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Zoey is a female. One of the last of her sex. A plague has turn the world on its head when only baby boys are born, no baby girls. Zoey has been raised in a government stronghold, built to protect these females. At the beginning of the story there are 7 girls and one woman teacher. The compound is ran like a prison. They are not allowed anything we would think of as luxuries, like books and gum. They have to read the government sanctioned book aloud in class. When they get to the end, they start over at the beginning. Supposedly, when a girl turns 21, she gets to leave the compound and meet with her parents at a safe place. Zoey doesn't buy it. When things get more dire for Zoey, she escapes, but she cannot leave her friends behind. She is going to rescue them if it is the last thing she does.
The book starts off really strong. I liked the idea of the compound and the brainwashing of these girls. It was a great dystopian horror. Some of the things were a bit off though, but I chose to ignore them. I liked the character of Zoey. She was kind and tough at the same time. She does what she has to to survive, even though she feels the weight of it on her soul. There are othercharacters that give traits to Zoey. One girl is named Lily, who has some sort of mental handicap, maybe Down syndrome, and Zoey took care of her. Lily is innocence. Meeka is Zoey's best friend and always has her back. Meeka is strength. Simon is Zoey's Cleric, which is kind of a personal guard. Simon is love.
After Zoey gets out of the complex, things get harder and harder for her. She is running, but she doesn't know where to. She is seriously injured and going in and out of consciousness. Finally she meets an old man and a dog. She has approached people before, but now she knows she will die without help. This is how she meets Ian. Ian is acceptance. The plot gets a little harder to believe here. It just falls into place to smoothly. But, I do love dystopian fiction though, so I suspended my disbelief. There was a lot of death and tears and horrors, but the end was just waiting for the next book in the series.
I liked this book. It was a quick read with good pacing. Like I said, there was some things that happened that were just to coincidental. The story was strong enough to not necessarily overlook them, but to put them aside for the sake of a good story. Not a bad book, but it could've better, but I really did enjoy it. I am already wanting the second one in the series. I would tell all my dystopian loving friends out there to give it a read!
Zoey is a female. One of the last of her sex. A plague has turn the world on its head when only baby boys are born, no baby girls. Zoey has been raised in a government stronghold, built to protect these females. At the beginning of the story there are 7 girls and one woman teacher. The compound is ran like a prison. They are not allowed anything we would think of as luxuries, like books and gum. They have to read the government sanctioned book aloud in class. When they get to the end, they start over at the beginning. Supposedly, when a girl turns 21, she gets to leave the compound and meet with her parents at a safe place. Zoey doesn't buy it. When things get more dire for Zoey, she escapes, but she cannot leave her friends behind. She is going to rescue them if it is the last thing she does.
The book starts off really strong. I liked the idea of the compound and the brainwashing of these girls. It was a great dystopian horror. Some of the things were a bit off though, but I chose to ignore them. I liked the character of Zoey. She was kind and tough at the same time. She does what she has to to survive, even though she feels the weight of it on her soul. There are othercharacters that give traits to Zoey. One girl is named Lily, who has some sort of mental handicap, maybe Down syndrome, and Zoey took care of her. Lily is innocence. Meeka is Zoey's best friend and always has her back. Meeka is strength. Simon is Zoey's Cleric, which is kind of a personal guard. Simon is love.
After Zoey gets out of the complex, things get harder and harder for her. She is running, but she doesn't know where to. She is seriously injured and going in and out of consciousness. Finally she meets an old man and a dog. She has approached people before, but now she knows she will die without help. This is how she meets Ian. Ian is acceptance. The plot gets a little harder to believe here. It just falls into place to smoothly. But, I do love dystopian fiction though, so I suspended my disbelief. There was a lot of death and tears and horrors, but the end was just waiting for the next book in the series.
I liked this book. It was a quick read with good pacing. Like I said, there was some things that happened that were just to coincidental. The story was strong enough to not necessarily overlook them, but to put them aside for the sake of a good story. Not a bad book, but it could've better, but I really did enjoy it. I am already wanting the second one in the series. I would tell all my dystopian loving friends out there to give it a read!
