The Survivors Hot

The Survivors
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Age Range
14+
Release Date
March 31, 2011
ISBN
0983319022
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In 1692, when witch trials gripped the community of Salem, Massachusetts, twenty-six children were accused as witches, exiled, and left for dead. Fourteen of them survived.

The Survivors is the first installment of the tantalizing tales of the fourteen ill-fated Survivors and their descendants, who have been content in hiding for over three centuries. Isolated on a Montana mountainside, only Sadie, the rogue daughter, dares to abandon the family's sacred hiding place. But no matter how far Sadie runs, something always pulls her back.

On a muggy summer night in Tennessee, she witnesses a shocking scene that will change her life forever. It is the first in a sequence of events that will drag her from the human world she's sought to belong to for over a century and send her back to her Puritanical family and into an uncertain future filled with cunning witches, mysterious nosferatu shape-shifters, dangerous eretica and vieczy vampires, millennia-old mythology, and the search for her own mortality. After all...

HOW DO YOU KILL A SURVIVOR?

The Survivors will steal your heart and invade your mind. Fall into the pages of Sadie's life, a world so frighteningly similar to your own, you'll find yourself wanting to go to the Montana mountains to find the Survivors for yourself.

And it is only the beginning.

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Erica , 2010 Teen Reviewer Reviewed by Erica , 2010 Teen Reviewer    August 12, 2011
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A Brilliant New Series

The Survivors is a spectacular debut from Amanda Havard. Despite it's slower start, the book makes a full turn around and had me absolutely falling in love. This is a must read.

I really enjoyed this book. The plot was quite cool. The first 30 or so pages were slower, and after that it picked up and I barely put it down until the last page. I loved the path Sadie took, and found myself unable to guess exactly what would happen next or where it would go.

I really enjoyed the characters in The Survivors. Particularly Cole and Ginny - they were my 2 favorites. Sadie was a great narrator, I really enjoyed her voice and thought she was a great character. Sadie goes between 2 guys, and sorry other guy, but I am 100% Team Cole!

I really enjoyed the originality and variety of paranormals in the book. The survivors was just such a unique idea, and I really enjoyed that freshness. As the book went along, readers and Sadie cross paths with other paranormal creatures, and they were all more along the lines of creatures off the beaten track of paranormals.

The ending was absolutely epic. The build up to it has me on the edge of my seat. I think it's safe to say that I am very excited for book 2. I am really curious to see where Havard will take the story after where it was left off.

I absolutely loved this book. I am now beginning my impatient countdown until book 2 is released next year. It is a stunning debut that will be sure to captivate readers. It's a book you will be quite sorry to miss.

Good Points
I loved the originality to the plot. I loved the characters and the quick pace to the plot!
Bad Points
Towards the end, some of the decisions got a bit "much"
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Geraldine Reviewed by Geraldine    November 04, 2011
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AMAZING book!!!

I truly reccomend. It will keep you wanting more. Though at first it may be slow because your really not sure whats going on but it gets so much better.

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Incredibly interesting, a very entertaining book. I loved it especially the characters in this series.
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Erica Reviewed by Erica    September 01, 2011
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LOVED this book!

The characters were very dynamic and relatable. The premise was unique and the use of history and mythology to build the world within the book are extremely interesting! A little slow to start, but once you get all the major "figuring it all out" stuff out of the way it's super addictive. Once you get hooked, it's really hard to put down... definitely can't wait for the rest of the series!

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