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Breeder #3
Clone
When Pria took Pax’s hand, she committed treason against the Unified World Order. Now, her trust in him will be put to the ultimate test. Pax is not what Pria always thought he was. As she deals with the devastating revelation, the rebels race to uncover the proof they need that the Unified World Order has been culpable in the death of billions. Supposedly armed with everything she needs to survive, Pria leaves her troubles with Pax behind and journeys to Washington and the belly of the beast the palace of the Autocrat. There, she hopes to emerge victorious with files that will unite the disparate rebels into one force. However, Pria’s harrowing experience in the capital sets her to believe there may be factors they’ve never considered in their fight against the UWO. Factors that cause her to re-evaluate everything she thinks she knows about Pax. As the Unified World Order closes in on a killing strike, Pria longs for a place of refuge to leave the revolution behind, but Pax won’t abandon a strategy he keeps hidden from her, and she will not abandon him. Secrets and lies dodge Pax and Pria’s relationship at every turn, even as the fate of the world hinges, somehow, on the love they hold for each other.
359 pages, ebook
Published December 14, 2019
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K.B. Hoyle
15books242followersK. B. Hoyle’s love of good stories began when she stepped through a wardrobe at age six, and she never looked back. She is the multiple award-winning Young Adult author of THE GATEWAY CHRONICLES fantasy series, THE BREEDER CYCLE dystopian series, The Fairytale Collection, and more.
In addition to her many novels, K. B. Hoyle is the co-founder and CEO of Owl's Nest Publishers, an independent press specializing in books that capture the imagination of adolescents. She is also a sought-after voice in the areas of storytelling and culture, and she has contributed articles and essays to a variety of publications. Her speaking resume includes keynote addresses, leading writing workshops, and international experience as a featured panelist at the 2013 Sydney Writers' Festival.
K. B. Hoyle stays busy at her home in Wisconsin on a winding creek with her husband, their four sons, and the variety of wildlife that frequent their land.
For more information on K. B. Hoyle, visit her website at kbhoyle.com or find her around social media at @kbhoyle.author on Instagram, Facebook, and Threads. Email her at [email protected].
In addition to her many novels, K. B. Hoyle is the co-founder and CEO of Owl's Nest Publishers, an independent press specializing in books that capture the imagination of adolescents. She is also a sought-after voice in the areas of storytelling and culture, and she has contributed articles and essays to a variety of publications. Her speaking resume includes keynote addresses, leading writing workshops, and international experience as a featured panelist at the 2013 Sydney Writers' Festival.
K. B. Hoyle stays busy at her home in Wisconsin on a winding creek with her husband, their four sons, and the variety of wildlife that frequent their land.
For more information on K. B. Hoyle, visit her website at kbhoyle.com or find her around social media at @kbhoyle.author on Instagram, Facebook, and Threads. Email her at [email protected].
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August 3, 2024
I didn't intend to read this in less than 24 hours, but here we are.
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I don't know that I've ever been so satisfied with the ending to a series.
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I loved the whole thing. The characters are amazing, and the story kept me guessing right up to the end,
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I loved the insights into what makes us human. For a book so full of disturbing events, it was also so full of hope and light.
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I'm sad that it's over, but I'm happy about the reading experience. It'll be interesting to read it again with what I know now.
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I don't know that I've ever been so satisfied with the ending to a series.
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I loved the whole thing. The characters are amazing, and the story kept me guessing right up to the end,
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I loved the insights into what makes us human. For a book so full of disturbing events, it was also so full of hope and light.
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I'm sad that it's over, but I'm happy about the reading experience. It'll be interesting to read it again with what I know now.
August 8, 2024
Where do I even begin? How do you properly pull together thoughts on just the conclusion of a series?
This story as a whole was just the most fun reading experience. This final book had elements that reminded me of Animal Farm, Hunger Games, and Station Eleven, just in their dystopian/political plot lines ways. I really loved how unique and original this story was, and I found it unputdownable, reading all three books in just a few days on a vacation.
I really love how this book leaned into the unsettling and suspenseful elements of the genre. There were just enough hints that all was not right, that something was out there lurking, something under the surface of what appears to be happening. The final 45 pages or so rendered me unable to do anything else until I finished, and the conclusion itself was satisfying and thought-provoking.
I’d recommend these for 14+ and they are amazing option for adults who love dystopian stories too!
This story as a whole was just the most fun reading experience. This final book had elements that reminded me of Animal Farm, Hunger Games, and Station Eleven, just in their dystopian/political plot lines ways. I really loved how unique and original this story was, and I found it unputdownable, reading all three books in just a few days on a vacation.
I really love how this book leaned into the unsettling and suspenseful elements of the genre. There were just enough hints that all was not right, that something was out there lurking, something under the surface of what appears to be happening. The final 45 pages or so rendered me unable to do anything else until I finished, and the conclusion itself was satisfying and thought-provoking.
I’d recommend these for 14+ and they are amazing option for adults who love dystopian stories too!
January 1, 2024
3.75 stars for this series. The covers are just…so bad…but I really enjoyed the storyline.
February 16, 2025
Ahhh!! I haven’t enjoyed a series of books this much in a long time! Two books in 48 hours and not much else accomplished for me but so worth it. 😍
So happy to say this has a very satisfying ending and was a fabulously fun and exciting reading experience. Thrilled to have discovered KB Hoyle’s stories! I’m already looking forward to rereading this series.
It won’t be possible right away I don’t think, but I will soon be reading the prequel “Hunter� also.
So happy to say this has a very satisfying ending and was a fabulously fun and exciting reading experience. Thrilled to have discovered KB Hoyle’s stories! I’m already looking forward to rereading this series.
It won’t be possible right away I don’t think, but I will soon be reading the prequel “Hunter� also.
October 24, 2024
Good dystopian for 14ish and up. The main content considerations: a handful of swear words, a scene with cutting/self-harm, and talk of people being purchased after being presented completely naked for perusal.
June 4, 2024
While a little more rushed at the end than I prefer, I would give this 4,5 stars. Pax and Pria 5ever 😭😭🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹😭😭😭😭
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April 1, 2020
Summary: A dystopian trilogy (with a prequel) that is both an enjoyable read and prescient.
The setting is roughly 200 years after two different mass devastation events. There is a single world government that is trying to repopulate the earth after the majority of the population died in a massive famine, a wide-scale pandemic or a third event that I will not reveal. The main character at the start of the first book is one of the breeders, Seventeen (later Pria). Other characters are quickly introduced and many of them continue through the series.
I have not been reading much fiction lately. But with my brain distracted by real life and less time since my kids are not in school right now, it felt like a perfect time to pick up KB Hoyle's Dystopian series. About 18 months ago I read Hoyle's fantasy series that started with I read the series quickly and loved the books. They were certainly in my list of favorite fiction books that I read in 2018.
Once I have a feel for fiction authors, I tend to try to read them completely blind. I had not read any of the descriptions of the series before picking it up. And as I finished each one, I just picked up the next without writing a post. At this point, I do not think it makes sense to write individual responses because this is a single story, told over four books.
The setting is roughly 200 years after two different mass devastation events. There is a single world government that is trying to repopulate the earth after the majority of the population died in a massive famine, a wide-scale pandemic or a third event that I will not reveal. The main character at the start of the first book is one of the breeders, Seventeen (later Pria). Other characters are quickly introduced and many of them continue through the series.
I am not going to give away plot details but a couple of notes. KB Hoyle has great plots. Hints are given, but I did not know where the story was going to end up as I was going along. I can also guess that a few people will be disappointed in how some of the first two books end, but remember, this is a single large story arc, keep reading.
Also, this is a young adult dystopian book. Hoyle does not tell childish stories, but they are pitched to a teen or advanced pre-teen audience. There is some romance and hinting at sexual situations (the title of the first book is breeder and the evil government plot involves young women serving as baby factories so some of this is set up in the concept.) However, there is nothing on the page more than insinuation and teen appropriate discussion. (Spoiler--there is an attempted rape at one point, but the victim does not fully understand what is going on apart from the violence until later. )
Having read both series that KB Hoyle has written, the plotting and engagement is high. This series will not appeal to everyone. And while I picked up a dystopian series because we are on pandemic lockdown, that will not be helpful for everyone. But for me, the chapters were short enough that I could pick up a book here and there and make real progress. The book was engaging and had a clear good vs evil structure that even as it dealt with hard things at times, it was comforting to read a story about people that were trying to save humanity and willing to risk it all.
May 30, 2021
4.5 stars. Light spoilers in content warnings below!
Well...I read this entire book in one day. And I read the last third or so in a desperate, couldn’t-put-it-down, I-have-to-know-the-answers-right-now!!! drive. Clone is a page-turner, with mysteries that will keep you guessing and turning pages until the very end. Oof. Wow. That’s all I can say!
There’s a lot of value in this book, and a lot of thought-provoking exploration of the nature of humanity and what makes someone truly human. Is our genetic code the sum total of who we are? Or is it something more? What does it mean to be an autonomous human being? And what would you risk for that freedom? Can people be wholly broken and enslaved? Or is there something indomitable in the human spirit?
Clone left me with a major book hangover and a lot to chew on, both beautiful and difficult. It retains the hopefulness I sensed from the beginning of the series and never delves as deeply as the Hunger Games trilogy does into ugliness and despair. I nearly gave it 5 stars, because I really like it so much, but my subjective rating scale requires me to knock it down just a bit for gore (personal preference).
Things to be aware of: Content and themes remain mature. Gore is moderate to at times heavy, though perhaps not as shocking as in the previous installments. A subplot involves a somewhat graphic scene of self-harming (not glorified or presented as a positive thing, but rather as an unhealthy coping mechanism). Within the UWO, people are dressed up in provocative outfits, stripped naked, and bid on (presumably as the equivalent of sex slaves, which is heavily implied). One character’s behavior toward another (whom he plans to purchase) is über-creepy, suggestive, and possessive. That entire sequence made me want to take a shower (which I think was the desired effect!). The main character (sweet naive Pria) finally gets someone to explain to her how human reproduction works. The conversation occurs “off-screen,� but Pria meditates on her own experiences of physical attraction and what it all means. (Oh gosh, now I’m questioning whether this happened in Criminal or in Clone...I read them too quickly! But I think it was in this book.) The only actual sex is offscreen and implied, in that a married character becomes pregnant.
Overall...I don’t know that the Breeder Cycle will make it into my upper echelon of very favorite books ever, as dystopian books in general are tough for me. But this is my favorite of them; definitely a series that will stay with me for a very long time, and one which I will likely revisit: the characters I grew to love, the questions posed, the answers suggested, the exploration of life and freedom have all contributed something powerful and lasting to my moral imagination.
Update: I had to come back a week or so later to add that I keep coming back to these books in my mind and making connections between them and conversations I’m in about ideas and current events. I keep steering people toward them now so that they can understand what I’m talking about and make the connections with me! Also, I’m already wanting to read it again. I think this has actually become one of my favorite series.
Well...I read this entire book in one day. And I read the last third or so in a desperate, couldn’t-put-it-down, I-have-to-know-the-answers-right-now!!! drive. Clone is a page-turner, with mysteries that will keep you guessing and turning pages until the very end. Oof. Wow. That’s all I can say!
There’s a lot of value in this book, and a lot of thought-provoking exploration of the nature of humanity and what makes someone truly human. Is our genetic code the sum total of who we are? Or is it something more? What does it mean to be an autonomous human being? And what would you risk for that freedom? Can people be wholly broken and enslaved? Or is there something indomitable in the human spirit?
Clone left me with a major book hangover and a lot to chew on, both beautiful and difficult. It retains the hopefulness I sensed from the beginning of the series and never delves as deeply as the Hunger Games trilogy does into ugliness and despair. I nearly gave it 5 stars, because I really like it so much, but my subjective rating scale requires me to knock it down just a bit for gore (personal preference).
Things to be aware of: Content and themes remain mature. Gore is moderate to at times heavy, though perhaps not as shocking as in the previous installments. A subplot involves a somewhat graphic scene of self-harming (not glorified or presented as a positive thing, but rather as an unhealthy coping mechanism). Within the UWO, people are dressed up in provocative outfits, stripped naked, and bid on (presumably as the equivalent of sex slaves, which is heavily implied). One character’s behavior toward another (whom he plans to purchase) is über-creepy, suggestive, and possessive. That entire sequence made me want to take a shower (which I think was the desired effect!). The main character (sweet naive Pria) finally gets someone to explain to her how human reproduction works. The conversation occurs “off-screen,� but Pria meditates on her own experiences of physical attraction and what it all means. (Oh gosh, now I’m questioning whether this happened in Criminal or in Clone...I read them too quickly! But I think it was in this book.) The only actual sex is offscreen and implied, in that a married character becomes pregnant.
Overall...I don’t know that the Breeder Cycle will make it into my upper echelon of very favorite books ever, as dystopian books in general are tough for me. But this is my favorite of them; definitely a series that will stay with me for a very long time, and one which I will likely revisit: the characters I grew to love, the questions posed, the answers suggested, the exploration of life and freedom have all contributed something powerful and lasting to my moral imagination.
Update: I had to come back a week or so later to add that I keep coming back to these books in my mind and making connections between them and conversations I’m in about ideas and current events. I keep steering people toward them now so that they can understand what I’m talking about and make the connections with me! Also, I’m already wanting to read it again. I think this has actually become one of my favorite series.
December 17, 2019
>Book Review � Clone
>I am an independent reviewer. This book is the 3rd and final book in the Breeder Cycle series and ends in an HEA. This book starts with Pria devastated over finding out Pax is a clone. Pria, and everyone else really, have been taught that clones are not human. Pria cannot reconcile her feelings for something not human. What she learns is that Pax may not be created in the same way as a traditional human, but he is alive. He has feelings just like all other humans. It takes Pria awhile to get to this point. Pax’s behavior later in the story really challenges Pria’s feelings towards Pax, but her love is solid at that point and the HEA is around the corner.
>A main theme of this book, and the series, is that when people are all the same, there will be no in-fighting, hard feelings or challenges. Pria’s mission to the capital shows her the reality. The heads of the government keep themselves apart from everyone else. They keep the wealth and the best of everything, including breeders. The scene with Pria being looked at on the pillar reminds one of how slaves were sold in the early United States. They had everything stripped away, including clothes, individuality and humanity.
>Pria and Pax try to find a way to combat the ultimate weapon that the government unleashes on the population. There are a lot of new characters and a few more anxious battles, but the scariest scenes are those with Pax being so ill. This book is appropriate for more of a new adult (18+) audience. There are scenes of degradation, but nothing sexually explicit. I am giving this book 5 stars. This is a unique series with really compelling characters. I only wish for more in the Epilogue. I want to see how Pax and Pria learn to be farmers and learn to truly be a couple. I also wonder how humanity is governing itself with the bad guys all gone.
>I am an independent reviewer. This book is the 3rd and final book in the Breeder Cycle series and ends in an HEA. This book starts with Pria devastated over finding out Pax is a clone. Pria, and everyone else really, have been taught that clones are not human. Pria cannot reconcile her feelings for something not human. What she learns is that Pax may not be created in the same way as a traditional human, but he is alive. He has feelings just like all other humans. It takes Pria awhile to get to this point. Pax’s behavior later in the story really challenges Pria’s feelings towards Pax, but her love is solid at that point and the HEA is around the corner.
>A main theme of this book, and the series, is that when people are all the same, there will be no in-fighting, hard feelings or challenges. Pria’s mission to the capital shows her the reality. The heads of the government keep themselves apart from everyone else. They keep the wealth and the best of everything, including breeders. The scene with Pria being looked at on the pillar reminds one of how slaves were sold in the early United States. They had everything stripped away, including clothes, individuality and humanity.
>Pria and Pax try to find a way to combat the ultimate weapon that the government unleashes on the population. There are a lot of new characters and a few more anxious battles, but the scariest scenes are those with Pax being so ill. This book is appropriate for more of a new adult (18+) audience. There are scenes of degradation, but nothing sexually explicit. I am giving this book 5 stars. This is a unique series with really compelling characters. I only wish for more in the Epilogue. I want to see how Pax and Pria learn to be farmers and learn to truly be a couple. I also wonder how humanity is governing itself with the bad guys all gone.
December 22, 2019
Criminal left me feeling a little frustrated with so many unanswered questions. Most of those answers don’t come until Clone is almost over, and all those hints are finally pulled together. Hoyle leads us along � I see the hints, but I have no idea exactly how it’s going to come together until it does. And then it makes sense. The timing of everything, the little ignored “huhs� along the way, all of it. We finally know and understand Pax’s other secrets. It’s the kind of ending that makes you want to re-read the series from the beginning and see the clues along the way and get a new perspective on the story.
The ending for Pax and Pria is satisfying. A few minor questions are still unanswered, so I agree with another reviewer who wanted a more extensive Epilogue. More details about the what next for the post-dystopian world and some of the other characters would be nice, but those omissions may simply be the limitations of a first-person narrator.
Note on order � I’m very glad I read these in release order � Breeder, Criminal, Hunter, then Clone. Hunter ties into Clone, and even though the trilogy stands alone without Hunter, Hunter gives Clone additional context and dimension that I really enjoyed and appreciated.
A worthy finish to a great series.
The ending for Pax and Pria is satisfying. A few minor questions are still unanswered, so I agree with another reviewer who wanted a more extensive Epilogue. More details about the what next for the post-dystopian world and some of the other characters would be nice, but those omissions may simply be the limitations of a first-person narrator.
Note on order � I’m very glad I read these in release order � Breeder, Criminal, Hunter, then Clone. Hunter ties into Clone, and even though the trilogy stands alone without Hunter, Hunter gives Clone additional context and dimension that I really enjoyed and appreciated.
A worthy finish to a great series.
January 29, 2020
I literally could NOT put it down. I haven’t seen 4 in the morning for awhile, but this action-packed conclusion had me staying up “just a little longer� to see how it all turned out. The arcs her character developments take are supremely satisfying, as always.
GREAT finish to the series, firmly undergirded with a history behind (I’ve got to read Hunter to see what all those teasers were about!) and with a satisfying trajectory into the future ahead. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
GREAT finish to the series, firmly undergirded with a history behind (I’ve got to read Hunter to see what all those teasers were about!) and with a satisfying trajectory into the future ahead. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
February 15, 2021
I took a few days to think over my review before spewing my words on to the “paper�.
I was seriously doubting Pax towards the end of the book. I was so confused about how we were supposed to wrap this story up in under 50 pages. I was ranting and raving to my coworkers about the impossibility of a proper closure with this few papers left.
I am not good at figuring things out, so I was so shocked when Sara and her team bust in to save the day. Pax’s explanation was mind blowing! Never saw it coming.
And that last chapter, be still my heart ❤️
I love how the book ended! I wish we could have seen a little more into their lives at the end, but, a girl will just have to use her imagination.
I was seriously doubting Pax towards the end of the book. I was so confused about how we were supposed to wrap this story up in under 50 pages. I was ranting and raving to my coworkers about the impossibility of a proper closure with this few papers left.
I am not good at figuring things out, so I was so shocked when Sara and her team bust in to save the day. Pax’s explanation was mind blowing! Never saw it coming.
And that last chapter, be still my heart ❤️
I love how the book ended! I wish we could have seen a little more into their lives at the end, but, a girl will just have to use her imagination.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
February 2, 2020
A Must Read
Great read!!! This was a fantastic ending to the breeder cycle!! Well worth the wait!!! I definitely recommend this book!!
Great read!!! This was a fantastic ending to the breeder cycle!! Well worth the wait!!! I definitely recommend this book!!
February 18, 2020
Excellent! Everything tied together in the end and it was very satisfying, unlike so many dystopian novels. This one is tops! I highly recommend the Breeder series, and the prequel Hunter. Loved it!
November 28, 2023
Great stuff. Really, really good. But there’s something I’m dying to know� does K.B. Hoyle get extra royalties for each use of the word “akimbo�? I swear it’s her favorite word.
January 10, 2024
5.0⭐️ this book is so good. there are no words that do it justice. i almost cried at one point and i rarely cry over books, so that’s saying something. i absolutely loved it.
March 15, 2024
An exciting and fast-paced conclusion to this dystopia. K. B. Hoyle does a great job of delivering on her story's promises, keeping the reader's attention, and balancing theme, character, and plot.
February 9, 2025
Though I can appreciate the overall ending, I feel like it was really rushed and a little bit anticlimactic--though it was a surprise. Still, I really enjoyed the series, and I would recommend it.
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