It’s come to my attention that there is an open door sex scene in the special edition version of this book between two minors. I will not recommend this book based on this information and amend my review to reflect that. I did not read this personally however there are reviews from others that cover this. 

So this is like hunger games, death race, running man, and the game together and that is how this book happened. Like, if you thought hunger games needed more Stockholm syndrome but also make it queer, then this book is for you! It defies explanation and classification. 

Also, there’s a while memory altering procedure they call the Wipe. With a capital W. And I am an immature 12 year old at heart and giggled every time I read it. And now you will too. (You’re welcome.) Don’t believe me? Here…

“I’ve gotten Wiped dozens of times now, and still…”

Yeah. That. See? (Gosh, I hoped they washed their hands afterward.)

Ok, I’ll stop. Aside from that, it’s written well but it is firmly on the YA side of things. The relationships are a little too toxic/unhealthy for me to feel totally comfy recommending this one for anything but the upper YA range. And I don’t even know what to think about that ending.

Overall, it’s aight.