Summary: In book two of this young adult romantic dystopian novel, Cassia is looking for Ky, who has been shipped off to the outer provinces as a decoy in the secret war of rebellion.
This trilogy by Ally Condie is a unique take on the dystopian novel. It has all of the traditional elements: a society that has re-built itself out of the ashes of our current world, a tension between the totalitarian elements that want to prevent another societal meltdown through social engineering and those that rebel against the power of the society, and a utopian undercurrent that believes that if only we can do it a bit better.
But in Condie’s novels much of the action is internal to the characters. The violence of the Hunger Games is absent. There is plenty of tension. But it is a psychological and romantic tension. Not a tension caused by physical violence and political intrigue.