When I pick up a book I know nothing about, I give it between 75-100 pages of "fair chance" reading. It doesn't take up too much of my time and if after that, it's not really grabbing me, I just put it down (as an aside, that why almost all of the books on my Goodreads are typically three stars or above; if I don't think it's going to be at least slightly better than average, I don't bother finishing it, and I don't rate anything I didn't finish out of fairness. If it's not my cup of tea, it might be someone else's). 
 I couldn't even make it 50 pages into this. 
 I know I said in that parenthetical that I usually never give less than three star reviews, but I'm really using my willpower not to give this two, or even one. If I had to rate it, I'd probably give it two out of kindness to the concept: the idea is good. It's strong and it's there. But the author has no voice. I know what she was going for; it's meant, I think, to be a more focused, female-centric Animal Farm, and I applaud that idea entirely. Also, I love bees. But the writing is just not there. It was juvenile and cloying and preachy and I really wanted to like it, I really wanted to give it at least those 100 pages, but there's just too much else out there to read that I know I'll like, and, let's be honest, dystopian YA novels are a god damned dime a dozen these days. In short, I just couldn't waste my time on this. And that really bummed me out.