruise ships to get away from a deadly virus there, sailing away across the atlantic ocean, the Arcadia is now one of several ships stationed on the edge of the Federated States. Overall a book I would recommend and I look forward to the next in the series.