Okay, I hope to do this book some justice by writing this review. At first, I can honestly say that I wanted to just put the book down. It confused the heck out of me and half of the time, I didn't even know what they were talking about? Some words are written in another language and I still have no idea of what half of them mean?? 
 BUT!!! Once I got past the lingo, it was smooth sailing. 
 I also got invested in the character of Eva. I enjoyed that she was going against what everyone believed by standing by her decision to do the testing. I loved that she was strong enough to not care what anyone thought. She was strong when she went in and even stronger during. 
 The storyline itself was unique. Eva lives in New World. This is kind of my take on the situation and I may be wrong, but this is what I got out of it.... 
 New World is basically a colony set up after the downfall of Earth. They worship The Lux which is like their bible. The women are maidens and are expected to act a certain way. Eva is going against everyone to join in the testing. She is supposed to be a maiden and not a tester. Her parent's tried to talk her out of it but, there is no rule in The Lux about a maiden being in the testing. She is basically taking her brother's place after he had been killed by tragic circumstances. In the testing, the testers basically are looking for Relics from before. Her father had won his testing by brining back a hand-held mirror. It is by far the best relic ever found. 
 There is a love interest and Jasper is kind of swoony:) There were a few times that I was a little confused by his actions but he was still droolworthy! 
 The book is written like one big journal from Eva's POV. I found that interesting. I also loved the beginnings of each chapter which told the date and time. It was written in another language but easy to decipher what the author meant. 
 I know that this book has been compared to The Hunger Games and Game of Thrones. I have only read HG, and I can say that the two do not compare. The testing seemed to be a little like HG but I do believe that Relic is in a class of its own and I really did not notice any similarities. 
 I am looking forward to seeing where this story leads us to next. I am not sure when book 2 will be released, but I will definitely keep an eye out for it.