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  • The Cure

  • A Young Adult Dystopian Novel (The Cure Chronicles, Book 1)
  • By: K. A. Riley
  • Narrated by: Yu-Li Alice Shen
  • Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (214 ratings)

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The Cure

By: K. A. Riley
Narrated by: Yu-Li Alice Shen
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Before the Blight, becoming an adult was something teenagers looked forward to. But now, turning 18 means certain death.

Unless you prove yourself worthy of the Cure.

On her 17th birthday, Ashen Spencer is blindfolded and escorted to the massive, mysterious building known as the Arc to begin her year of training and testing in hopes that she can earn the Cure - a powerful drug given only to those deemed worthy to survive beyond their 18th birthday. Ashen has a chance to rise up from her former life of squalor and be granted a place in society, if the Panel - the mysterious group of powerful men and women in charge of the Arc - deems her year a success.

She's assigned to live for twelve months with a wealthy family whose son is the most alluring young man she's ever met. At first, Ashen is grateful for the opportunity to earn her place in a society she's always dreamed of inhabiting. But as time passes and she begins to learn the truth about the people she admires so much and the home she left behind, she realizes she has a choice:

Be part of the disease.... Or be part of the Cure.
For fans of The Hunger Games, Divergent, and The Selection.

©2021 K. A. Riley (P)2021 K. A. Riley
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Good YA Dystopian Novel

The premise for The Cure is interesting. It's very relevant to things happening in real life as far as intentionally releasing a biological weapon and one ramification of it. The underlying motivation of greed is believable. The story was read a bit choppy and could have been performed more fluidly. Worth the read.

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The start of a great series

I had to finish the series after getting this book. The story was great and the performance was too.

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Hunger games without the hunger.

Not bad but not great. Performance was well done. She carried the book. Probably won’t be getting book two. This would be a great book for audible library but not worth the credit in my opinion

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it is exactly like divergent and hunger games. but it falls really close the alarm with divergent. I wish the author was a little bit more creative in their own writing instead of taking the large literary structures of these other two book series and creating this one.

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Slow start but page turner at the end

I liked it. Some parts were too wordy. But the wordiness was give clues or hints to future events

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K.A. Riley is on of my new favorites

Great story can’t wait to find out what happens in the next book! The narrator did a great a job reading too!

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Exactly what you’re expecting…

…and it’s still doesn’t disappoint. It’s one of those stories that you expect to be made into a movie with a heroin and a love interest and horrible secret reveal.

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minor similarities to dystopian novels of the past, with it's very own, very unique storyline & events. very creative.

I don't feel it needs a review, this author did well at trying to help the reader be able to visualize the story. I very much enjoyed it, more than anything dystopian I've read since The Hunger Games, Divergent, & Made Runner series or things like Lord of the Flies, & Red Dawn.

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So bad it’s good

I’m crying, this is so bad is so good. I’m actually at a loss of words because I have so much to say I……I’m definitely reading the rest of this series, this is entertainment at its finest, people!!

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A new dystopian read

It was like listening to 1984 and the Hunger Games mixed ; a great dystopian read.

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