


The Glass Spare reimagines The Midas Touch, where our main heroine finds herself cursed with turning living things into jewels. (Yes yes, dystopia is fantasy and fiction but you know what I’m saying, especially if you read the Chemical Garden series. Loved this series.) This isn’t a bad thing, Lauren Destefano can turn a page and it’s fun to read a different genre from her.

(If you’re in the mood for a disturbingly amazing dystopia, then you need to read Wither. Lauren Destefano’s new series, The Glass Spare is a huge departure from her Chemical Garden series. That being said, I do love reading about them. But right now, I’m mostly grateful for living in a reality where magic curses don’t exist. The Warrior Constellation (Short story #0.5.November is a time to be grateful for things like left turn arrows, girl trips, Baby Foot and chunky sweaters that hide my muffin top.No Intention of Dying (Short story #1.5.The Seeds of Wither (The Chemical Garden.DeStefano also wrote a middle-grade book, A Curious Tale of the In-Between, which is scheduled for release in September 2015.

The second book in the series, Burning Kingdoms, was released on March 10, 2015. It was released October 1, 2013, and focuses on the "perfect, orderly society" of a city floating in the sky. She has a three-book deal with Simon & Schuster for a "utopian" young adult series called The Internment Chronicles. ĭeStefano is currently working on a new series. 10 on the New York Times bestseller list for children's series in March 2013. The third and final book, Sever, was released on February 12, 2013. 6 on the New York Times bestseller list in March 2012. Wither is the first book in The Chemical Garden Trilogy, and the second novel, Fever, debuted at No. Her first book, Wither, a dystopian young adult novel, was published in 2011 by Simon & Schuster. She is best known for the Chemical Garden series of novels and her gallows humor.ĭeStefano was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and has an English degree from Albertus Magnus College. Lauren DeStefano (born October 13, 1984) is an American young adult author.
