Melissa Gowdy Baldwin
Auteur de The Marriage Wars: Book One
Œuvres de Melissa Gowdy Baldwin
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Stars: 5 of 5
Author: Melissa Gowdy Baldwin @melissagowdybaldwin
Publisher: Atmosphere Press @atmoshpherepress
A dystopian book set in the future. The story takes place after a world wide pandemic and decimated the world’s population and the government now known as The Nation has taken over. It was found after the pandemic occured that many of the vaccinations that were given have led to reproductive issues in the surviving population. The new Nation government now has rules on who can marry who. Men and women can marry just as women and women can marry but men and men can not marry. This Is all about repopulating with specific reproductive and genetic rules for the future survival. The Nation has come up with certain rules just at he 10 Edicts (rules) for marriage 8 of 10 must be met before a couple can marry. The Nation has also implemented a tier system which segregrates its citizens by class.
Olivia the main protagonist grew up on a compound outside of the nation where there were no such rules in place. Olivia and her fiance, Ethen then decide to better themselves and move into The Nation. Unfortunately, for Ethen and Olivia they do not meet 8/10 Edicks and are not approved for marriage. They get separated and eventually lose track of each other. Olivia goes onto Nursing School. She eventually meets Thomas as they meet 10/10 Edicks. Thomas is in tier 4 and because of his status Olivia becomes a tier 4 person as does her mother and sister,
After 10 years of marriage a spouse is allowed a “challenge pass” at The Nation Center. This pass which is three days allows the person to pick a male of female of choice from a catalog.
At Olivia’s second night at The Nation Center chaos erupts and it appears that Olivia’s life is forever changed.
The author also uses flashback of Olivia’s life which enables the reader to understand the reason Olivia is the way she is.
There are so many twist and turns in this story and that makes it well worth the read. This book is wonderfully written. I have a tendency to read and listen to a book depending on what I am doing. I do have to admit that when I got to chapter 17 that I had to stop the audio version and just sit and read the rest of the book. I love the description of the places from Sacramento used in this book and I felt at times I was right there with the characters since I live in the Sacramento area. I recently met Melissa Gowdy Baldwin and when talking with her she mentioned sitting at the bar at the KlimponSawyer Hotel and writing. As read the book I could just imagine this as the KlimptonSawyer the Golden 1 Center are The Nation Center in the book. The novel does touch on many issues that are just as reverent today as in the future. The book embraces marriage, loves, family, sacrifices, loyalty and much more of what women go through throughout their lives. At the end of the book Olivia finds her voice and who she it. I am excited to see what happens to Olivia in the next book.
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