Genre: Adventure/Futuristic
# of Pages: 277
RAC: Yes
Eva’s twin brother, Eamon, falls to his death mere months before he is supposed to participate in the testing. The testing is a rigorous and dangerous competition in which 12 contestants ride sleds into the frozen wasteland outside their city in order to lower themselves into icy ravines in search of relics from the civilization that died out 200 years ago after a vicious flood covered the earth. Eva steps up to take her brother’s place and is met with harsh opposition. A female has not competed in this in 150 years, but she knows the rule book inside and out and knows there is no reason they can forbid her to participate. Jasper is the man everyone intends her to marry and he seems intent on keeping a protective eye on her during the testing, but Eva can’t shake the feeling that his intentions might not all be admirable. Does she have what it takes to not only survive the testing, but to succeed in her mission? Whom can she trust and whom should she be wary of? If she finds a relic what will it tell her about the civilization that came before her?
Fans of futuristic stories such as The Maze Runner and Divergent will enjoy this title. Eva is a strong and willful character that is pulling on her brother’s strength to carry off this mission. While there are several supporters of her, there are also several who would love to see her fail. Most of the story focuses on the testing itself, but there is definitely going to be at least one more in this series and readers will hopefully learn more about this community and how they came to believe some of the things they believe. Eva is definitely the character to find out the answers to the many questions that come up during the testing. The imagery and description of the setting is especially important since it plays such a big role in not only the testing, but the everyday lives of this civilization since the flood that destroyed the world 200 years before.
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