A review by booklovinalicia
Landry Park by Bethany Hagen

5.0

It's hard not to become sucked into this book and read it all in one sitting! Landry Park is beautiful story which is dystopian in nature but which is more or less a historical fiction. While reading I imagined more of a Gone With The Wind type Kansas City setting, though it has also been described as "The Selection meets Downton Abbey". I was pleasantly surprised at Bethany Hagen's uniqueness and originality of the plot in this book. I have not read a plot like this, despite the fact I have read plenty of YA dystopian novels. It was refreshing! Without giving too much away, the "bad guy" in this book is one that has yet to be used in previous dystopian books I have read. Bravo for that! It is a book that mixes several genres, and I think she did it brilliantly. I look forward to her next book!