Maybe this would have worked better if I had read the trilogy first.
I just didn't seem to care about the story at all.
That was on me for thinking I could have understood the prequel without any other information.

A great insight into the world of Slated and how this society came to be. Very interesting to look into the lives of minor characters in the Slated series and see their backstories in this prequel.

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Fated is a chilling and all too believable dystopian thriller. Unfortunately the dysyopia portrayed in the novel rarely feels too far-fetched. This is thought provoking, shocking in places and compulsive. The exploration of just how far people will go in the name of what they percieve to be right resonates strongly in today's political climate. Alongside that it is a coming of age storygrounded in harsh reality. It is also a tender love story between two very different characters.

I await with bated breath the sequel to this one ... it had me hooked from early on and hats off to Terry for having the guts to take it as far as it needed to go. This is a no holds barred account of what could happen. Strongly written, beutifully characterised and very, very current. A 5* Young Adult read from me!

I didn’t realise this was part of a series but I went out and purchased Slated and really enjoyed it! It’s very unique and really captured my attention. I’m intrigued to see where the story goes!

With the narrative given from the two main characters, this is a well paced and exciting to read story. With issues close to home for young people today this novel examines the challenges a character faces when torn between doing what is expected of her and doing what she thinks is right.
An enjoyable read to complete the series.
Thank you to Orchard and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review the book.

This is my first journey back into the Shattered series in two years and there were so many elements that are in this that are fantastic. Terry takes the reader on a journey through it's dual perspective nature and both Ava and Sam were really strong characters. I got deeply engrossed in their story and this makes me want to go back and read the original trilogy. This is a solid YA dystopian and it is such a fantastic read.

Very disturbing to read this whilst the UK is a month away from leaving Europe. it is very thought provoking,.. how far is our government prepared to go to protect our borders and enforce the will of the people.

I loved the Slated series so much and though my reread put me off it a bit, I was still really excited to read the prequel. It caught the feel of the original series really well while giving us a really good look into what happened to change everything into the Dystopian society we see in Slated.



It felt a bit bleaker reading this book than it did originally reading Slated. For one thing, some of the things that triggered the world to change are actually happening, most importantly Britain Leaving the EU. Slated was always a world where things were startlingly close to real life, but reading Fated , things felt way too close for comfort!



I really liked seeing how the world came to be. How little things that change, slowly taking away the rights of teenagers, can change the country into something so scary and controlling. A lot of dystopia takes place after major wars or world changing events, but Slated showed little things that can be used to slowly place control on people while they don't notice. It's the way that real places change, real dictators take control, so it's both fascinating and really interesting to see.



I loved the characters. The two girls had great voices and made the story really good to read. I loved them both so much. They were also both super attracted to each other and f/f relationships make my heart melt from happiness, so that made it even better!



If you're a fan of the Slated series then this is a must read!!

Fated is a prequel to the Slated trilogy, but it works perfectly as a standalone. It's utterly fascinating to follow along as the world becomes a dystopia. We get to watch how rules get implemented and the regime changes; first slowly, and then all at once. It took me a while to warm to Sam and Ava, our protagonists, but I appreciated how they gave us two very different perspectives.

Recommended for fans of the Slated trilogy, but also for fans of dystopian stories and world building.

This review contains spoilers for the SLATED trilogy – if you haven’t read that series, I’d suggest coming back to this review once you have.

FATED is the prequel to the SLATED trilogy, a dystopian UKYA series that I tore through back in 2013. Set in a near-future Britain where the borders are closed and the country is in chaos, FATED gives us a bit of background on how Kyra from SLATED’s world comes about – through the eyes of her mother Sam, and the scientist and developer of the Slating technique, Ava.

FATED takes place before the Slating technology used to rehabilitate young criminals is invented, so it’s a bit less sci-fi than the original series. It’s more politics-driven, and the narrative is split between Sam (the teenage daughter of the deputy prime minister) and Ava, her tutor, whose family has been torn apart by the xenophobic border laws.

When I read SLATED back in 2013, it was quite fanciful to think that the UK would leave the EU (which is one of the catalysts for the way Kyra’s Britain has developed) but now it’s February 2019 and the country is barrelling towards Brexit and this series becomes more timely and important than ever before.

Teri Terry manages to recapture a lot of what made SLATED so engaging and enticing – it’s a twisty, pacy thriller underneath the dystopian packaging, with realistic and flawed protagonists and a lot of emotional depth. The plausibility of it all makes it even more terrifying – in removing the sci-fi aspect of SLATED, everything becomes even more horrifyingly possible. Teenagers have their phones monitored, hoax riots and protests are staged, violent incidents become ever more widespread and the political sphere is rife with conspiracy, lies and fearmongering. We get to see this society from two different angles – through the eyes of Sam, who lives a privileged and sheltered life as the daughter of the deputy prime minister (who may be hiding his own agenda and secrets) and through Ava, Sam’s decidedly less privileged tutor whose family has felt the worst effects of the border laws put in place to “protect” the British public. Though their experiences are wildly different, the two are drawn to each other and into danger as Sam slowly begins to uncover the truth about her father’s plans and the reality behind the riots and the violence shaking the UK.

I already knew how Sam and Ava’s story ends – you find out in the SLATED trilogy, so it’s an inevitable case of prequelitis – but it still broke my heart. I can’t remember the exact specifics of the original books (it’s been a while since I read them) but I’m pretty sure that Sam and Ava’s relationship tips into the romantic rather than just platonic, although it’s not very explicit on the page (the love stuff is…kind of interrupted by the chaos happening around them). I wasn’t too sure what to think about this, as I am always eager to see more f/f representation on the page – for what it’s worth, I think Sam and Ava are excellently written and deeply complex characters but I maybe would have liked one specifically explicit moment to confirm their romantic feelings. I do understand that Terry was boxed in by the already existing canon of the SLATED series (Ava explains to Kyra what her relationship was like with her mother) so couldn’t really change much, but I can dream.

If you loved the SLATED series, you won’t be disappointed with FATED – it’s a great bonus story that expands the world and manages to divulge some important messages about British society today. A chillingly plausible dystopian world.

Fated is the prequel to the Slated trilogy, which I have not read yet (shh, I'm getting around to it). I love a dystopian novel, and this is a perfectly written one, but it hit a little close to the bone given it is basically a post-Brexit world. It is genuinely terrifying and I could not put it down. The country is in chaos, strict order is imposed by the government, riots and violence are every day occurrences and the government choose to reinstate the death penalty to manage the rebels. Against this backdrop we hear the stories of Sam (the Deputy Prime Minister's daughter) and Ava (a girl from a poor background who is tutoring Sam). There is a stark contrast between their lives, but they forge a beautiful friendship which gives some hope in the darkness of this story, but also challenges Sam's perception of the world leading to some truly devastating consequences. Having read this book, I cannot wait to get stuck into the trilogy.

When I picked this book, I was intrigued by the premise and I was really excited to pick it up and read it, however, I found it quite disappointing. The writing style just wasn't for me and I did not like the main character from the get-go; not that the other characters were more endearing. It's a shame because I really wanted to like it. :(

I have seen other reviewers that it makes more sense to read it after reading the main series as this is a prequel - the good thing is that I own them, so will definitely come back to it after reading that, perhaps it will change my opinion, but for the time being I am setting this aside.

A book that got me hooked. Really enjoyed both the storyline and also the characters.
Both story and characters have been written well.
Highly recommended
Thank you to both NetGalley and to the Publishers for my eARC of this book in exchange for my honest unbiased review

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5 Words: Family, friendship, betrayal, power, lies.

Holy shit that was SO GOOD it was honestly amazing.

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As someone who has been a fan of Teri Terry since I first read slated I was more than excited to read this book. Fated is part of the world but a worthy story in it's own right, I thoroughly enjoyed meeting Sam and Ava and discovering the events that lead to the world in Slated.

Terrifyingly similar to the word we are currently living in, this book provides a voice to those who are old enough to care, old enough to think but have no official say in the direction of their governments and country. At points in this book I could barely breathe as I could imagine the situations being told on news today and how those in positions of power are able to abuse this. Both Sam and Ava provide excellent examples for today's young people of how you can resist this, in Sam's case this is an extreme way but in Ava's a much more subtle approach.

Could not recommend this book enough, especially to young people who were fans of Slated, Dystopian fiction and politics.

It's been a while since I read the Slated trilogy but this prequel took me right back into Terry's world. I really engaged with thevMC amd I loved how it was tied to current UK political occurrences. (Although there was something a bit chilling about that too!) This had a grittier feel than the trilogy in a 'disaffected urban youth way' if that makes sense? Either way, great booknand I definitely recommend it.

Thank you to Netgalley, Teri Terry and Hachette Children's Books for my ARC of Fated.
Fated is a sequel/prequel of Teri's awesome dystopian series Slated and is set in the time when everything began to change with the new government coalition.

Sam is the daughter of the deputy prime minister, she goes to a great school and is a good artist. But following Brexit (absolutely loved how this prequel is relevant to current events! What an absolutely fantastic twist to a dystopian novel) everything in the UK is in turmoil as groups of activists don't like how things have changed.

As things come to a head the country's youth are blamed and strict curfews are implemented and mobile phones are confiscated. Sam becomes torn between loyalty to her family and her beliefs that the system is wrong.

This book was really great! I'd definitely recommend reading the Slated series first as it will have much more impact that way. It was great to read about some of the adult characters in Slated when they were younger as well as the events which caused the country to get into the position it was in, in Slated.
Another excellent offering from Mrs Terry!

I have read all of the Slated trilogy previously and was very excited to read this prequel to see how we get to the situation of the later novels. I felt this one read quite differently somehow, although I'm going to go back and reread the others to be sure.

With some tie ins to our current political situation this reads as a wake up call to the teenage generation not to be complacent about their place in the world. It's very easy to see how a couple of tiny changes in the world's political situation can rapidly turn the climate into a very harsh one, and Teri has delivered a really hard hitting book here. Recommended.