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By: Scott Westerfeld
Reviewed by: Briana, 13
Rating: Really liked it


It's a few years after rebel Tally Youngblood took down the uglies/pretties/specials regime. Without those strict rules and guidelines, the world is in a complete cultural renaissance. Anything interesting and influential is monitored on camera. The world is like a gigantic game of American Idol. Whoever is getting the most buzz gets the most votes. Popularity rules.
One thing that hasn't really changed though is being underaged, as far as fifteen-year-old Aya Fuse sees it. Her rank of 451,369 is so low, she's a total nobody. An extra. Her only chance to escape is to find a big story to tell the world, something wild and unexpected.

As if granted a wish from the gods, Aya meets a clique of girls who pull crazy tricks, yet are deeply secretive of it. Aya does not understand their need for privacy, and thinks of it as weird. Wanting to get famous, Aya is on the edge of her seat and ready to release her story to the world, but at the same time discovers something different. But, in this case, different can be deadly.
One of the reasons why I read this book was because I thought the unique world that the author, Scott Westerfield, created was very interesting. But, the story wasn't very good. At least, not as good as the three other books that he wrote for the series. In this book, the story is based not on Tally Youngblood, but on Aya Fuse. I thought that was totally random, since she was just a nobody who wanted to get famous by betraying a clique of girls who liked to play tricks. One in a million. She was very desperate and annoying, and would do anything to get famous. There was barely any Tally in this book, and when there was, she wasn't exactly herself. I think the author could have ended the trilogy in a better way, but it was not that bad.


Recommended to: Anyone