** spoiler alert ** 
 The book was cliche at first, with the whole forbidden love triangle and tension between the reds and silvers. At first I was bored and dreading reading this book. I read about 50 pages over the course of a couple weeks, but then I revisited and finished the rest of the book in 2 days. 
 I was always suspicious of Maven(because he is his mother's son) also it was so weird that he would want change. His mother did not raise him with beliefs of equality and freedom. Cal on the other hand had the right idea but was to pressured by Silver society and his father to make any changes. 
 Cal was sweet but also kind of dumb. He know exactly what he was getting himself into by falling for Mare, but he did it anyway. That just goes to show that he was never against the reds, just afraid of what people would say. 
 Also, Mare was such a self conflicted girl. Like she just had too much going on and she wasn't sure on how to handle it. And being as smart as she is, I'm not sure how she fell into Maven's trap. 
 Overall, the book was really well written and the plot did pick up after a few chapters. I will definitely be reading the rest of the series.