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Shattered
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Expected 6 May 25A fractured world. A hidden past. A future she never expected.
It’s 2134, and fourteen-year-old Tessa Wright’s quiet life in the Wilds has been shattered.
After the sudden death of her family, Tessa is forced to leave everything she knows and move to Bannock, a gleaming new urban center where the government promises safety, order, and genetic advancement.
But public school is a shock. Her weekly Remote Thought Intervention therapy sessions are mysterious. And the students known as Elites are too perfect to be real.
Her new anchor is Isaiah, a funny, caring boy who offers comfort in the chaos.
But her biggest question? Why is Elite golden boy Zeke watching her like he knows something she doesn’t?
When fragmented memories begin to surface—memories Tessa doesn’t recognize—she starts to suspect that her family’s deaths weren’t an accident . . . and that the truth about her past is more dangerous than she ever imagined.
In a world where nothing is as it seems, discovering the truth could cost her everything.
After Shattered , watch for the Merged and Forged , the next two books in the Forged series.
It’s 2134, and fourteen-year-old Tessa Wright’s quiet life in the Wilds has been shattered.
After the sudden death of her family, Tessa is forced to leave everything she knows and move to Bannock, a gleaming new urban center where the government promises safety, order, and genetic advancement.
But public school is a shock. Her weekly Remote Thought Intervention therapy sessions are mysterious. And the students known as Elites are too perfect to be real.
Her new anchor is Isaiah, a funny, caring boy who offers comfort in the chaos.
But her biggest question? Why is Elite golden boy Zeke watching her like he knows something she doesn’t?
When fragmented memories begin to surface—memories Tessa doesn’t recognize—she starts to suspect that her family’s deaths weren’t an accident . . . and that the truth about her past is more dangerous than she ever imagined.
In a world where nothing is as it seems, discovering the truth could cost her everything.
After Shattered , watch for the Merged and Forged , the next two books in the Forged series.
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April 7, 2025
this is my review, my opinion, my pov👻
P.S. Mild spoilers maybe� just in case
P.S. #2 Don't expect anything profound. I'm a straight-to-the-point kind of gal lol
P.S. #3 I apologize if this is all over the place, lol. I wish I had a neat stream-of-consciousness 😂
Let’s jump right in.
I really liked this one. It’s set 110 years in the future, but the wild part for me is how believable it is. Like, it’s not some crazy out of nowhere sci-fi fantasy. It’s literally the direction we’re heading, in regards of technology and as a society. Something that I was in the fence about was that Tessa is 14. I’m not really a fan of reading book where the MC is a child but in this book it worked. She’s grieving, and thrown into a sleek city full of memory therapy, nanotech, and genetically enhanced “Elites� who are too perfect for their own good, again, it’s believable. I love that. There’s mystery, some light romance (or two, but for my sanity i hope the author waits until my girl Tessa is at least 18 for anything major lmao). There’s also the matter of figuring out who you are when the world’s trying to rewrite you, emphasis on rewrite 👀
I’m also a sucker for mantras and Tessa’s is one that I told myself constantly, so I really love that. Let’s talk about the Spanish. I think It added to the worldbuilding in a way that felt natural, even if it caught me off guard sometimes (but again the MMC is 14 and very much giving ✨awkward teenage energy�, so her little phrases made sense for me after a chapter or two lol).
As for the plot twist??? That was SO good. I had my theories, but it’s one of those plot twist that you can guess like half of it. I did not see it coming as whole, and I love when a book actually surprises me. I think it’s a hard thing to do since I’ve read a lot of books and nothing is really original anymore.
And the ending? I’m breaking my brain trying to figure it out. I’ve gone back on the book to figure it out like 6 times already lmao. Anyways, this is definitely a good read if you’re into futuristic vibes, found-family feels, and characters with emotional damage 🥹
P.S. Mild spoilers maybe� just in case
P.S. #2 Don't expect anything profound. I'm a straight-to-the-point kind of gal lol
P.S. #3 I apologize if this is all over the place, lol. I wish I had a neat stream-of-consciousness 😂
Let’s jump right in.
I really liked this one. It’s set 110 years in the future, but the wild part for me is how believable it is. Like, it’s not some crazy out of nowhere sci-fi fantasy. It’s literally the direction we’re heading, in regards of technology and as a society. Something that I was in the fence about was that Tessa is 14. I’m not really a fan of reading book where the MC is a child but in this book it worked. She’s grieving, and thrown into a sleek city full of memory therapy, nanotech, and genetically enhanced “Elites� who are too perfect for their own good, again, it’s believable. I love that. There’s mystery, some light romance (or two, but for my sanity i hope the author waits until my girl Tessa is at least 18 for anything major lmao). There’s also the matter of figuring out who you are when the world’s trying to rewrite you, emphasis on rewrite 👀
I’m also a sucker for mantras and Tessa’s is one that I told myself constantly, so I really love that. Let’s talk about the Spanish. I think It added to the worldbuilding in a way that felt natural, even if it caught me off guard sometimes (but again the MMC is 14 and very much giving ✨awkward teenage energy�, so her little phrases made sense for me after a chapter or two lol).
As for the plot twist??? That was SO good. I had my theories, but it’s one of those plot twist that you can guess like half of it. I did not see it coming as whole, and I love when a book actually surprises me. I think it’s a hard thing to do since I’ve read a lot of books and nothing is really original anymore.
And the ending? I’m breaking my brain trying to figure it out. I’ve gone back on the book to figure it out like 6 times already lmao. Anyways, this is definitely a good read if you’re into futuristic vibes, found-family feels, and characters with emotional damage 🥹
April 4, 2025
After the tragic death of her mother, father, and little sister, 14 year-old Contessa “Tessa� Wright has just relocated from the rural Wilds to bustling urban center of Bannock to live with her aunt and uncle. The formerly homeschooled Tessa, in the throes of grief and culture shock, is subjected to yet another daunting premise: high school.
Shattered has all the makings of the good dystopian sci-fi novel: advanced technologies, enhanced humans, shady authoritarian government, a strange new world that seems foreign yet familiar all at once� and it’s all wrapped in the relatable teenage angst of navigating those grueling, awkward high school years.
Aside the regular trials of a typical teenage girl (classes and homework, social interactions and first loves, gossip and finding one’s self), the overarching plot of the strange voices and memories floating around inside Tessa’s head are the real meat of the novel. As a slow burn, the author rolls out a story-within-the-story in an interesting way as Tessa encounters bits and pieces of what’s going on in the world around her through a variety of sources. Conversations with her Uncle Finn (Director of the Biodiversity Revitalization Project at the BioRev lab), odd exchanges at her sessions with Dr. Weaver and the mysterious RTI treatment Tessa is receiving, and through various lessons at school. This is one to read carefully and pay attention to what’s being said and what is not. The truth of the story comes from reading between the lines.
Overall this is a great read for those lovers of a slow burn YA dystopian sci-fi. The twists and turns down the trail of broken memories inside Tessa's mind culminate in an ending that you won't see coming!
I was provided a free ARC of this novel. Check out a more in-depth review on my Substack: The Word Dump! (Link in bio)
Shattered has all the makings of the good dystopian sci-fi novel: advanced technologies, enhanced humans, shady authoritarian government, a strange new world that seems foreign yet familiar all at once� and it’s all wrapped in the relatable teenage angst of navigating those grueling, awkward high school years.
Aside the regular trials of a typical teenage girl (classes and homework, social interactions and first loves, gossip and finding one’s self), the overarching plot of the strange voices and memories floating around inside Tessa’s head are the real meat of the novel. As a slow burn, the author rolls out a story-within-the-story in an interesting way as Tessa encounters bits and pieces of what’s going on in the world around her through a variety of sources. Conversations with her Uncle Finn (Director of the Biodiversity Revitalization Project at the BioRev lab), odd exchanges at her sessions with Dr. Weaver and the mysterious RTI treatment Tessa is receiving, and through various lessons at school. This is one to read carefully and pay attention to what’s being said and what is not. The truth of the story comes from reading between the lines.
Overall this is a great read for those lovers of a slow burn YA dystopian sci-fi. The twists and turns down the trail of broken memories inside Tessa's mind culminate in an ending that you won't see coming!
I was provided a free ARC of this novel. Check out a more in-depth review on my Substack: The Word Dump! (Link in bio)
April 3, 2025
I received an Advance Review Copy of Shattered in exchange for an honest review.
I loved it! I don't usually read YA (I read Harry Potter with my kids and saw the first Twilight movie), but I enjoyed this story of a 14-year-old girl coming to grips with both tragedy and hints that she might be involved in some sort of dark, high-tech experiment. Shattered seems like it will be a great addition to the YA dystopian genre. It's set in a post-apocalyptic future emerging from an inventive set of catastrophes (not just climate change and a pandemic, but a geological cataclysm that ripped the US in two). Mason puts just the right twists on the tropes of the orphaned heroine, high school cliques, and teen romance. The drip=drip-drip of the growing mystery surrounding the dark side of this emerging tech utopia was paced just right. The ending left me looking forward to the next installment in the trilogy.
I loved it! I don't usually read YA (I read Harry Potter with my kids and saw the first Twilight movie), but I enjoyed this story of a 14-year-old girl coming to grips with both tragedy and hints that she might be involved in some sort of dark, high-tech experiment. Shattered seems like it will be a great addition to the YA dystopian genre. It's set in a post-apocalyptic future emerging from an inventive set of catastrophes (not just climate change and a pandemic, but a geological cataclysm that ripped the US in two). Mason puts just the right twists on the tropes of the orphaned heroine, high school cliques, and teen romance. The drip=drip-drip of the growing mystery surrounding the dark side of this emerging tech utopia was paced just right. The ending left me looking forward to the next installment in the trilogy.
April 25, 2025
Really enjoyed this dystopian novel. First in a series and looking forward to finding out what happens next. Excellent first novel.
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