(Young Adult/Adult Dystopian Fantasy)
These are my very favorite kinds of books--peering into a dark and scary future, imaging how our current society might warp life for the next generation. And this book took my imagination in a direction I've never been!
This novel is set in a futuristic world not even on Earth. This future society is divided up into kind of a caste system, the have's and the really havenot's. There is a new -ism in this book, not racism, or ageism but real genetic-ism. Kayla is a genetic manipulation, not a natural born child, who has freakishly strong upper body strength and splotchy arms. Devak is a 'trueborn' who starts to question the entire fabric of his world when he starts having feelings for Kayla. These two star-crossed lovers, plus Kaya's best friend, Mishalla, are thrown into a conspiracy and revolution that could topple their entire civilization.
My only real complaint is with the lingo in the beginning of the novel. I understand that language would be different in a futuristic alien world but I live in the here and now and the change was very difficult o understand and adapt to. Eventually, I got used to it but it drove me a bit bonkers for awhile. After that, it was really hard to stop reading--I desperately wanted to follow all the twists and turns to see how everything would turn out. The ending is like a race to the finish, full of action. The most interesting part was the ideology of religion as presented in the book--a myth perpetrated for the masses. Interesting premise and interesting delivery.
Just one of those books that make you go, hmmmmmmm.
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