I have heard a lot on other blogs that people are saying this is another Hunger Games. While there are some similiarities to HG, the story line itself has a different twist. I have not been more excited or left reeling about a book in awhile and this one did that for me! 
 The book starts out with Cia's graduation day. This is the day that they announce which individual's, if any, will be chosen for The Testing. Cia would love to be chosen and follow in her father's footsteps. Her mother is not really thrilled with the idea and I got the feeling that she was secretly hoping that Cia would not get chosen. Cia has done EVERYTHING in her power to assure that she gets picked. She has always gotten good scores in school and worked really hard. To her, this is her only shot at doing something meaningful with her life. 
 Now, this is not really a teaser because obviously, we would not have a book otherwise, but...yes, she does get chosen:) This is where the book really takes off! Her father warns her not to trust anyone but cannot give her much more in advice since he has a hard time remembering his time in the testing. Cia listens attentively and soaks up any knowledge he could give her. 
 The Testing itself is what most will remind readers of HG. And while it did remind me of that too, I just could not help continuing on! It was not exactly the same and I insisted that my curiosity was much bigger than really trying to compare the two. 
 The characters were a great mix. I enjoyed all of them from Cia, to Tomas and right on down to Cia's parents. I thought they were written well and they held little surprises around every corner. 
 The ending was so frustrating! Don't get me wrong, it was written amazingly, but for the reader, it was aggravatingly suspenseful! You will keep your fingers crossed for these characters up until the very end! Then you will yell out loud because you are sooo PO'd! 
 The ending was left on a bit of a cliffhanger and I look forward to what happens in the next book, Independent Study due out January 2014! UGH, That is just too long to wait!