I give this book 2.5 stars 
 This is not a type of novel I'm usually interested in, but I was looking for a quick read for my summer trip and a friend gave me this. 
 I'm going to split this review into what I liked and did not like: 
 The Bad : 
 ~The dialogues are quite juvenile. 
 ~The world the story is set in is not described well enough. We get some mentions of the caste system, the wars, and the rebels and the fact that no one owns history books (I really hoped that last one would be explained (it was not)...otherwise why even put it into the plot?) but no detailed info making it seem a bit fake. 
 ~most of the characters are pretty shallow 
 ~The cliffhanger ending...Seriously, why couldn't the author at least wrap it up a bit? It just seems like she wrote the novel and then decided to split it up into smaller sections. 
 ~When I was reading this I got the feeling the author just sat down one day and thought "Lets set The Bachelor in a generic dystopian future!" 
 The Good: 
 ~That being said...the novel is quite addictive. Since it's a fast and easy read you don't really notice the bad things until you're about 1/2 way through and by then you might as well finish it. 
 ~It's fun. In a guilty pleasure kind of way. 
 ~My friend called it "book-crack" and I think it's actually a perfect comparison. You know it isn't a great book, but you cannot put it down and you end up finishing it anyways. It takes some skill to write like that and that's the main reason why I'm giving this novel 2.5 instead of 2 stars.