Revived

Revived
By: Cat Patrick
Price: £6.99
Age: 13+

After the success of Forgotten, big things were expected of Cat Patrick’s follow-up, and she hasn’t disappointed with Revived. The story of Daisy West, a girl who has already died five times and been brought back to life by a revolutionary and secret drug, Revive, pioneered by a man known only as ‘God’, Revived survives the unlikely science to focus on the human implications and moral choices the drug provokes. After being forced to move once again to a new school after her most recent death (by bee sting, to which she is highly allergic), Daisy settles enough to meet new best friend Audrey, who she adores, and when she falls for Audrey’s brother, Matt, she begins to feel that she has a chance at a normal life. Until she discovers that Audrey has cancer, and Daisy has to decide whether she should tell her friends about Revive. A combination of love story and thriller, Revived offers a fast-paced but deeply-felt look at a very modern-day dilemma.

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