Review: Great book!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 17, 2013
This book is different than others I have read.  It's set in a dystopian time where there is only one place left to live the woodlands of Russia. Everyone has to go by the rules or they will be punished or killed. Sixteen year old Rosa goes as far as she can to break the laws without actually breaking them and getting punished. She has had her fair share of punishment but not enough to get her killed. The people are told they can only have one child and when her mother comes up pregnant that means she has to go. She goes with the knowledge she has a friend with her. Joseph is a boy who is different and causes her to care for him. Something she doesn't like to do. Joseph soon pushes her away and she is alone again. She thinks her life is going good after a while she has found a drive in her life not knowing it to will be soon took away. She soon finds the Superiors are out to breed everyone into a new race and she is one of their subjects. She now has to make a run for it will a new friend, some people she doesn't trust and the man who will do anything to help her.Like I said this book is different to me in the fact that for most of the book I don't like the main character Rosa. Usually that is a bad thing but in this case it held my attention as I read about all she goes through. At first she seems like a trouble maker even if she has good reason for doing it. She is closed off and doesn't seem to want any friends until she deems she needs them. Then she actually becomes a happy person and open and joking when she funds her passion in life and really finally set a goal. I liked her best during this time. You also get to see the side of her that is scared and how tough she can be. Can she be loving at anytime and the answer to that is yes you get to see a soft side as well. Towards the end I really didn't like her again and I hated the book ended. I wanted to see if my feelings would change again. To top it off is to say she is a very complex character with many problems but she is like an addiction you have to know what she will do next.If you enjoy dystopian books you must try this one. So much goes on you can't put the book down. Never really knowing what will happen next will keep you on your toes. There is several big shocks that happen that some of them will break your heart. After reading this I feel like I have been on a journey myself along side all the great characters. The author does a great job writing this book from walled, cities to underground labs, to the wilderness and ruined cities you get a little but of it all. I really can not wait to read the next book in this journey I want to see more of Rosa and the others and this phenomenal world the author has created.