I just was unimpressed with this book. While the author had some excellent prose, it felt like she had to spend 3 pages describing what and why she was going to say something before she said it, and I just got bored.
I don't know. The setting was somewhat original, although the plot and theme were not, and I think just after reading books that blew me away like Divergent and The Uglies, it was hard not to compare.
Still reading the second one.