Soulmatch
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- 10,99 €
Beschreibung des Verlags
In a world where past lives determine your future, a sharp-witted girl confronts a major twist of destiny, embroiling her in a high-stakes political game in this “clever, thrilling, and impossible to put down” (Kirkus Reviews) young adult speculative romance perfect for fans of Scythe and Matched.
Two hundred years after World War III, the world is at peace, all thanks to the soul-identification system. Every eighteen-year-old must report to the government to learn about their past lives, a terrifying process known as kirling. Good souls leave the institute with their inheritance, a career path, and if they’re lucky, a soulmate. Bad souls leave in handcuffs.
It’s a nerve-wracking ordeal for Sivon, who, given her uncanny ability to win every chess match, already suspects her soul isn’t normal. Turns out, she was right to worry. Sivon’s results stun not only her, but the entire world, making her the object of public scrutiny and anonymous threats.
Saddled with an infuriating and off-limits bodyguard, Sivon is thrust into a high-stakes game where souls are pawns and rules don’t exist. As deaths mount, Sivon must decipher friend from foe while protecting her heart against impossible odds. One wrong move could destroy the future lives of everyone Sivon loves, and she can’t let that happen, even if they’ll never love her back.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
During the 200 years following WWIII, the Global Coalition of Governments mandated a soul identification process called kirling, which matches people with their past lives, leading to unprecedented international peace and prosperity. Eighteen-year-old Sivon knows that there's something unusual about her soul and anxiously awaits her kirling, hoping for an explanation for her nervous tics and preternaturally gifted performance in games of strategy. Instead of the answers she seeks, though, Sivon is identified as a new soul with no previously recorded lives. Catapulted to instant celebrity, Sivon is recruited as spokesperson for the prime minister of North America in exchange for getting a security detail. She quickly discovers that the glamorous appearances of her new job, boss, and life belie a dark underbelly of corruption and deadly plots. But her investigations are complicated by her steamy yet antagonistic relationship with her 19-year-old bodyguard, Donovan. Debut author Danzenbaker conjures a futuristic dystopia that uses reincarnation to summarily explore ideas of criminal rehabilitation, predestination, and the perils of constant surveillance across a relatable first-person perspective that features ample dramatic intrigue and a forbidden, smoldering enemies-to-lovers romance. Characters are described as having "an array of bronze skin tones." Ages 12–up. Agents: Michelle Wolfson, Wolfson Literary.
