Review: I hate to make a bad joke, but Morgan MUST be Blonde!
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 02 25, 2014
I read a lot. I mean like one or two books a DAY and I can probably count on one hand how many times I have not wanted to finish a book. This was one of them. Yep, it was that bad.It was boring. The plot idea of an alternate dystopian-type society that is obsessed with it's citizens being thin and healthy, was kinda interesting to me. It was just too bad that it took forever to drag any details about this world out of the book. That problem could have been solved if the author had made the main character capable of any rational behaviour. Instead we are treated to pages and pages of teenage angst just plain old stupidity.Minor Spoilers Ahead:Morgan is 16 and decides to run away one night out of the blue, over a fight with her mother about a cell phone. She only a backpack with her with nothing of substance besides a Solar Blanket. She wanders around in the woods until luckily she finds an abandoned cabin to spend the night in. How convenient! It also happens to have a lantern, matches, a wood stove and even wood to burn! Yay!After fumbling with everything and screeching at spider webs, Morgan manages to finally light a fire and settle in for the night. She decides to go back home in the morning since she is now done with her hissy fit and she is sure that her mom parents pay more attention to her more. Because of course that is all she wanted in the first place. Unfortunately , a tree feel during the night blocking the cabin door so now she can't get out. She notices a trapdoor that takes her through an underground tunnel and also a gateway to an alternate reality?In this world everyone eats low calorie food and you can be arrested for being overweight. Morgan can't find her family. There is another family living in her house now and she doesn't know what to do our what to go. This is where I had to stop reading. Frankly, I just didn't CARE where the little whiny brats family was. I just wanted to get away from the God awful ineptitude that was this child.Thankfully, I have REAL teenagers in my life that I know who are intelligent, resourceful, selfless, creative, caring and thankful human beings. They are NOTHING like the protagonist in this book. That really irks me. Especially since I have seen it so often in YA books lately. Why are authors portraying teenagers as complete idiots?  It is obnoxious. Obviously since I didn't even finish this one, I certainly won't be getting the sequels.