The Key to Fear (Key Series, Book 1) (Key, 1)

by Kristin Cast

Hardcover, 2020

Status

Available

Call number

PS3603.A86895 K49 2020

Publication

Blackstone Publishing (2020), Edition: Unabridged, 320 pages

Description

Touch is lethal. Love is dangerous. Nobody is safe. For fifty years, the Key Corporation has defended humanity against a deadly plague that spreads through touch. Lovers don't hold hands, or even kiss. Personal boundaries are valued above all. Break the laws, and you'll face execution. Elodie, a talented young nurse, believes in the mission of the Key and has never questioned the laws that control her life. But Elodie is forced to break the rules to find a terminal patient who's gone missing while under her care. From the outside, it seems the Key has given Aiden everything he could want--a purpose, an education, and a future. But Aiden knows more than he's letting on, and the dark secrets he's keeping could tear the Key's strict society apart. When Elodie and Aiden's lives collide, the fallout will be devastating. What do you do when the system that kept you safe is now on the hunt? Run.… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member sennebec

Intriguing start to a new series, set in a dystopian world where an omniscient corporation monopolizes and controls every facet of life. There are some, however, who have come to distrust that control and are now rebelling. Watching Elodie go from unquestioning obedience through various stages of

uncertainty and even the beginning of rebellion is nicely done. Many readers will also want to hit her fiance up side the head with a 2x4, then turn and do the same to her mother. He's near the top of narcissistic misogynists in recent literature and she's annoying and demeaning. It ends with a very good cliffhanger, leaving readers eager for what comes next.

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