Hive is the first in a young adult duology by Australian author A.J. Betts. Set in a dystopian future, Hayley's world is made up of hexagonal houses where everyone has a vocation.
Hayley is a gardener and tends the bee hive and plants with her best friend Celia. Grow lights change colour to dictate the passage of time and all 300 inhabitants have a job to do. Each person contributes to the running of the settlement that almost operates like a hive.
Isolated from the rest of the world, governed by God where nobody knows their birth parents, this community also had the feeling of a religious cult.
Hayley is naturally inquisitive and when she notices a drip in an area that is off limits to her, she's desperate for answers. If she's going mad then she'll have a bleak future, but what if something else is going on?
The world building was clever, the writing was evocative and I enjoyed learning about Hayley's settlement and the goings on within the group.
I don't often read YA or dystopian fiction, so it took me a little while to settle into Hayley's world, but reading Hive was a refreshing palate cleanser from my usual eclectic fare.
The next in the duology is Rogue and I'm planning on reading that next.
Carpe Librum!
Isolated from the rest of the world, governed by God where nobody knows their birth parents, this community also had the feeling of a religious cult.
Hayley is naturally inquisitive and when she notices a drip in an area that is off limits to her, she's desperate for answers. If she's going mad then she'll have a bleak future, but what if something else is going on?
The world building was clever, the writing was evocative and I enjoyed learning about Hayley's settlement and the goings on within the group.
I don't often read YA or dystopian fiction, so it took me a little while to settle into Hayley's world, but reading Hive was a refreshing palate cleanser from my usual eclectic fare.
The next in the duology is Rogue and I'm planning on reading that next.
Carpe Librum!
