serter. With a setting that is Hog-
to start over rather than staying
warts meets The Bourne Identity,
home having to face her cheating
this debut YA thriller will make
boyfriend and ex best friend.
readers mad with suspense.
Desert Dark totally fits in with the
Rating: 5 stars
overall story. As the new girl, Nadia finds herself in the middle of a
Review:
dessert with a top security governmental school, she finds there are
Desert Dark by Sonja Stone is bril- indeed dark things going
liantly stunning. Her novel is set
on...Nadia is smart and a tough
for YA; however, adults like myself student. She soon realizes how far
will lose themselves inside this in- behind she is and works daily to
Synopsis:
credible read. I found it enticing,
bring herself up to standards with
suspenseful and packed with ac-
her four-man team. Her room-
tion. There's also, a mystery sur-
mate has a southern accent and is
Sixteen-year-old Nadia Riley is de- rounding the events that keep
a little OCD when it comes to
lighted to earn a spot at an elite,
readers intrigued from the begin-
keeping things clean...but their
government-funded boarding
ning and until the ending. This
friendship blooms despite
school. Nothing sounds better than new title in YA is exciting, hot, and that...but Nadia soon finds out
carries a lot of themes such as fam- each member of her team is holdleaving behind her fraught relationship with her ex-boyfriend and ily, loyalty, and friendshi ˈHX