Book review: Stupid Perfect World by Scott Westerfeld

Book: Stupid Perfect World

Author: Scott Westerfeld

Genre: Young adult, fiction, dystopian, romance, science fiction

Rating: 5/5

Format: E-book

Favorite Character: None.
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This was a nice short novella by my favorite author. This was a good follow-up to my review of So Yesterday because this book was also SUPER Westerfeld-y and I loved it. Once again his use of creating a mirror culture and using language to build his story.

Loved this. Everyone should read it.

Book Review: Atlantia by Ally Condie

Book: Atlantia

Author: Ally Condie

Genre: YA fiction, dystopia, fantasy

Rating: 3/5

Format: Hardcover

Where I got the book: HPB Clearance section, but I knew Ally Condie from Matched and had been planning to read it eventually.

Favorite Character: Can the bats be my favorite?

So I knew about this book from reading Matched but I wasn't drawn to it enough to pick it up until I found it for cheap at HPB. Overall I think it was an okay book. I I think the story was pretty similar to most dystopian YA novels, but also was different enough to not bore me. I especially enjoyed that this is a stand alone book and not part of a series, which made this a lot more stress free. I did not find Rio to be as obnoxious/short-sighted/naive as most female leads of these types of books, though that may have come from there being less space to fill with temper tantrums than there is a in a series.

Overall it was a short and decent read. I wasn't sure about it in the beginning but It ended up being alright.