Book Review: The Institute by Stephen King

     Lucas is a genius and can easily remember anything he has ever read along with so much more, but that is not all there is to him. In fact, he is a low-level telekinetic meaning that he can move small objects with his mid. Because of this his entire world is about to change, and not for the better. 

    Due to this his parents were murdered and he finds himself in something called The Institute where they are running tests and giving them all kinds of injections. There doesn't seem to be any escape as himself and other kids are slowly being turned into batteries for what the people who work there consider the saving of humanity. What will it take for these kids to get back some kind of a life or is becoming a gork (brainless kid just used as a battery-pack) as good as it will get?

    As always King does not fail to deliver. Personally this book reminded me of one of my favorite King books, Firestarter, although that was The Shop. For once I am actually glad that King didn't use Derry in this book. Derry feels like a home away from home and somehow putting this place in that town wouldn't have been right. I have already suggested this book to multiple of my friends who are also lovers of King, but honestly this is a great book for anyone. 

    I hope you enjoy this book as much as I have. This book is available on Amazon for $14.99 at https://amzn.to/3kF6e6y.

Books by this author:

Dark Tower 2

Salem's Lot

Mr. Mercedes

Finder's Keepers

The Outsider

Book Review: The Selection by Kiera Cass

    America Singer is a Class 5 singer in love with a lower class worker and thinks that everything in her life is as perfect as it can be. That is until her family receives a letter in the mail stating that she has the opportunity to register for The Selection and potentially be chosen as the prince's bride. She doesn't want to do it, but after pestering from both her mom and boyfriend she agrees. She doesn't think there is a chance she will be chosen, but when her boyfriend breaks up with her and she is selected it becomes a temporary escape. 

    Once she arrives at the palace America becomes claustrophobic which ends in a chance encounter with the very prince she has already decided she does not like. The only thing is Prince Maxon is nothing like he has seemed. In fact, maybe this is just the distraction she needs to nurse her broken heart. 

    I started this book because it had a pretty dress on the cover and have heard is as a suggestion to read in the past. I was quickly pulled into the dystopian future comparing it not only to our current world but to the world of the Hunger Games. Only thing is instead of rooting for the male at home I liked the one she meets outside her home. Prince Maxon is open and honest and anyone who knows too much about me knows I am a sucker for a redhead so America and Maxon would be amazing together. That is if they go down that path together and if she decides she can move on from Aspen. 

    For anyone who loves Hunger Games or Mortal Instruments I would suggest this one to you. There is nothing better than a good YA romance. This book is available on Amazon for $6.48 or with Kindle Unlimited at https://amzn.to/3klYqGy.