Hush (Hush, #1)

 Shae lives in a poor town that has been suffering a drought. They also have been affected by the Blot, a disease from reading or having written documents. Their sheep farm began declining after the death of her father. When her brother contracted the Blot and died, her mother stopped speaking. Shae believes the Bards, the ones that bestow blessings, in the way of a Telling, and justice, killed her mother. She seeks their castle to get answers, but she may get more than she bargained for.

Shae’s quest is hard and at times she feels she is going mad. She learns the hard way that trust should not be given easily. The book is fast paced, the characters are somewhat developed, and it is written in the first-person point of view. The author has a descriptive writing style that is easy to read. If you like the Hunger Games, Divergent and other dystopian books, you will probably enjoy this series as well. This was the first book I have read by this author and look forward to reading Veil, the next book in the series.