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Title: The Scorpion Rules
Author: Erin Bow
Release Date: 22 September 2015
In the future, the UN has brought back an ancient way to keep the peace. The children of world leaders are held hostage—if a war begins, they pay with their lives.
Greta is the Crown Princess of the Pan Polar Confederacy, a superpower formed of modern-day Canada. She is also a Child of Peace, a hostage held by the de facto ruler of the world, the great Artificial Intelligence, Talis. The hostages are Talis’s strategy to keep the peace: if her country enters a war, Greta dies.
The system has worked for centuries. Parents don’t want to see their children murdered.
Greta will be free if she can make it to her eighteenth birthday. Until then she is prepared to die with dignity, if necessary. But everything changes when Elian arrives at the Precepture. He’s a hostage from a new American alliance, and he defies the machines that control every part of their lives—and is severely punished for it.
This one has a very promising premise, and the wonderful Maggie Stiefvater says on GR there’s an ‘amoral artificial intelligence overlord’ that she approves of here. So um, yes please!
Read at Midnight 
I wanted to read this before BUT WAIT DID YOU SAY MAGGIE STIEFVATER BLURBS IT POSITIVELY?? *dies of happiness* She’s my favourite author ever so I want The Scorpion Rules EVEN MORE NOW!!
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She said the villain is one of her favourite character in a while *_* I love a good villain and I love Stiefvater so I have high hopes.
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The cover definitely intrigues you. The Simon and Schuster people at BEA were gushing over it. Great choice.
Grace @ Books of Love
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Awesome. I’m glad to know that the publisher are so excited about it! Thanks!
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What caught my eye for this book was definitely the synopsis. I haven’t encountered a plot that involves the UN or humanitarian affairs. And I dooo have a fascination with politics esp. in YA. Also, Stiefvater approves.
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Right? Politics is all too rare in YA! Hoping that it’ll be handled well here. Thanks for commenting 🙂
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Oh yes, I can hop on board with this one. Definitely want.
Amber @ The Reading Addict
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Seems like September is just teeming with good releases, yay!
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Oooh this one sounds so good!! Such an intriguing premise too 🙂 Nice pick!
Rachel @ A Perfection Called Books
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It sounds great and have been getting good reviews from sources I trust, too 🙂 thanks for commenting Rachel!
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I’ve heard nothing but praise for this book! It looks good!
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Yes! I’m so excited by all the good reviews. September can’t come quick enough!
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Great pick! I am really looking forward to this one too. It sounds so amazing!
Krystianna @ Downright Dystopian
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Thanks for commenting krystianna. I hope we both enjoy it 🙂
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It’s the first time I hear of this one but it looks like it’s my kind of read. Thanks for sharing!
Alma @ A Novel Place
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Thanks for your comment! Does look intriguing doesn’t it? Hope we both enjoy it 🙂
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I hadn’t heard of this book before but it sounds so interesting! I’ll definitely be keeping my eye out for it. Great post!
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Thank you! Hope that it’ll live up to expectation 😀
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If Maggie approves, I approve! I actually hadn’t read the synopsis for this before, but now I’m definitely curious. 🙂 Great pick!
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Wow this is so interesting! Lovely post, sweetie. 🙂
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If Maggie Stiefvater gives it the green light, then I’m DEFINITELY going to pick it up. AND CANADA. So little books are set in Canada >.<
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