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In the year 2020, several states along the US Gulf Coast are quarantined, the borders shut off after a series of devastating hurricanes push through, bringing with it a strange blood disease referred to as Delta Fever. In 2025 The United States withdraws governance of Texas, Louisiana, Florida, Alabama and Georgia. The fever has spread, causing too many casualties. These places are no longer safe and are cut off by thick, high walls from the rest of the USA.

Several years later, Fen lives in Orleans (what used to be New Orleans) with her tribe. Tribes are formed by blood type, and Fen's tribe seems to be the most fortunate -- they aren't affected as badly by the disease as other blood types. When her dear friend and tribe leader dies after giving birth, Fen vows to protect the baby at all costs and make sure she gets the life her mother wanted for her. Fen is determined to get the baby over the wall and into a loving home where the baby won't have to deal with the nightmares of life on her side of the wall. So long as she can keep the baby safe, and make it to the border before the baby gets sick, all will be well.

But the journey isn't an easy one. When Fen meets Daniel, a research scientist from across the wall who has snuck over to look for a cure for Delta Fever, she doesn't trust him, but he may be her only hope. As they are pursued by dangerous tribes, the two will have to put their distrust aside if their plans are to work.

I really loved the characters in this book. They didn't feel cliché, or unoriginal. Fen is tough, determined and completely selfless, but those who know her only see a hardened, scarred and slightly dangerous girl. She's a fighter and if anyone has come into contact with her, they know it's best if they just leave her alone. She's small, but she's mean. Her loyalty toward Lydia, her friend and tribe leader, is what drives her to save the baby at any cost.

I also liked Daniel, the researcher a lot. He was also very strong and determined. Even better -- the two of them didn't fall in love. In fact, they were pretty weary of each other through the book. They felt real.

The writing is excellent. Ms. Smith writes from dual perspectives: First-person from Fen's POV and third-person when it comes to Daniel's perspective. Fen's voice is perfectly captured in the language used. I could actually hear and feel her. Despite the two very distinct voices, the book never faltered at all.

What I also loved was that there was no romance thrown in just for the sake of adding it. Ms. Smith throws out the tired convention of so many disaster/dystopian books. This story is about survival and hope and that is where the focus lies. It was very refreshing.

The only thing that bothered me about the book was that the whole blood type thing confused me. Depending on your blood type, you may succumb to the fever faster or be affected by it more. I never quite grasped the gist of it. I don't blame the author so much as myself. If I'd taken the time to write it down or map it out (I'm very visual) I may have gotten it. I was just too lazy to do so.

Fresh and thrilling, Orleans is perfect for anyone who has grown tired of the same old plot points in dystopian books. If you like tough characters, a great story and plenty of action, I would highly recommend this one.


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Orleans Sherri L Smith Books Reviews

I am usually not a big fan of fiction, but I had heard really good things about this book and decided to give it a shot while on vacation.

To start, I must agree with previous reviewers that the style of writing takes a little getting used to. I had a hard time with the first few chapters, written in Fen's perspective, using her grammar. However, once Daniel entered into the story, I found the style to be actually enjoyable.

The plot is compelling, and Smith does a great job painting a picture of the postapocalyptic world. I found the characters to be realistic and relatable, in this brutal scenario. I also found the premise of the disease to be fascinating, and did not find it as hard to follow as some of the other readers, but I have a good science/medical knowledge base.

Loved the book, really hoping there is a sequel!
The New Orleans we know no longer exists. It is now Orleans, following sequential floods and a disease called Delta fever, separated by wall that keeps its inhabitants contained and isolated from the 'Outer States.' Blood type separates the 'tribes' with O negative coveted because of its resistance to the ravages of the fever. When Fen is the accidental midwife of her friend's baby just before the friend dies in childbirth, the baby becomes the hope for a different future and Fen's focus as protector in a dangerous world. At the same time, Daniel arrives intent on unearthing data from a group of scientists to help him perfect the cure for Delta fever which killed his younger brother. Some readers may be turned off by the dialect but they shouldn't be-it becomes clear that it's a part of Fen's journey and transformation. There are glimpses of the New Orleans we know which add powerful notes to the narrative. Well done and valuable addition to the genre.
As the waters receded, New Orleans picked itself up by its bootstraps and flipped Hurricane Katrina a rude finger gesture as she tucked tail and ran. But what would happen if Katrina was only the first in a long line of increasingly more severe storms? Could our beloved N'Orleans and the surrounding delta survive? In Sherri L. Smith's Orleans, we get a terrifying glimpse of a world that we pray doesn't resemble our future.

Fen survives in the Delta like everyone else. They have no choice. After hurricane after worsening hurricane battered the area into total submission, Delta Fever took over. Delta Fever was unstoppable and the rest of the country had no choice. They built the wall. They separated themselves from the Delta region, and left it to fend for itself. Now, decades later, inside the wall is assumed to be a wasteland with few survivors. Daniel wants to find a cure to Delta Fever, but his closest attempt only made the virus worse. Instead of giving up, he heads to Orleans to gather data that is unavailable outside the wall.

Once inside, though, he is shocked to find a thriving, albeit bloodthirsty, way of life. Fen, a teenaged O-Pos girl lives that life well. Everyone survives better in a tribe, but when her tribe is brutally murdered and she is left with an infant from the tribes leader, she can only think of taking care of Baby. Although Daniel is a liability, he also helped her and Baby escape the Blood Farm, so she owes him. While she doesn't think she can give him want he is looking for, especially in the lawless city of Orleans, she can certainly guide him there. But there is a lot more waiting for innocent, unsuspecting kids than just Delta Fever. Orleans is full of shadows.

This was a really interesting post-apocalyptic story. It was terrifying to see how quickly the region spiraled downwards, and how the rest of the country was totally willing to quarantine the area with Delta Fever unrelenting and incurable. I have family who lived through Hurricane Sandy in New Jersey, and it was until I saw the actual destruction a hurricane can cause, I didn't truly understand what a city like New Orleans has lived through. Sandy may have caused a lot of monetary damage that crippled a lot of people, but Katrina crippled a culture. Although they bounced back, as is the nature of those fierce Cajuns, Katrina will always be a part of their culture now, for better or for worse. The idea of shutting out a whole part of the country and calling it quits was terrifying, but how far would we really go if we couldn't control a deadly virus?

The book is a little confusing sometimes because it is told in Fen's first-person perspective with a mild dialect (perfectly readable, and easy to get used to, but a grammatically incorrect dialect nonetheless), and Daniel's third-person perfect English. The chapter heads weren't marked, so sometimes it took me a minute to realize who I was reading from. This might confuse a weaker reader, so be careful who you give the story to. Still, it is a good enough stand-alone story for any young adult reader. The virus is a little odd in how it affects different blood types in different ways (hence the blood typed tribes), but if you just went with the story, you would certainly enjoy it. I look forward to more from Smith int he future!
In the year 2020, several states along the US Gulf Coast are quarantined, the borders shut off after a series of devastating hurricanes push through, bringing with it a strange blood disease referred to as Delta Fever. In 2025 The United States withdraws governance of Texas, Louisiana, Florida, Alabama and Georgia. The fever has spread, causing too many casualties. These places are no longer safe and are cut off by thick, high walls from the rest of the USA.

Several years later, Fen lives in Orleans (what used to be New Orleans) with her tribe. Tribes are formed by blood type, and Fen's tribe seems to be the most fortunate -- they aren't affected as badly by the disease as other blood types. When her dear friend and tribe leader dies after giving birth, Fen vows to protect the baby at all costs and make sure she gets the life her mother wanted for her. Fen is determined to get the baby over the wall and into a loving home where the baby won't have to deal with the nightmares of life on her side of the wall. So long as she can keep the baby safe, and make it to the border before the baby gets sick, all will be well.

But the journey isn't an easy one. When Fen meets Daniel, a research scientist from across the wall who has snuck over to look for a cure for Delta Fever, she doesn't trust him, but he may be her only hope. As they are pursued by dangerous tribes, the two will have to put their distrust aside if their plans are to work.

I really loved the characters in this book. They didn't feel cliché, or unoriginal. Fen is tough, determined and completely selfless, but those who know her only see a hardened, scarred and slightly dangerous girl. She's a fighter and if anyone has come into contact with her, they know it's best if they just leave her alone. She's small, but she's mean. Her loyalty toward Lydia, her friend and tribe leader, is what drives her to save the baby at any cost.

I also liked Daniel, the researcher a lot. He was also very strong and determined. Even better -- the two of them didn't fall in love. In fact, they were pretty weary of each other through the book. They felt real.

The writing is excellent. Ms. Smith writes from dual perspectives First-person from Fen's POV and third-person when it comes to Daniel's perspective. Fen's voice is perfectly captured in the language used. I could actually hear and feel her. Despite the two very distinct voices, the book never faltered at all.

What I also loved was that there was no romance thrown in just for the sake of adding it. Ms. Smith throws out the tired convention of so many disaster/dystopian books. This story is about survival and hope and that is where the focus lies. It was very refreshing.

The only thing that bothered me about the book was that the whole blood type thing confused me. Depending on your blood type, you may succumb to the fever faster or be affected by it more. I never quite grasped the gist of it. I don't blame the author so much as myself. If I'd taken the time to write it down or map it out (I'm very visual) I may have gotten it. I was just too lazy to do so.

Fresh and thrilling, Orleans is perfect for anyone who has grown tired of the same old plot points in dystopian books. If you like tough characters, a great story and plenty of action, I would highly recommend this one.