Cruelest Oblivion (Cruelest Oblivion 1) by MA Heard-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date November 7, 2022

Over the past five decades, the dome over our Ecocity has protected us from the deviants living in the forbidden territory. Since the great war ended, our lives have consisted of virtue and order.

Once a year, seven people are sent out to the forbidden lands to see if there are any deviants worth saving. None have returned, only increasing people’s fear of what lies beyond the safe border of the dome.

When I’m chosen as a crusader, the world, as I know it, is ripped from under my feet. In the forbidden territory, I learn things I never dreamed existed – a world I’ve been totally oblivious to. I meet people who freely show emotion and affection. People who dare make their own choices.

It’s frightening and the opposite of everything I’ve ever known.

Suddenly, I have to fight for my life. I’m thrown into chaos where time is running out to become a skilled fighter who will be an asset for the coming war. But my mind’s bombarded with questions – who’s right and who’s wrong? Which side should I fight on?

I don’t belong in this world filled with cruelty and depravity.

Then there’s Chance, my reluctant trainer. The man is the definition of deadly and so attractive I struggle to think straight around him. I’m also pretty sure he would love nothing more than to snap my neck. Cruel, impatient, and harsh, he’s a brute who seems annoyed by my existence.

Honestly, I’m not sure I will survive living with the deviants, never mind fighting in a war. Unless I find my courage and learn to fight for myself, I fear this new world will crush me.

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REVIEW: Cruelest Oblivion is the first book in the new adult dystopian romance series by Michelle Heard writing as M.A. Heard.

Jasper “Jai” Matthias was born and raised in a domed ecocity (an isolated city built after wars ended) and knows nothing about the outside world. She has spent her almost 20 years of life adhering to the rules that were brought forth by the emissaries- leaders and founding fathers of the ecocity. Spending her days honoring those rules and being virtuous as she is supposed to be. She knows that turning 20 means one of two things. She will either get married, which is highly unlikely or become a bearer, which means she will spend her days bearing children to all of the men of the dome to further the race in the ecosystem.

There was one other option she wasn’t counting on. On the seventh day of the seventh month, seven people are collected by the emissaries and are named crusaders.
They are cast out into the forbidden territory (beyond the dome walls), where the deviants live. Their goal is to see if there are any deviants worth saving, No one has ever returned. Several years ago, Jai lost her mother this way. Her mother was cast out into the forbidden territory never to be heard from again.

But when Jai is picked as a crusader, her entire world is ripped from her. All she has ever known, been taught or required to learn – she soon finds out is lies.
Thankfully with her fathers standing and connections she has those that will look out for her and teach her the ways of the forbidden world. What she wasn’t counting on was falling for one of them.

Chance was cast out of the ecocity ten years ago, He has spent those ten years becoming the strongest soldier he can, with one intention. Protecting his brother Ethan, When Ethan shows up at the meeting point with a woman, Jai – Chance almost loses his mind. The last thing he needs is to have to worry about protecting a woman in the forbidden city. Especially one like Jai. She is so young and innocent and he knows she will never survive. But she quickly stands her ground and holds her own.. Jai was told by her father right before she was taken to find Chance and have him train her. That is exactly what she is going to do.

As the world as she knows it goes from virtuous to deviant Jai knows she must protect herself at all costs and do whatever she needs to do to survive.

Upon meeting Chance she realizes that he hates the very sight of her, But innately she knows she can trust him. And when Chance sees that she is giving her all to learn the new ways in the forbidden territory, slowly his walls start to crack. He starts to feel very protective of Jai and soon realizes that he must protect her at all costs. But will she survive? Will she be able to comprehend and understand the new world she lives in Especially when all she has been taught until now has been lies?

I would never pick a dystopian book – just not in my reading genre. But I am a huge fan of Michelle Heard and figured why not give it a try. I read and finished this book in one sitting. And I can not wait to see where this story leads. The second book is due out at the end of November 2022 and I am there for it. There is a trigger warning and an 18 and up advisory on this book. But I highly recommend.

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Reviewed by Erin K

Michelle Heard is a Bestselling Romance Author who loves creating stories her readers can get lost in. She might have a slight obsession with alpha heroes who are not afraid to fight for their women.

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