{"product_id":"9780702330926-the-virtue-season","title":"The Virtue Season","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eManon has just turned eighteen - a debutant at the start of The VirtueSeason: a process which will result in a match with a suitablegenetic mate. Agatha has been decommissioned, branded with ascar on the crest of her cheek which will forever sit at the cornerof her vision. This is the story of their ritual year. And theCouncil is watching.\u003cbr\u003e\"An intensely readable YA debut with undertones of      Atwood and a vivid, immersive setting.\" The Guardian\"A      dystopia unlike any other I've seen, combining      debutante courting etiquette with realistic climate change      warnings.\" - Lauren James, author of The Quiet at the      End of the World\"Compelling as      it is searingly romantic.\" - Elizabeth Lee, author of      The Cunning Women      \"An utterly compelling dystopia.A simply stunning      debut.\" - Kat Ellis, author of Harrow Lake      \"The must-have book of the season for those who enjoy      their dystopia wrapped in romance.\" - Bex Hogan, author      of Viper       \"Immersive, beautifully written and achingly romantic,      I state my preference for this gorgeous dystopian debut.\" -      Sue Cunningham, author of Totally Deceased      The world didn't end all at once but drip by drip.      Manon Pawlak has just turned eighteen, a debutant at the start      of the Virtue Season: a process that will result in a match with      a suitable genetic mate. Her best friend, Agatha, has been decommissioned,      forbidden to partake in the season and unite with the      boy who has had her heart since they were children.      When Manon's mother wades out into the waters of Penn Vale with      stones sewn into the lining of her coat, Manon's genetic purity      is called into question and she's forced to rely on the fisherman's      son, Wick, to keep her secret. But as they dance, the truth about      their world starts to unravel, and Manon finds herself at the      centre of it all. And the council is watching.            Bridgerton meets The Hunger Games with shades      of The Handmaid's Tale and 1984      As romantic as it is sinister and completely unputdownable      This is L.M. Nathan's debut YA, almost 10 years in the making      and inspired by the countryside of rural Lancashire      Featuring the ever-popular BookTok tropes of #forbiddenromance,      #friendstolovers and #forcedproximity and themes of a woman's      right to choose, a woman's right to her own body, totalitarianism      and how true love endures in even the darkest of places\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41602634645601,"sku":"9780702330926","price":6.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_29737584.jpg?v=1725706833","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780702330926-the-virtue-season","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}