The second book of the Uglies Series, Pretties, was excellent! The young adult science fiction series, started off a little slow for me, but picked up at the end of the first book Uglies and I’ve been hooked ever since. Tally, the main character, has entered the next phase of both the society (which is to become cosmetically beautiful and mentally vapid) and the next phase in the espionage of the society as well. It suits Tally to be fighting for something, but her character is also a little too young to understand many of the implications her actions have on those around her; she’s easiliy taken in and easily forgetful of her friends/family. She forgets Shay and David, but I didn’t fault her for it, although I did feel that it shows her immaturity and need to grow up. However, this aspect of her personality is extremely appealing to younger readers and easy for them to read and relate.

If I told you there was a post-apocalyptic world that existed in a scientific world where cosmetic surgery was normal to make everyone in society become beautiful, what would you imagine? Now imagine that there are people who don’t agree with the way that beauty has taken control and don’t want to get the mandatory surgery. What do you imagine now? Some runaways right?

This young adult science fiction story by Scott Westerfeld, is fabulous for the younger generation. Because of my previous reasons, where I felt I already knew the plot, I had a tough time getting into it. I had the plot nailed, or so I thought. To be fair, it’s a little predictable to start, and I didn’t feel a strong pull to the main character, Tally, so it took me a long time to finish. I actually read several books in between sections of this book.  There are supporting characters though that I found myself extremely interested in, and this made me speed read through the last half of the book.

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