Spread the Awesome 10 Star Review and Giveaway: Incarceron by Catherine Fisher

My awesomesauce friend, Elana Johnson, had the best idea last month. 60 authors + 60 ten-star books + 60 blog posts about said books (with a few giveaways thrown in) = the Spread the Awesome blogosphere deluge!

If ever you wonder what you should read or what incredible new YA books are on the market this year, this is the best place to find just what you’re looking for. And not only that, some of us are giving copies of these fantastic books away.  Including me.

The catch? You have to read the blogs to find out who is giving what away, and who loves, loves, loves which books. Not that we don’t all love several of the books on this list. These were some seriously tough choices.  Speaking of choices, here’s mine:

INCARCERON

By Catherine Fisher

Imagine a living prison so vast that it contains corridors and forests, cities and seas. Imagine a prisoner with no memory, who is sure he came from Outside, even though the prison has been sealed for centuries and only one man, half real, half legend, has ever escaped.

Imagine a girl in a manor house in a society where time has been forbidden, where everyone is held in a seventeenth century world run by computers, doomed to an arranged marriage that appalls her, tangled in an assassination plot she both dreads and desires.

One inside, one outside.

But both imprisoned.
Imagine a war that has hollowed the moon, seven skullrings that contain souls, a flying ship and a wall at the world's end.

Imagine the unimaginable.

Imagine Incarceron.

Doesn’t the very description just give you chills? And that’s not even the jacket copy. The whole book is beautifully written with an elegant style that is rare in fantasy and dystopian YA novels. And like such rare and engrossing novels, Incarceron ends on a cliff hanger that makes you want to scream “NOOOOOOO!” That is, until the next book in the series is released. Want to know more? Of course you do.

Here’s the real jacket copy:



Incarceron is a prison so vast that it contains not only cells, but also metal forests, dilapidated cities, and vast wilderness. Finn, a seventeen-year-old prisoner, has no memory of his childhood and is sure that he came from Outside Incarceron. Very few prisoners believe that there is an Outside, however, which makes escape seems impossible.
 


And then Finn finds a crystal key that allows him to communicate with a girl named Claudia. She claims to live Outside- she is the daughter of the Warden of Incarceron, and doomed to an arranged marriage. Finn is determined to escape the prison, and Claudia believes she can help him. But they don't realize that there is more to Incarceron than meets the eye. Escape will take their greatest courage and cost more than they know.

I give this book ten stars—even though I don’t really rate books by stars. But I definitely recommend it. This story is worth the read.  But, you say, where can I find a copy? Well, if you don’t want to run out to your local bookstore, or order it online, you can enter my contest. That’s right, I’m giving away my copy of Incarceron (as soon as I can wrestle it away from my son). All you have to do is follow my blog, and leave a comment.

Yep, that’s all. But I suppose if you feel inclined to tweet or Facebook this contest, I’d likewise give you an extra entry for each. Just make sure you leave me a link. You have until midnight, May 8th. I'll announce the winner on Monday, May 10th.

Do you have a favorite ten-star book? I want to know what it is! Please share.

Next blog on the list: Beth Revis reviews Love That Dog by Sharron Creech. Check out her review and find out if she’s giving away a copy of Love That Dog.

You can find the full list of ten-star reviews on Elana Johnson’s recommended reads page. 

**I do not know this author, nor was I given a free copy of this book to review, so my ten-star rating of this title cannot possibly be skewed.