** spoiler alert ** 
 This book was better than I thought it would be. If you asked me in march if I would ever read this series, I would say no. I bought it because I came across only three copies of it at the bookstore and thought, "What the hell, why not?" 
 I was glad that I got it. 
 In the beginning, it's only three more months until Tally turns sixteen, and she will get what she's been waiting for: the surgery that will make her pretty. Her best friend Peris is already pretty, and so she hasn't seen him since. 
 She makes a new friend within those three months. Shay and Tally become friends, and Shay takes her to the Rusty ruins, and tells her about David and the Smokies. A week before their birthdays, Shay runs away to the Smokes, leaving behind instructions for Tally to get there. 
 The day of Tally's surgery comes, but Dr.Cable tells her that she can either find Shay or stay ugly forever. 
 The rest of the book is just awesome, how she finds her friend, how she experiences the Smokes, all the way up to the end, when it leaves you with just a terrible cliffhanger... 
 I love it.