Alright, here's the thing. 
 This book didn't have a chance at being original, which I knew, because of the genre it's in. YA dystopian's are so plentiful at this point that there isn't any way to avoid finding parallels somewhere. 
 This one reeked of The Giver and Hunger Games. Fine, alright, the author got creative with it, and it was a satisfying read. 
 My BIG, HUGE, GIANT pet peeve with this book wasn't that it felt a bit like other books that came before it. It was that we got this amazingly smart, talented, female, main character, and all she did was ignore her instincts and go gooey eyed about "the boy". 
 UG! 
 I want to read just one, young adult dystopian, where the girl goes.. you know, he's cute, but this probably isn't the time to be getting weak in the knees. Maybe we'll just table the hormones while we fight off the deathly obstacles we're all facing. Perhaps I won't worry about if he thinks I'm his girlfriend while I'm running for my life. Maybe I won't blindly trust him just because I have a feeling he's kind, and wholesome, and perfect. 
 Cia, get your act together, girl! You're making us all look bad!! 
 Other than that, I was pretty happy with this book. The story was good, and it kept me engaged. Pacing was brilliant, never was there a moment where I wanted to put the book down and take a break. Cia was a bit annoying, and I wasn't always sure about how she was feeling, because the author was much more into the action. I think that's because of the story that needed to be told, though. (For example, I know she was a bit scared about the testing because of what her father told her, but was she still excited at the prospect of university?) (When she gets to university, and her memories have been wiped about the testing, is she still apprehensive about what her father told her?) 
 I'm looking forward to reading the second installment, and I'm hoping this isn't another YA trilogy that starts strong before taking a nosedive.