Atlantia
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4.2 • 56 Ratings
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the acclaimed author of the Matched series comes a world where the ocean’s depths hide a secret city and a young girl dreams of life beyond her underwater home.
“Fresh, wild, and engrossing.”—Shannon Hale, award-winning, bestselling author of Austenland and Dangerous
“A fast-paced fantasy adventure tale in a richly drawn dystopian future.”—School Library Journal
Can you hear Atlantia breathing?
For as long as she can remember, Rio has dreamt of the sand and sky Above—of life beyond her underwater city of Atlantia. But all her plans for the future are thwarted when her twin sister, Bay, makes an unexpected decision, stranding Rio Below. Alone, ripped away from the last person who knew her true self—and the powerful siren voice she has long hidden—Rio has nothing left to lose. Guided by a dangerous and unlikely mentor, Rio formulates a plan that leads to increasingly treacherous questions about her mother’s death, her own destiny, and the complex system constructed to govern the divide between land and sea. Her life and her city depend on Rio to listen to the voices of the past and to speak long-hidden truths.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Rio Conwy has lived her whole life in Atlantia, a city built underwater to preserve the human race after the atmosphere became filled with toxic pollution. Rio had always planned to go Above and join the workers who support and feed the Atlantians, but she promised her twin sister, Bay, she would stay after their mother died. When Bay betrays their agreement and abandons her, Rio plots, plans, and trains to make her own escape. As a further complication, Rio is secretly a siren, with a voice that compels obedience; if she's found out, she'll be forced to serve the Atlantian Council and never find out why Bay left. Condie (the Matched trilogy) pulls together many interesting ideas that don't hold up to close examination. While the author's fans will enjoy the immersive prose and gentle romance, newcomers may be impatient with the unsympathetic characters and lack of action. Overall, this standalone story is like a problematic trilogy in one book a catchy opening leading to a slow journey and an unexpected finale that brings in bewildering new elements and works hard to wrap everything up. Ages 12 up.
Customer Reviews
A tale of two other cities
A superb mix of life above and below welded together from the past and the future. A tale of love, mystery and hope for a better life.
Whose voice is the voice that Rio must listen to and guide her? She must trust her heart and let it guide her to help those she loves and to solve the mysteries left behind for her and her Twin Bay.
Atlantia
Atlantia is the best stand alone book I have ever read. Zipped through it in a day or so. I love Ally's work! I jumped at the chance to buy a signed copy of Atlantia! It's beautifully written and a pretty quick read! Thrilling plot twists add to the story!