The Sandcastle Empire

The Sandcastle Empire

Kayla Olson

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When all hope is gone, how do you survive? Before the war, Eden’s life was easy—air conditioning, ice cream, long days at the beach. Then the revolution happened, and everything changed. Now a powerful group called the Wolfpack controls the earth and its resources. Eden has lost everything to them. They killed her family and her friends, destroyed her home, and imprisoned her. But Eden refuses to die by their hands. She knows the coordinates to the only neutral ground left in the world, a place called Sanctuary Island, and she is desperate to escape to its shores. Eden finally reaches the island and meets others resistant to the Wolves. But their solace is short-lived when one of Eden’s new friends goes missing. Braving the jungle in search of their lost ally, they quickly discover Sanctuary is filled with lethal traps and an enemy they never expected. This island might be deadlier than the world Eden left behind, but surviving it is the only thing that stands between her and freedom.

Publication Year: 2017


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    Mar 11, 2025
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  • Breezie_Reads
    Mar 11, 2025
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    This book was so much more than I expected. It was fast-paced, intense, and unpredictable. Sometimes the description got a little weird, like how Eden knew that Lonan disagreed with a plan just through his hand, even though nothing changed except "the angles," whatever that means. I also really hate the name Lonan. I caught myself subconsciously calling him Logan several times throughout the story. Everything else though was immaculate and I'm disappointed that it took me this long to decide to read this book, since it's been on my shelves for a while. 

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