By rules of their apprenticeship, Citra should now “glean” (kill, permanently, with no revival) Rowan, but instead, she makes sure he gets a year’s immunity from gleaning and he escapes. Apprentice Scythes Citra and Rowan make it to their final rite of passage, and while Citra is ordained, taking the name Scythe Anastasia, Rowan is not accepted into the scythedom. Look away now if you want to be spoiler-free! Note: This review may be a bit spoilery, since it’s for the 2nd in a series. So it should be no surprise that I found myself swept away by Thunderhead, book #2, simply unable to put it down once I started. I absolutely loved Scythe, the first book in the Arc of a Scythe series. Or will it simply watch as this perfect world begins to unravel? His story is told in whispers across the continent.Īs Scythe Anastasia, Citra gleans with compassion and openly challenges the ideals of the “new order.” But when her life is threatened and her methods questioned, it becomes clear that not everyone is open to the change. Since then, he has become an urban legend, a vigilante snuffing out corrupt scythes in a trial by fire. All it can do is observe-it does not like what it sees.Ī year has passed since Rowan had gone off grid. The Thunderhead cannot interfere in the affairs of the Scythedom. Rowan and Citra take opposite stances on the morality of the Scythedom, putting them at odds, in the chilling sequel to the Printz Honor Book Scythe from New York Times bestseller Neal Shusterman, author of the Unwind dystology.
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