Wither by Lauren Destefano

Wither By Lauren Destefano is the first novel in "The Chemical Garden Trilogy" and was published in 2011 and has 538 pages in the English edition. 

I love Dystopian novels that reflect aspects of todays life, In the Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld, we see a world where everyone is deemed to be pretty. In Wither on the other hand, we have a society that wanted to be so amazing that everyone in that generation took medication to become healthy and perfect human beings. The first generation after the ones that were injected died when they were either 20 for girls or 25 for boys. 

Rhines parents were part of the generation who took the medication. Rhine is our main character, she lives in a world with her twin brother where girls are baited and kidnapped to become wives for men to bare children so that the world can continue. Rhine and Rowen live in the basement of there house trying to escape the fate of people in there generation. 

Rhine arrives at a house, and is forced to be a wife to Linden. A rich man whose first wife is 20 and is dying so his father makes him marry Rhine, and two other girls.

This book shows the struggle of Rhine, she wants to escape from her fate in the house, bu is scared of what Lindens father can do to her. Vaughn has dead bodies in the house basement and he's doing experiments on them.  

I loved this book, I read it very quickly. I feel like I ignored my new kitten a little just to be able to read it, but luckily she left me alone as long as I read it to her! I loved the struggle that Rhine faces every day while she tries to escape and live in the wives floor of her prison. 

The book has a love triangle between Rhine, Linden and a slave called Gabriel, it was designed so that you would support Gabriel, but to be honest I was rooting for Linden! Even though Rhine was being kept there against her will, Linden was a sweetheart to his wives and I think that he doesn't deserve the treatment that Rhine gives him. Also Rhine knows that her relationship with Gabriel is dangerous and may get him killed yet she carries it on.

To be honest, even though I loved this book, I hated Rhine. She was annoying, and her values were horrible. I found myself wishing that she would give up on her "Freedom" and just to give up and stay with Linden and be a good wife! 

Thanks for reading my review!