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Currently reading: The Gender Game by Bella Forrest

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I started reading The Gender Game  by Bella Forrest a couple of days ago and it is so good that I thought I'd share a little about it before I finished it! If you're looking for a Young Adult/coming-of-age post-apocalyptic/adventure read, then I recommend giving The Gender Game  a go. The idea of Matriarchal vs Patriarchal based ruling is interesting. What if women ruled one region and enforced law and society roles in a way that would traditionally (rather stereotypically) be considered a "woman's place"? And what if men had a region of the same? It's really not that crazy of a concept...it's real life parts of the world. This book take that idea and steps it up a notch and gives a side-by-side view of two extreme situations. A toxic river divides nineteen-year-old Violet Bates's world by gender. Women rule the East. Men rule the West. Welcome to the lands of Matrus and Patrus. Ever since the disappearance of her beloved younger brother, Viole