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The Testing, Book 1
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The opening volume in the New York Times bestselling Testing trilogy. In Cia's dystopian society, it's an honor to be chosen for The Testing. But it’s not enough to pass the Test. Cia will have to survive it.
It’s graduation day for sixteen-year-old Malencia Vale, and the entire Five Lakes Colony (the former Great Lakes) is celebrating. All Cia can think about—hope for—is whether she’ll be chosen for The Testing, a United Commonwealth program that selects the best and brightest new graduates to become possible leaders of the slowly revitalizing post-war civilization.
When Cia is chosen, her father finally tells her about his own nightmarish half-memories of The Testing. Armed with his dire warnings (”Cia, trust no one”), she bravely heads off to Tosu City, far away from friends and family, perhaps forever. Danger, romance—and sheer terror—await.
“The Testing is a chilling and devious dystopian thriller that all fans of The Hunger Games will simply devour. Joelle Charbonneau writes with guts and nerve but also great compassion and heart. Highly recommended.”—Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of Rot & Ruin and Flesh & Bone
The Testing trilogy is:
- The Testing
- Independent Study
- Graduation Day
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Galina has been looking for a way out. So when she has the chance to break free of her kingdom and the man who wants to own her, she has no choice but to see it through. Even if it means collecting on a life debt from the worst decision she’s ever made. Davin’s mistakes are catching up to him. A lifetime of being the biggest scandal in the Lochlannian royal family has finally landed his people in danger. So when Galina shows up at his door in need of a betrothal, it might just solve all of his problems.
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Dislike Galina
- By Kelcie on 12-27-24
By: Robin D. Mahle, and others
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The Culling Series Boxed Set: Books 1-3
- By: Tricia Wentworth
- Narrated by: Jennifer Jill Araya
- Length: 55 hrs and 16 mins
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150 years after a virus wipes out most of the world's population, Reagan Scott finds herself chosen for the State of the Union's fifth Culling. She will compete against forty-nine of the country's brightest girls. And then, of course, there are the fifty boys. She'll have to pair up with one for her shot at becoming the next Presidential Couple. This set includes The Culling, The Fracturing, and The Reckoning.
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Sweet but very juvenile
- By Laura on 08-06-24
By: Tricia Wentworth
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The Cure
- A Young Adult Dystopian Novel (The Cure Chronicles, Book 1)
- By: K. A. Riley
- Narrated by: Yu-Li Alice Shen
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
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On her 17th birthday, Ashen Spencer is blindfolded and escorted to the massive, mysterious building known as the Arc to begin her year of training and testing in hopes that she can earn the Cure - a powerful drug given only to those deemed worthy to survive beyond their 18th birthday. Ashen has a chance to rise up from her former life of squalor and be granted a place in society, if the Panel - the mysterious group of powerful men and women in charge of the Arc - deems her year a success.
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I agree with a previous review
- By Anonymous User on 04-08-22
By: K. A. Riley
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Born
- Born Trilogy Series # 1
- By: AE Watson
- Narrated by: Amanda Dolan
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
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Trust no one. Pull the trigger. Hide. Run. Stay away from the other survivors. Stay away from the Infected. Emma has obeyed her father's rules since she can remember running from the car accident that claimed his life. But one night that all changes. The knock at her cabin door and the voice of the girl on the other side don't make Emma help the girl. No - it's the fact that the girl, Anna, is willing to die to save her wounded brother that changes everything in Emma's world.
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The romance crap is torture
- By Emily on 04-16-19
By: AE Watson
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Eternal Captive
- A Dark Enemies-to-Lovers Sapphic Vampire Romance (Blood Royale, Book 1)
- By: Elle Mae
- Narrated by: M.K. Blackwood
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
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From Elle Mae comes a spicy sapphic vampire romance set in the world of Contract Bound with all new characters and a romance between a cruel vampire princess and a cold hunter who come face to face after a prophecy foretells the princess's death by the hunter's hands.
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Storyline was easy to follow
- By Jeneva Naidoo on 06-14-25
By: Elle Mae
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Only a Monster
- Only a Monster, Book 1
- By: Vanessa Len
- Narrated by: Vera Chok
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
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The sweeping romance of Passenger meets the dark fantasy edge of This Savage Song in this stunning contemporary fantasy debut from Vanessa Len, where the line between monster and hero is razor thin.
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A nice YA fantasy
- By Diana Kaz on 02-27-22
By: Vanessa Len
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Dark Rites
- A Dark Romance Collection
- By: Stasia Black, Alta Hensley
- Narrated by: Brian Meslar, Kelsey Ann O'Dowd
- Length: 32 hrs and 38 mins
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HER: Me and my money-maker are only going to be young once. I give them three months to use my body however they see fit. Then they’ll pay me more cash than I could see in ten lifetimes. Frankly it’s a lot better than ending up on a stripper pole with a coke habit and a broke boyfriend who keeps trying to pimp me out anyway. I’ll take a one-way ticket outta that country song, thank you very much.
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amazing
- By Tonya on 01-27-25
By: Stasia Black, and others
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The Collapse: The Complete Series
- By: Penelope Wright
- Narrated by: Penelope M. Wright
- Length: 30 hrs and 59 mins
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Rosie collapsed on the Seattle sidewalk, alone, cold, and drenched in seawater. Her head ached. Nothing seemed right. And her memory was little more than a fuzzy feeling of foreboding. She knows two things…One: She’s on an important mission. Two: Never mix with the locals. Injured and weary, Rosie knows that if she doesn’t get help, she may not be able to piece together the reason she's in 2018. Her gut says it’s vital. But if she trusts anyone, it could forever alter the timeline. When tough, street-smart Carlos takes her under his wing…the adventure begins.
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Very entertaining
- By Stephen Parrish on 04-20-24
By: Penelope Wright
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Partials
- Partials, Book 1
- By: Dan Wells
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 14 hrs and 6 mins
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The human race is all but extinct after a war with Partials - engineered organic beings identical to humans - has decimated the population. Reduced to only tens of thousands by RM, a weaponized virus to which only a fraction of humanity is immune, the survivors in North America have huddled together on Long Island while the Partials have mysteriously retreated. The threat of the Partials is still imminent, but, worse, no baby has been born immune to RM in more than a decade. Our time is running out.
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Action! Romance! Science!
- By Tabitha on 07-21-12
By: Dan Wells
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The Program
- By: Suzanne Young
- Narrated by: Joy Osmanski
- Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
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In Sloane’s world, true feelings are forbidden, teen suicide is an epidemic, and the only solution is The Program. Sloane knows better than to cry in front of anyone. With suicide now an international epidemic, one outburst could land her in The Program, the only proven course of treatment. Sloane’s parents have already lost one child; Sloane knows they’ll do anything to keep her alive. She also knows that everyone who’s been through The Program returns as a blank slate. Because their depression is gone - but so are their memories.
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Don’t listen if you actually suffer from depression
- By Kara on 12-05-17
By: Suzanne Young
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The Queen Trials
- By: Penelope Wright
- Narrated by: Penelope Wright
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
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I never wanted to join the Queen Trials. But I’m not a victim and never have been. When a peacekeeper attacks me in a mine shaft, I fight back and win. Sort of. Because I made a mistake. I let him live. He knows my name. He’ll come after me, and he’ll kill the only person I love: my sweet, clueless brother Shellor. Nobody escapes from Locality Fourteen. There was only one way out that would protect us both: Enter the Queen Trials and become a star. Now, I’m plunged into a competition with dozens of gorgeous women from all over the kingdom.
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Absolutly Fabulous!
- By Flowers48 on 06-09-25
By: Penelope Wright
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Shared by the Highest Bidder
- A Curvy Girl Why Choose Age-Gap Romance (Forever Our Girl, Book 3)
- By: Tori Chase
- Narrated by: Lexi Evans, Logan Anare, Gregory Salinas, and others
- Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
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Blackmailed by my ex, I have no choice but to auction myself to the highest bidder. In a room full of perfect bodies, whispers follow me, bets quietly placed that I’ll go for nothing. But when the bidding starts, three breathtaking men ignite a war—until they strike a deal to share me. For 30 days. There’s Emerson, the devastatingly handsome tech billionaire and single dad who swears he doesn’t do relationships. Then Ashton, a tall, lean heartthrob with a HAF man bun, who needs a date for society galas to keep his biggest secret: he was once in love with Ford.
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Good listen
- By XenyMarie on 03-14-25
By: Tori Chase
amazing
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As for the story. It is basically The Hunger Games and Divergent mushed together. unlike the Hunger Games, the characters in The Testing are less interesting and not as complex.
However, the story kept me interested and I have enjoyed speculating about who the mysterious grey haired man is and what “The Testing” is really all about.
I’m not sure this book series will be one of my all time favorites, but it has been an enjoyable enough way to pass the time.
Not too bad
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It’s was good but not original
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Best book ever!
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Amazing.
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First off, I saw another review mention that this narrator speaks too quickly. I agree entirely, you’ll need to set the play speed to .9 if you want to appreciate the story fully. This seems to hold true for the sequel as well.
There is not as much nuisance to the characters as in The Hunger Games, but there are enough false-positive clues to keep you wondering who is really an ally and who is not. Sometimes I do get the sense that this really was a Hunger Games fan-fic converted into a new novel (re: Twilight fanfic became Fifty Shades), but if that’s the case there are more than enough unique scenarios to mark this as it’s own unique work, even if it is highly derivative.
All said and done, I’ve enjoyed this and plan to see the entire series through. I hope I don’t find myself disappointed. The start of book 2 has brought me some hope that this series could shine more as an original work, but I can’t say for sure yet. Take the leap with me if you enjoy this first book! :)
A decent hunger games knockoff with original ideas…sort of
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This is a pretty ok YA adventure. Narrator has weird pauses
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narrator
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This book is a dystopian trilogy, reminds me a little of The Maze Runner and The Hunger Games but is a great read. It’s not super predictable but easy to follow. It does have some darker themes that aren’t necessarily appropriate for younger audiences but nothing sensual (nothing more than kissing). I recommend this book with this narrator so much!
This narration is so much better!
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Really Enjoyed!
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