I received this book for free from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
Malice by Pintip Dunn Published by Entangled: Teen on February 4, 2020
Genres: YA Science Fiction
Pages: 350
Source: the publisher
Format: Hardcover
My Rating:
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Synopsis:
What I know: a boy in my class will one day wipe out two-thirds of the population with a virus.
What I don’t know: who he is.
In a race against the clock, I not only have to figure out his identity, but I’ll have to outwit a voice from the future telling me to kill him. Because I’m starting to realize no one is telling the truth. But how can I play chess with someone who already knows the outcome of my every move? Someone so filled with malice they’ve lost all hope in humanity? Well, I’ll just have to find a way—because now they’ve drawn a target on the only boy I’ve ever loved….
BOOK LINKS
Amazon: https://amzn.to/2QlGpfH
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Google Books: https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Pintip_Dunn_Malice?id=e8pkDwAAQBAJ
My Review:
This book had so many twists and turns it kept me on the edge of my seat as I turned page after page trying to figure out just who really was the link to stopping the disaster in the future. I had a feeling from the beginning that it might be someone more important to Alice than just the guy she didn’t know, or his uncle. I had all kinds of hunches and thoughts about who it was really, and honestly, in the end I was right. But the way that the author took it was definitely not what I saw coming.
The way time travel was done in this book was so unique and something I’d not really read in any stories before. Even that made me keep guessing about what was really happening, and if what they did could actually change anything. I liked the way the book even touched on the whole theory of alternate universes.
While I may be a bit behind on the books of Pintip Dunn, the few that I’ve read so far have totally won me over and I need to read them all. I saw on another blog that this might be a series? Well, count me in for book 2 if so!
About the Author:
Pintip Dunn is a New York Times bestselling author of young adult fiction. She graduated from Harvard University, magna cum laude, with an A.B., and received her J.D. at Yale Law School.
Her novel FORGET TOMORROW won the 2016 RWA RITA® for Best First Book, and SEIZE TODAY won the 2018 RITA for Best Young Adult Romance. Her books have been translated into four languages, and they have been nominated for the following awards: the Grand Prix del’Imaginaire; the Japanese Sakura Medal; the MASL Truman Award; the TomeSociety It list; and the Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award.
Her other titles include REMEMBER YESTERDAY, THE DARKEST LIE, GIRL ON THE VERGE, STAR-CROSSED, and MALICE.
She lives with her husband and children in Maryland.
AUTHOR LINKS
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13442212.Pintip_Dunn
Website: http://www.pintipdunn.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/pintipdunn
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorPintipDunn?pnref=lhc
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pintip_dunn/
Giveaway:
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Fabulous cover. Sounds great.
It was a really good, twisty book! Thanks for stopping by!
YAY I am so glad you loved this one as well! I agree that the time travel aspect was so unique, I loved it! I really loved the whole thing, tbh. I agree too that I will 100% be on board for a sequel! Great review!
I’m loving that this book is getting a lot of love from what I can see. Can’t wait to put it in my library for my students. Thanks for stopping by!
This sounds like my kind of story! I love that there were so many twists and turns and the author kept you guessing! I enjoy stories with time travel and parallel universes. Great Review Lisa!
You should definitely check it out! It was really good! Thanks for stopping by!
Great review – I’m glad to see you enjoyed this one. That’s awesome that it manages to focus on time travel in a more unique way.
-Lauren
It was definitely unique! Kept me guessing till the end.
Great review! I have this book on my want to read list–I love that you found so many twists and turns to keep you guessing. Time travel is difficult for authors to get right, so I’m happy this author accomplished time travel well done.
It was definitely an interesting and unique idea!
I’m so glad you loved this one too! Lili @ Lili Lost in a Book told me in my comments that Pintip clarified on Twitter that the book is actually a standalone for now (https://twitter.com/pintipdunn/status/1216001943857963010). I wouldn’t mind more though! 🙂
Ah, okay. Well, I’d definitely read more if there was! Thanks for clearing that up.
It looks like a good read.
It definitely was. Thanks for visiting!
I have been seeing everyone hauling this one in but it is also the first time I am actually seeing a rveiew. I am glad the time travel aspect of things were done so well and unique too. And it sounds like the plot was perfectly unpredictable!
I definitely recommend it!