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Lauren DeStefano

Author of Wither

32 Works 6,381 Members 529 Reviews 9 Favorited

About the Author

Lauren Destefano won The Thornton Wilder Award for a short story entitled Orange Blood while in high school. She received a BA in English with a concentration in creative writing from Albertus Magnus College in Connecticut in 2007. She is the author of the Chemical Garden Trilogy. (Bowker Author show more Biography) show less

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Birthdate
1978
Gender
female

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AWESOME book. I loved this book. I love the idea, the writing, the characters, everything. I love the characters that DeStefano has created with Rhine, Gabriel and Jenna. I'm still on the fence a little bit about Linden and Cecily. She's definitely written the Housemaster to be disliked, however. I'm curious to see where the other two books will take these characters.
 
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thatnerd | 281 other reviews | Mar 2, 2024 |
 
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sweetimpact | 53 other reviews | Jan 18, 2024 |
A lot more interesting than the first book, but the main character is so bland. I even forget her name and I can't even visualize what she looks like.
 
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sweetimpact | 90 other reviews | Jan 18, 2024 |
I really enjoyed the world building in the book. I loved the world. I thought the book at points near the start was predicable but towards the ending some of the plot stuff did surprise me. The characters were the stand out in this novel. I loved the various POV that we got. I loved Will as a lead and am super excited to see book 2! It was a fast pace read!
 
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lmauro123 | 22 other reviews | Dec 28, 2023 |

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Angela Lin Narrator
Teagan White Illustrator
Kevin Keele Cover artist
Colleen Andrews Cover designer

Statistics

Works
32
Members
6,381
Popularity
#3,855
Rating
½ 3.7
Reviews
529
ISBNs
182
Languages
8
Favorited
9

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