Thursday, October 10, 2013

Sunset Rising








Book cover and blurb
Title: Sunset Rising
Author: S.M. McEachern
Genre: YA Dystopian

February 2024: Desperate to find refuge from the nuclear storm, a group of civilians discover a secret government bio-dome. Greeted by a hail of bullets and told to turn back, the frantic refugees stand their ground and are grudgingly permitted entry. But the price of admission is high.

283 years later… Sunny O'Donnell is a seventeen-year-old slave who has never seen the sun. She was born in the Pit, a subterranean extension of the bio-dome. Though life had never been easy, lately it had become a nightmare. Her mom was killed in the annual Cull, and her dad thought it was a good time to give up on life. Reyes Crowe, her long-time boyfriend, was pressuring her to get married, even though it would mean abandoning her father.

She didn't think things could get any worse until she was forced upstairs to the Dome to be a servant-girl at a bachelor party. That's where she met Leisel Holt, the president's daughter, and her fiancé, Jack Kenner.
Now Sunny is wanted for treason. If they catch her, she'll be executed.  

She thought Leisel's betrayal was the end. But it was just the beginning. 

Sunset Rising is Book One of a series. 



Meet the Author 

S.M. McEachern (also known as Susan) has an honors degree in International Development.  As an author, Susan combined her political background with her love of action and romance to create her debut novel Sunset Rising.  The first book of a trilogy, Susan is currently working on the second book and drafting the third.  What does she like best about being an author?  Hearing from her readers! 

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Review

S.M. McEachern's book Sunset Rising to me was at first a mix between Hunger Games, and City of Ember. Which are both great book in my opinion. In chapter one you meet Sunny O'Donnell, a girl who, at seventeen years old, is in the middle of her life. Sunny is a loyal friend which is hard to come by in the Pit. She stood up for her best friend in a life threatening situation and it cost her every thing she had.

This book makes me think of how quickly life can slip past you, and I hope that some day in the future I can be as good a friend as Sunny. McEachern is an astounding author and I can’t wait to read the next book in the series.





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