Crystal J. (dorolerium) reviewed on 1/18/2013 + 212 more book reviews

Newly released books seem to come in waves, at least the largely hyped ones, and the trend in YA lit right now seems to continue to be dystopia. Im not necessarily sad about that, it makes for some entertaining reads that take just a day or two. Unfortunately, at this point, they are somewhat formulaic: youve got a special girl who doesnt know what shes capable of; the government is super controlling and trying to find new ways to be even worse; several men in the book will be in love with said girl for no explainable reason; even though said girl doesnt know what shes doing, she manages to save the society despite her stupidity and bad decisions. Oh, and they are typically a series lasting at least three books, although were starting to get a lot of novellas along with the full length novels.

This novel, which is the start of a series, introduced something I havent read in YA dystopia recently weaving time and basically everything about life into a tapestry. Our main character, Adelice, isnt the only special oneshes just the most special of all the special. The big difference between this and other novels being that she doesnt know it at first, but then quickly realizes shes different from the other Spinsters and uses that in a way that I havent seen recently. For example, in a lot of other series, the heroine continues to accidentally be awesome. Adelice decides to explore her gift and use it to figure some things out.

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