by Joelle Charbonneau (Goodreads Author)
In the series debut The Testing, sixteen-year-old Cia Vale was chosen by the United Commonwealth government as one of the best and brightest graduates of all the colonies . . . a promising leader in the effort to revitalize postwar civilization. In Independent Study, Cia is a freshman at the University in Tosu City with her hometown sweetheart, Tomas—and though the government has tried to erase her memory of the brutal horrors of The Testing, Cia remembers. Her attempts to expose the ugly truth behind the government’s murderous programs put her—and her loved ones—in a world of danger. But the future of the Commonwealth depends on her. (From Goodreads.com)
I love it when I pick up a sequel a few months/years after the first book and am transported back into the world with out the "what happened in the first book question" rattling around in my head. That's exactly what happened with Independent Study.
Charbonneau did an excellent job of placing the reader back into Cia's world a few month after we left her. This was the perfect place because the basic classes and her studying hard would have been a boring story. Now we see what area of Cia is going to concentrate on. Of course life is not easy for our hero. She stands out among the students and is the target of something more sinister. Cia is still the strong, smart, moral girl that we met in The Testing, only better. She has not lost her kindness or moral compass, but reality has crept in and nags at her to think about what is happening.
If you liked the first book, you will not be disappointed in the sequel. By the way, it ends in a perfect place, leaving you wanting more, but knowing where the next one will go, she does not make you crazy waiting. Thank you Ms. Charbonneau.
Charbonneau did an excellent job of placing the reader back into Cia's world a few month after we left her. This was the perfect place because the basic classes and her studying hard would have been a boring story. Now we see what area of Cia is going to concentrate on. Of course life is not easy for our hero. She stands out among the students and is the target of something more sinister. Cia is still the strong, smart, moral girl that we met in The Testing, only better. She has not lost her kindness or moral compass, but reality has crept in and nags at her to think about what is happening.
If you liked the first book, you will not be disappointed in the sequel. By the way, it ends in a perfect place, leaving you wanting more, but knowing where the next one will go, she does not make you crazy waiting. Thank you Ms. Charbonneau.
Review by Anne a Yellow Book Road Team Book Club Member
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