Once Upon a Fever, Angharad Walker
Once Upon a Fever, Angharad Walker
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Once Upon a Fever

Author: Angharad Walker

Narrator: Lucy Strange

Unabridged: 12 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/04/2024


Synopsis

From the critically acclaimed author of The Ash House, in a society where emotions themselves are thought to be the cause of the illness that has taken over the world, sisters Ani and Payton must unravel a dark truth in this story that explores the depth of our own strength in how we observe and deal with our emotions. Since the world fell sick with fantastical illnesses, sisters Payton and Ani have grown up in King Jude's Hospital.Payton wants to be a methic like her father, working on a cure for her mother's sleeping fever. Ani, however, thinks the remedy for all illness might be found in the green wilderness beyond the hospital walls.When Ani stumbles upon an imprisoned boy who turns everything he touches to gold, her world is turned upside-down. The girls find themselves outside the hospital for the first time, a dark mystery unraveling...

Reviews

This story was so immersive, the world so fantastical, that it seems to a shame to limit such possibility into one book. Both Payton and Ani live at St Jude's Hospital where their father, a doctor, seems to work tirelessly searching for a cure for their mother, who has water fever. This story explore......more

Goodreads review by Melika

روزگار تب یه داستان پادآرمان‌شهری هست که رگه‌هایی از استیم پانک توش دیده میشه! دنیایی که احساسات شدید باعث میشه بیمار بشین. مثل ترس، نفرت، خشم، دلشکستگی و ناراحتی… هر کدوم بیماری‌های خودشون رو دارن مثل آتیشی که وجودتون رو فرامی‌گیره یا طلایی که ازتون تراوش میکنه و یا قلبی که نمیتونه بدنتون رو زنده ن......more

Goodreads review by Reema

Absolutely loved this, you think you are getting Frozen but it ends up being almost a dystopian novel!! I loved the main characters, found the writing really easy and the pacing was good. Perfect for any age to read!......more

Goodreads review by Amber

Before I received this book as a present, I had no idea what this book was about. But I was so surprised of how I genuinely enjoyed this book. It was an easy read and I found the whole concept of the book so interesting and fascinating to think how certain emotions can cause illnesses. The main char......more

This was SO good!! I really enjoyed the plot and writing and thought it was executed very well. I’ve never read a book like this before and enjoyed it very much, I liked all the characters and the deeper meaning about suppressing feelings and letting them show. All the different sicknesses and the m......more


Quotes

Praise for The Ash House:A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year"The book has an allegorical chill that settles slowly, like damp seeping in... leaving readers with a feeling of ambiguous unease that may stir for a long time in the back of their minds like the aftereffects of a nightmare." -- The Wall Street Journal* "An impressive first novel that slowly unfolds its brilliant twists and deceptions." -- The Bulletin of the Center For Children's Books, starred review"An intersection of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children and Lord of the Flies." -- Booklist"An unexpected-and pleasing-combination of propitious and disquieting."-- Kirkus Reviews