The romance is also one of my favorite things in this book! It’s slow burn, with a lot of tension and angst! At the end of the book, I was left wanting more. Lehrer was such an interesting character, too, and he made the plot all the more interesting. I wish these two just would have just talked more to avoid their miscommunications, but of course, their journey is slow and angsty. Dara, on the other hand, is cold, intelligent, yet he can also be so loving and hopeful. I love Noam! He’s sassy, and brave, and so determined to help the situation of the refugees. The characters are just captivating whether it be a major character or a minor character, and whether it be a protagonist or an antagonist (and to be honest, it’s so hard to grasp who is the hero and who is the villain, and I love that!). The author used a lot of metaphors, but that just made the imagery and the tone so excellent. I am an absolute fan of the writing style of this book! The prose is sharp, but also kind of mellow, the kind that will grab hold of your emotions no matter what the scene is. But here I am, with my mind still reeling. The Fever King surprised me! I never thought it would be so captivating-from the prose, to the plot, the characters, and the romance. But then he meets the minister’s son-cruel, dangerous, and achingly beautiful-and the way forward becomes less clear.Ĭaught between his purpose and his heart, Noam must decide who he can trust and how far he’s willing to go in pursuit of the greater good.īook nerds, it’s my first ever 5-star read of 2020! Sensing a way to make change, Noam accepts the minister’s offer to teach him the science behind his magic, secretly planning to use it against the government.

The son of undocumented immigrants, Noam has spent his life fighting for the rights of refugees fleeing magical outbreaks-refugees Carolinia routinely deports with vicious efficiency. His ability to control technology attracts the attention of the minister of defense and thrusts him into the magical elite of the nation of Carolinia. In the former United States, sixteen-year-old Noam Álvaro wakes up in a hospital bed, the sole survivor of the viral magic that killed his family and made him a technopath. For a much more detailed list, see this content warning post from the author themself. Genre/s and tags:Young Adult, Science Fiction, Dystopia, Bisexual rep, POC, Racism, M/M romance, OwnVoicesĬontent warnings:Graphic descriptions of death, violence, and murder, mentions of sex, drugs, alcohol/lots of drinking, rape, lots of swearing.

The fever king