I am definitely in the minority who did not exactly like this book. For me this book could be categorized as a typical dystopian YA novel which is sad as I was looking forward to this book due to the immense good reviews it had received. The first set of book that I actually got written from Mari Lu were her other trilogy which I actually found to an immense bargain amount at Stratford (I cannot remember the name of the bookshop now). Even then I was actually looking for this series. Even one of my friends recommended this series and promised me this isn't your typical YA dystopian novel. Unfortunately none of these don't tally with my own. For me this is still a typical-rich-girl-meet-poor-boy-and-they-save-the-world together as they are the chosen ones novel. 
 First of all Day and June. I don't particularly think about character names but unfortunately my friend (the same one who said this book was good) commented on it and now I got it in my head. Secondly the premise. It reminds me of the Hunger Games trilogy. A lot. 
 I want to add that just cuz I was disappointed with it does not mean I found it bad. It wasn't bad. But the dystopian theme is a bit too boring and repeated now. I think I should stay away from fantasy books for a while. I've been reading them back-to-back now. Well that's all I got to say so far and hopefully the second book will be better