But Special Circumstances is keeping a close eye on Tally. They plot to escape from New Pretty Town and rejoin the New Smokies. So Tally embarks on a quest to free herself and several other pretties. We get to see New Pretty Town from "the inside," because Tally Youngblood is now pretty-and vapid, at least until a letter from her past self jogs her memory that there's more to life than flash tattoos, parties, and cliques. Scott Westerfeld further fleshes out his post-apocalyptic adolescent dystopia.
Review: The Wild Rose by Jennifer Donnelly.Review: The Mephisto Covenant by Trinity Faegan.Review: Silver Girl by Elin Hilderbrand.Shay is just more interesting as an antagonist period. Shay is more malevolent and interesting than Dr. Instead of being a vapid dull pretty, Shay takes things into her own hands and ends up completely different than the runaway from book one. The evolution of Shay through the book was one of its highlights. As the story moves along, I could begin to tolerate her more. Tally herself annoyed me in the beginning because she was back in the vapid mental state I remembered and loathed from book one. I was sad to see Tally and Shay's friendship end because in this series so far, most relationships are between the sexes, with girls only competing against each other or openly hostile towards one another.
The romance aspect of the novel took a back seat to action, an editorial decision I more than endorse for this series. I was happy to see (finally!) a Pretty who had recognized that something was off in their world. I didn't appreciate what he represented (the introduction to the inevitable YA love-triangle, something I've ranted on about at length, but I digress) but he was a fresh, intriguing character in Tally's life.
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