Violet Black
Eileen Merriman
2021
Penguin Books

July 22, 2022

I loved Violet Black by Eileen Merriman. I couldn’t stop reading: what got me at first was the introduction of a dystopian world post-pandemic. It reminded me of The Maze Runner by James Dashner. And then I kept searching for more information, and I am still craving it after finishing the book.

A deadlier strain of measles circulates, and the author holds anti-vaxxers accountable for allowing it to spread. What makes the plot thicken, is that some vaccinated teenagers, infected by the virus, wake from a coma to discover that they have special powers.  Read more