"This sucks." 
 "Sure does," he says. 
 --good summary. 
 Lexi's been branded a sinner and thrown in the hole. 
 Read as she fights threw catcalls, rat infested rooms, and... her heart! 
 Don't forget the backstory! There's always a backstory, because she is not a "slut", like they think she is. Then meet Cole, he's her guard. There's not much to say about him really, just that he has a dog, and inevitably the MC's love interest. 
 That covers it. 
 Was this supposed to be similar to Divergent or Shatter Me? 
 That's what it was marketed as, but I cannot see any similarities that aren't vague. 
 My predicament with this novel is that the MC wanted to make a difference, but she never pointed out how wrong it was to judge someone by their "sins". She was constantly trying to justify that she WASN'T a "whore". 
 Lexi was meant to be the one who changed society, but how could that possibly be if she's programmed to it? There's a line where she, and I quote says: "I can see him being a man whore." 
 Next the writers continued to use the, "virginity equals purity" standard. 
 This makes me wonder is that why the author gave us a sad back story? 
 Even if she DID have pre-marital sex, what would be wrong? If it were to be true, we might of actually seen her defending the fact that the entire systems judgment is wrong. Instead I saw a young girl trying to convince everyone that she was not the "slut" they thought her to be. 
 Bringing me to the fact that, this character, the "revolutionary", can't even find her own ideals. She follows along with society, even though she wants to change it. 
 At first I thought, the author must be trying to highlight how shaming one another is a norm. After continuing on I realized, Lexi was a hypocrite. 
 From her being "fight the system" all the way to, "I'm innocent." 
 The entire novel seems to contradict itself, not only with the description and marketing, but through the pages. We had Lexi deciding to be selfless, then in a few pages, being selfish. It was expected of the reader to automatically know why she made her decisions. I do not consider myself slow, but I could not see how any of it could fit together. You cannot go from "I will not be with you, it is dangerous" to, "I sent you a letter professing my love". 
 It got to the point that I sought hilarity in it; she wanted to protect him by not perusing a relationship with him, then to throwing a tantrum and threatening to hate him. This, I should mention, occurred in the same scene. 
 Now that I mention it, she threw multiple tantrums. For me, it was difficult to imagine a young woman, as described, throwing herself to the ground and banging on the floors. To add to her immaturity, she used words such as, barf, to describe flirting. Congratulations, you are a special snowflake! You are not like other girls, because anyone who flirts, is very obviously a stereotypical girl. 
 Here's the moment that forced me put the comedic fashion of the novel aside and wonder how any of this passed editing: The love interest claimed he was protecting Lexi(our "heroine"), by not being with her, while she was the one who just said, she could not be with him because it was unsafe. Allow me to add on that this occurred during the same period. 
 Does it make much sense? 
 Now since many faults had to do with the romance, let's discuss it. Love was a huge aspect in this book; it seemed so much so, that the plot got lost in it. If authors are so hell-bent on focusing on the relationships, while throwing away character ideals, why not just write a contemporary? I know dystopia's are "in", but if you cannot give your characters a purpose and endgame, then what is your goal of setting it in this world? 
 The writing an important part of every book, was not up to par with the two author status. 
 Why does the author have to write in the screams like: "'Ahhhhhhhhhh!'" She shrieks." 
 Isn't that already the point of including the phrase "ah", to imply that she shrieked? 
 There were too many cheesy lines to count, but here are the ones that take the cake: 
 "Just leave me to die." 
 "Never." 
 and, 
 "Even if it's one minute, I want to be with you." 
 Above all, with everything added, I could not care for the character or the "message" the authors were trying to send. 
 Overall thoughts: 
 (Special thanks to Gordon Ramsey and Tumblr for the slew of these very judgmental gifs. You truly are the real MVP's)