Holy crap. What an amazing story. That's pretty much all I have to say about it. Another teen dystopian novel similar to [b:The Hunger Games|2767052|The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games #1)|Suzanne Collins|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1358275334s/2767052.jpg|2792775], this is also very dark and violent. Not for the squeamish. And perhaps not for a younger reader, either. Still very excellent.

Made the mistake of reading the afterword and am now rethinking some of my original accolades. However, I won't get into it here. Suffice it to say that my reading of the 2 others in this trilogy will be slightly more critical from the get-go.