I won Eden’s Root and Seeds of War by Rachel E Fisher, signed first edition paperbacks, in a giveaway on The Autumn Review. So I began to read and read and read. Now, I need the other two, Blight and Emergence to finish off my collection.
For a run down on each book in the series, go HERE to see the Launch for the Recipe Tour.
Also, Laura has asked me a few questions. After reading the review, check out my interview and let me know what you think.
Fi Kelly was now the matriarch of the family. Famine had desecrated the population. Hunger, desperation, violence – tens of millions dead. It was up to her to ration food to family members most likely to survive.
2033 – Fi was smart and a bit of a loner. Now, even more so. She knew what was coming and couldn’t share it with anyone.
As her dad lay on his death bed, he told Fi……..about Eden. Why her? She was only 13. She was the one, because she was the smartest and fittest. That would be vital to survival in the days to come.
Fi was frightened, but ready. Her losses had helped prepare her for the warrior she would become. She was a natural. Martial arts and shooting a gun and bow came to her naturally. She would do what had to be done to survive.
5 STARS – Would Buy It For Them (lol)
This book gave me food for thought.
Eden’s Root is a dystopian novel that will have you thinking. Man played God one too many times and brought destruction down on itself.
To me the scenario is totally believable. I read the book slower than I usually read, almost as if it was a history book.
Armegeddon. One day you awake to the sound of automatic weapons. You look out your window to see fires – burned out cars, houses on fire, dead and burned bodies. Ghost towns. Lawlessness, violence, starvation.
The storyline seems so real to me. We are currently messing with our food supply with growth hormones and genetic engineering. Do you notice how a tomato from your garden tastes compare to one from the grocery store?
I always wonder what is happening to us right now. How many times have we been told something is good, only to be told ten years later it causes cancer, or something else.
Can you imagine – one day going about your normal business, t
he next having to defend yourself against people who want what you have? Can you pull the trigger and kill another person? Would you be able to hunt, gather and fight? It would be like going back in time to the Wild West or worse yet, the caveman days.
Not enough food to go around. Would it be right to starve the sick to save the healthy? The only food available is tainted, unless you can hunt and gather for yourself. How would you survive the harsh climate with no shelter?
Would you trust the government? Yeah right. They have already proved they will throw us to the wolves. Would the haves leave the havenots to fend for themselves?
So many people dead. Your family dead. You are alone. As you venture out, being as inconspicuous as possible, you find small pockets of survivors and begin to rebuild. They become your expanded family because of need. You gather people that can contribute, people with some specialty.
Fi’s world was now all about one thing, survival. She knew they would have to form groups. You cannot survive alone. And the saying, only the strong survive was more true than ever.
Fi – Leader/Child. Warrior/ Healer. Hard/Soft.
When you read the book, you will know why I included this music video.
QUOTES
“Love is like water. You can’t squish it down and make it smaller. No matter how you squeeze it…it just keeps bursting out. So when you lose someone, you don’t lost the love. It stays with you, just as big in your heart as it always was.”
“What would you do if you weren’t sure that you could feed everyone?…..Think about it.”
“Who gets the last space on the life boat? What would you do to get that spot?”
I won Eden’s Root and Seeds of War by Rachel E Fisher, signed first edition paperbacks, in a giveaway on The Autumn Review. Thanks so much to Rachel E Fisher and Autumn.
MY INTERVIEW
Laura: How often do you think about the health and safety of the foods you eat?
ME: This is not something new to me. I have often wondered what growth hormones in our meat and genetically modified grains were doing to us. I often wonder if our children seem to be growing bigger and faster because of the foods they eat. And, how about the taste of some of our grocery store bought fruits and vegetable? Do you think they lack taste?
Laura: Do you have an adventure to share about trying to eat good food?
ME: I guess this isn’t really an adventure, but I am skeptical about good food. If you don’t grow it yourself, does the food you eat contain enough of the vitamins and minerals that it used to before they started growing it bigger and faster and out of season?
Laura: Imagine Rachel’s world really happened for a moment… what sort of pickle would you be in?
ME: No matter what I want to think, I imagine I would be in deep shit. I have watched preppers and I am no where near as prepared as they are. I have been hunting, but I used a camera instead of a rifle. I love plants, but am not much of a gardener. A plant has to be pretty hardy to survive in my world. LOL
Laura: Do you have a RECIPE (or idea for one) you can share?
ME: Since I married my wonderful hubby, I think I have cooked – maybe – half a dozen times. Unless I have a craving, to me food is like fuel for my car. Something I have to have to keep going. I can guarantee you my hubby has something good in his repertoire.
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