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The Key to Fear

The Key Series, Book 1

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The Key to Fear

By: Kristin Cast
Narrated by: Dascha Polanco
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No touching today for a healthy tomorrow.

For 50 years, the Key Corporation has defended humanity against a deadly virus that spreads through touch. Lovers don’t kiss, or even hold hands. 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 when she sets out in search of a terminal patient who goes missing while under her care.

From the outside, it seems like Aiden was given everything he could want from the Key - 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 brutal system that once kept you safe hunts you down?

Run.

©2020 Kristin Cast (P)2020 Blackstone Publishing Dystopian Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Science Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy Thrillers & Suspense Fiction Teen Fiction
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I really enjoyed this book, not so much the narrator (sorry). can't wait for next book.

Definitely a good read

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The story was good, I enjoyed it but wished the narrator followed the flow of the sentences better, the pauses at the wrong places made it difficult to finish the book.

Good story.

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Not a fan of T-glottalization. It makes the reading jar and clash. Also many phrases were paused in unusual places which interfered with comprehension.

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