Rating: 3.5/5 
 ***Minor spoilers*** 
 Violet lives in a society where the royalty is unable to carry their own children. As a result, their babies are carried in surrogates, women from the poorer areas of society who have tested positive to be able to bear a royal child. Violet was forcefully taken away from her family at the age of 12 when she tested positive, and taken to Southgate, a facility that prepares women to become a surrogate before being auctioned off to the highest bidder. After this auction, Violet becomes a nobody; she doesn't have a name, she is simply a surrogate, and that's all. 
 I always find dystopian type societies to be interesting. It's fascinating thinking about how such a thing could happen, and how the moral values are different. This book gave me lots of chances to think about their society, like how surrogates are treated like pretty pets to be displayed, and that appearance dictated almost everything. 
 The story in this is quite interesting, but there isn't much action. I didn't mind this so much since I enjoyed the idea of the book throughout. Although we don't have lots of action, we get to witness Violet's character development and learn about other things in the society. The characters were one of my favourite things about this novel, because they were all so different and they all had reasons for doing what they were doing. 
 I would've rated this book 4 or 4.5 if it weren't for how much was left unexplained or vaguely mentioned. Throughout the book we constantly hear about "auguries" - for some reason, women who tested positive for surrogacy are able to use auguries, of which there are 3: the ability to change something's colour, something's shape, and the ability of growth. However, we never learn where they came from or why only those women were able to perform them. I believe it's only mentioned in passing that it was some genetic mutation. The other thing that bothered me was that it was never really explained why the royalty was suddenly unable to carry their own babies. I was waiting for it to be explained throughout the whole book but it never was. 
 Overall, I enjoyed this book quite a bit. I loved learning about the society, and it was really interesting seeing the secrets come to light. If you enjoy a dystopian society, or a book that is quite dark under all the glamour, pick this book up, because it won't disappoint.