The Saints (Quarantine)

When the adults abandoned the kids quarantined in McKinley High, the students were left to fend for themselves. And if you have read Lord of the Flies, you know exactly how that all ends. In Lex Thomas' Quarantine: The Saints, the kids might finally find a reason to come together instead of trying to kill each other every day.Will and the other Loners lost most of their gang. Without his brother David to keep them together, the remaining Loners realize they can't survive without joining other gangs. Will can't imagine losing Lucy to another gang, but he can't feed her and take care of her like David could. And while neither of them will admit it, she can't get David out of her mind, even with Will standing right in front of her. Without anyone fighting with him, Will is barely surviving. In fact, he doesn't think he is going to make it when something miraculous happens: the Saints come barging in.Kids from a local private school break into McKinley to rescue the kids trapped there, but they didn't expect a group of parents to thwart their efforts at the very same moment. Now the newcomers are trapped inside with them, but the parents have taken over the military's efforts to keep the kids fed. Of course, they expect the kids to remain civil and take only their share of the food, but when you have been living like caged animals, all civility goes out the window. At least it did before Gates arrived with the other Saints. Gates is not the kind of leader Sam was, hoarding all the food and lording it over everyone. Gates prefers to bring the kids together by giving them all everything they have ever wanted. When he takes Will in, he elevates the previous Loner to #2 and most certainly saved his life. But there is more to Gates than meets the eye. Something darker lurks beneath the boy who saved the kids at McKinley, but no one might realize that until its too late.OK, I thought Michael Grant's Gone series was truly dark and twisted and bloody, but this series might just take the cake. If nothing else, they are at least tied neck and neck. This is one disturbing, gory series that will leave you grossed out on more than one occasion. And the writing team, Lex Thomas, isn't afraid of getting to the seedy underbelly of such a situation, including forced prostitution, murder, and gangs. Let's just say, this series gets ugly quick. This, in my opinion, makes it the perfect series for those mature reluctant readers who just will not allow themselves to succumb to a good book. Give them the Quarantine series, and you won't be able to keep them away. It really is that tense and addictive.This is not a series for younger students or those who can't handle a very violent story. It is for the more "adult" range of young adults. Gates' character was probably the most disturbing in the entire story, even more so than the sadistic Sam, because he appeared to have it all together. I loved the dismantling of the Loners and how that affected everyone differently. But don't forget, this is one seriously disturbing series! If you liked Grant's Gone series, this is your next move. If you couldn't handle Gone, then this is not a series you want to start!

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This book review was actually done by my 9th grade son..I think this book was a great book. I have read online and noticed that many people don’t like the use of language and mental images you put into the readers head, I think that is silly because they chose to read the book and could have searched online if the book was “children” friendly. Now about the book, I think in The Saints Will becomes a little more childish because he ganged up with Gates and Gates is pretty crazy and does some pretty interesting things. I personally like how there are different types of gangs in their school, some people say that it is discrimination (and they aren’t wrong) but it gives a little more depth to each character that is in each group when the loners was disbanded. The authors of this book took a somewhat realistic look into this book on how they used their vulgar language and what they did because they could. They also represented situations that normally wouldn’t happen in a book which I thought was very unique. I will say that some things were unnecessarily “action packed” but I thought they were fun to read and go along with. The fact that Gates also used Sam as a bargaining tool was pretty mean and selfish, but that’s how it could have worked in real life too. What was pretty intense too was how they treated Sam when the Saints captured him and how he thought that his dad (who was watching over all the students in the school) wouldn’t give in to their demands. In the end I thought that this book was really good and I look forward to reading the third installment of The Quarantine series. I rate this book 5/5.

As a huge (bordering on obsessive) fan of the first Quarantine, I was anxiously (breathlessly) awaiting the second. In fact - full disclosure here - I stayed up until midnight (on book release date) waiting for my kindle edition to download. And, yes, I stayed up all night reading.What do I think? Brilliant.I'll not be redundant and give another plot synopsis - you can read it above. I'll simply say that, as a fan, I was not disappointed. Just like the first, Quarantine: The Saints is well written. It's a fast-paced, exciting, thought-provoking read, with round, well-developed characters. Lucy is one of the best female leads in any YA book out there now. Thomas has struck that magical balance between vulnerability and strength, sweetness and ferocity. She's perfect. Will, too has been wonderfully crafted: flawed, but endearing. But perhaps the best character in the book, and one that best demonstrates the authors' skill/talent, is Gates. Dark, mysterious, yet, utterly charismatic, Gates is both captivating and chilling. (If this were a movie review I'd say his 'performance' was oscar-worthy!)The Saints is slightly darker than The Loners, however. Where The Loners merely touched on certain themes, The Saints delves much deeper. The adult content (i.e. sex, alcohol, violence) are more explicit - probably not appropriate for younger readers (12 and under).The Quarantine Series (so far) is quite possibly the best YA series in print today. My only complaint is that the third is a year away.

Just barely behind my favorite series (I AM NUMBER FOUR) this amazing series is full of surprises. With twist after twist, this book is quite the suspense thriller. Causing me to wonder just what happens in those split seconds "behind the scenes", this series unexpectedly stole my attention. I could not wait to just pick up where I left off and start this crazy adventure again. This series is geared towards Suspense, Romance, and a bit of Thriller and Comedy. Never before did I know how anxious one could get waiting for the next book. I recommend this series cause it may surprise you and steal your attention as it did mine. All this is even after finding this book doesn't fit my general book criteria, rather it changed it to find others like this (NO SAFETY IN NUMBERS) to be even more amazing.

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The only reason I'm giving this one star is because it wouldn't download to my iPad other than that I loved the first book and hope the second book is just as good