Review: Unique and Extremely Thought Provoking
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 5, 2014
I was given a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.I am so happy that I was able to read this book for CM.  It is quite a bit different to her other books, not that this should be a surprising notion.  It is one of the many reasons I love to read her work.  She can write anything, in any point of view, and draw you in.  Any genre, any sex, any age, it doesn't matter.I knew going into the start of this book that it was a suspenseful story with lots of mystery and probably a love triangle (I mean, it is a YA book after all).  I was excited about the suspense and really kind of not looking forward to the love triangle.  Just once, I want to read a YA book where a girl knows what she wants and goes for it without stringing along some hopelessly in lust teenage boy.  However, this love triangle really worked well with the story.  My favorite part about it?  Chloe was up front with both boys about her intentions, that she was spending time with both of them and what went on while they were together (at their different times of course).  It was actually quite refreshing.As for the suspense, I sort of knew who the big, bad, crazy nut job was, but I honestly had no idea how they were said big, bad, crazy nut job.  I loved that I couldn't really figure it out (like I usually do).  It is one of those characters that you love to hate and secretly hope that, because this is a suspenseful story, they will some how get killed off so you can bask in the rightness of it - that karma did her job and took care of the bad guy (or girl... I can't tell you or I'd have to kill you).I absolutely loved the undertones in the story that is the Assignment.  I also thought it was quite perfect since we just recently spent an entire month promoting bully awareness across the Indie Book World.  The Queen Bee, The King, The Jock, The Heartthrob, The Crush, The Bad Boy/Girl, The Outcast... Mob mentality and group think.  And entire town that just turns their heads and looks the other way when clearly someone should be stepping and and taking control of an out of control situation(s).  It was one of those stories that, once you're finished, makes you stop and think about all of those times you could have said something and didn't; and how now that you've read it and thought back on those moments in your life, you know that the next time you witness it you will take a stand for your fellow human being.Simply a fantastic job with a great story that is unique and extremely thought provoking.