After the death of his oldest soon, Oscar Banks' father creates the "perfect" community, one where teens are brainwashed with subliminal messages into perfect complaisance, model citizens. But his father doesn't know that Oscar's been running his own business of helping endowed teenagers escape Candor before it's too late.
But when Oscar meets Nia, she has him feeling things he never knew existed before. Oscar will do anything to keep Nia the way she is, safe from the Messages... even if it's at a great price.
Pam Bachorz takes a great concept and spins it into a suspenseful and engrossing story. CANDOR is brutal, frightening, and altogether unique.
Bachorz writes in a sparse style that is reminiscent of Lisa McMann's WAKE trilogy. While this makes me feel detached from the characters at times, it also effectively contributes to CANDOR's urgency and danger. There are no unnecessary details here: in CANDOR, it's all about the pacing, the in-the-moment, in-your-face events.
CANDOR is a great book to introduce teens to after they've grown out of Lois Lowry's novel THE GIVER. In an exploding dystopian lit genre, this one will stand out because of its creativity and the power that it will wield over readers.
But when Oscar meets Nia, she has him feeling things he never knew existed before. Oscar will do anything to keep Nia the way she is, safe from the Messages... even if it's at a great price.
Pam Bachorz takes a great concept and spins it into a suspenseful and engrossing story. CANDOR is brutal, frightening, and altogether unique.
Bachorz writes in a sparse style that is reminiscent of Lisa McMann's WAKE trilogy. While this makes me feel detached from the characters at times, it also effectively contributes to CANDOR's urgency and danger. There are no unnecessary details here: in CANDOR, it's all about the pacing, the in-the-moment, in-your-face events.
CANDOR is a great book to introduce teens to after they've grown out of Lois Lowry's novel THE GIVER. In an exploding dystopian lit genre, this one will stand out because of its creativity and the power that it will wield over readers.
