When the adults of Brockton, Connecticut, morphed into gigantic, bloodthirsty monsters nine months ago, the students at Jefferson High barricaded themselves inside their school.
Now eighteen-year-old Kay Kim is one of the Student Council members trying to keep her classmates from starving. Kay has no poker face and can’t keep her mouth shut when she knows she’s right, so when she accidentally learns a secret that threatens the delicate power balance at Jefferson, she’s dragged out of the school in the dead of night and dumped in the middle of town in a secret assassination attempt.
But when a raiding party of cheerleaders from crosstown rival Moore High comes to her rescue, Kay finds herself among ruthless, hard-partying road warriors who have adopted the feudal trappings of a once-popular video game. Life at Moore is violent and cliquish, but everyone is thriving. Everyone, that is, who survives the kingdom’s periodic monster hunts.
For Moore’s beloved King Max demands only two absolute fealty and that everyone at Moore help kill the “dragons.” If Kay wants to survive, she must be granted asylum at Moore–which means slaying dragons, not asking the wrong questions, and navigating the rival factions, love triangles, and political intrigues at court.
But when Kay discovers a deadly secret that reaches all the way to Jefferson, her inability to hide the truth might spark the revolution that burns both schools to the ground.
Content Warning: murder, violence, death, gore, body horror, starvation, suicidal ideation
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- Once upon a time, I could go outside and not think about dying. But now that being in the open means I could die at any moment, the warm spring sunlight feels sinister as I wait for the sound.
- I take a deep breath, then soot. Then I shoot again, and again, a sob of hate and fear rising out of me.
- He doesn't take his eyes off the road. But his hand moves to the middle of the truck's bench seat, searching until it finds mine, and our fingers interlink, tight as we can get them.
- We're still here, doing what living things do. Going on.
- I may only gain minutes to live before I run into a Grown. But while there is a possibility of Life, I will chase it. That is all I need to know.
- The answer is yes. Whatever she wants from me, my answer will always be yes.
- I will never see a movie again, but it feels like I'm in one now. Like there's background music surging, like we really could live happily ever after. And when we part, she's completely smiling, like she's learned my secret. That my heart is her dog, that she makes it come running. That it's been hers, for a long time.
Book Info:
The Merciless King of Moore High by Lily Sparks
Genre:Young Adult Fantasy
Publishing Date:April 23, 2024
Book Links:
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/178619844
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Merciless-King-Moore-High/dp/1635830966/
Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-merciless-king-of-moore-high-lily-sparks/1143683794
IndieBound: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-merciless-king-of-moore-high-lily-sparks/20194501
About the Author: Lily Sparks grew up hiking, writing, and counseling summer camp in Norwalk, Connecticut. She went to UCLA for an art degree and ended up spending all her time writing. She’s developed TV projects for MTV, FX, and Amazon and written for the CW’s Reign and Paramount’s Heathers.
Author Links:
https://www.sparkslily.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lilyroro
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/19081326
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