Bumped is quite the original dystopian novel. It tells of a world where a virus has rendered anyone over the age of 18 infertile, making teenage girls the most important commodity. Melody is one such girl. She has "gone Pro" and has signed a lucrative contract to deliver a baby to the Jaydens. 
 Her identical twin, Harmony, is a different story. Adopted into the church community, Goodside, as an infant, she has been raised to become a God-loving and preaching young lady and is determined to show Melody the error of her ways, that "pregging for profit" is wrong. 
 Let me just start by saying that the world created in Bumped is scary, creepy scary. This is a world where eleven-year-olds are desperate to start getting "breedin'" and prepubescent girls who just get their periods are given First Curse Purses. This is a world where girls are valued for their healthy wombs and are pretty much only worth that much. As you can imagined, everything about this novel has been sexualized which is basically taking a page out of modern society, what with our obsession to look "sexy" and "hot". It's a creepy good concept, that's for sure. 
 The story in itself, however, I feel, needs a little bit more work. Don't get me wrong. I quite liked it. The writing is solid enough; the humor is there, which is a good thing because a few laughs here and there in this frighteningly good novel are needed. But I didn't like the whole Christian/God-themes in the novel. I myself am a Christian but the abundant references made me feel like I was reading a Christian dystopian novel. I get that the easy way to show how wrong the world is, is to have a religious counterpoint but it just got a little bit too much for me. it mellowed out around the middle of the novel but I think by this point, a lot of readers might have given up already, which is a shame because it's a good novel. I just think that too many references to God, Christianity; etc pigeonholes this book and deters potential readers. 
 Characters-wise, Melody and Harmony are nice enough characters. There is a big enough difference in their narrations not to get confused but overall, I didn't have that many emotions for them; I didn't get too attached to them. 
 Like every good dystopian novel, Bumped too has a climax in the story and while it wasn't as explosive as, you might say, as other books in its genre, it did serve its purpose. I just didn't get much of what happens afterwards. it sort of wrapped up too easily and some of the romance? It felt quite cliche and I didn't enjoy that. (view spoiler)[Especially the part after Harmony sleeps with Jondoe/Gabriel and gets pregnant, and decides to keep the baby with Ephraim, but at the same time, Jondoe/Gabriel is suddenly in love with Harmony too? Really? (hide spoiler)] 
 Bumped is a good attempt at a dystopian novel and if the writing continues to be as solid and humorous, I have a feeling that the sequel will be well-received too.