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Reckoning by Kerry Wilkinson
5.0

I was very impressed with this book. At first, I thought it was going to be like a mix of The Hunger Games and The Selection. It was quite unique from both of them, even though there were some things I thought were similar in the beginning.

In this dystopia, there is a King and he has united the people after war (hence my comparison to The Hunger Games.) As it turns out, he's not all he seems to be and what everyone believed to be true isn't very factual. Then, there are "offerings" that are sent to the Kingdom for the King to do with as he pleases. It was this aspect that had me comparing it to The Selection series, but I ended up learning that boys were sent as well, and it was not a game at all.

Silver is a strong character and I like how she is not able to just accept things as they are. She wants to find out the why and the how of things way before she ever goes through the Reckoning and that makes her someone to look up to. Too many young people are satisfied that something works or doesn't, or believe what is said without ever questioning anything. We need to bring our young people up questioning things, learning the hows and the whys of the world they live in.

I did not realize this was the beginning of the series when I started the book, and I am so very glad to know there is more. I hope my library has copies of books 2 and 3!