New release Tuesday: Fever

Fever, the sequel to Wither (2011) by Lauren DeStefano, finally hits bookshelves today.

This series is set in a future where all diseases have been eliminated in the pursuit to create flawless human beings. As a result of this manipulation, women have a lifespan of only 20 years while men die at 25. Consequently girls are kidnapped into marriage, with young men taking several wives at a time in the hopes of continuing the population and providing test subjects to experiement on to find a cure. The main character, sixteen-year-old Rhine, was kidnapped and taken away from her twin brother in Wither. She then found herself in a marriage to the rich, clueless Linden, along with sister wives Cecily and Jenna. Rhine finds a friend (and maybe more) in Gabriel, who works in Linden's mansion. That's all I'll say if you haven't read Wither yet!