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Pawn
by Aimée Carter
Everyone has their own rank in this world. They start off as a nothing at first. It is only when, on everyones' seventeenth's birthday, when they're required to take a test to determine where they belong in the society.
Kitty Doe is a III. It's not a bad position, but it's not a good one either. It's enough to make her convinced that things would be better if she simply stole a fruit in hopes that some soldier would shoot her rather than letting her stay alive (that didn't happen, of course). Still, she's forced to leave her home within a few hours of returning back home and to work for the rest of her life as a prostitute (or, well, at least that's what was implied).
But her choice earlier that day ended up catching more attention than she bargained for. A high bid is placed on her, but not for the reasons she expected. The Prime Minister wants her and she has been given one chance to become a VII and to have a better life. If she accepts, she will no longer be Kitty Doe- she will masquerade as Lila Hart, the Prime Minister's daughter, who passed away.
Her job will now be just to show the public that Lila never died at all. The reason is more than the woman's position- she was a part of the rebellion and always supported against the system she was born into. Now, it's Kitty's job to act as if she's against it... even though it's the one organization that Kitty was always for in the first place.
I didn't like the fact that Kitty was incredibly obsessed with her boyfriend/ not boyfriend (she broke up with him before she left for her job but then, later on, acted as if the conversation never happened, sooooooo... IDK) and wanted to do everything that she could to be with him in the end. I know they have a history together since they, well, grew up with each other but I just didn't like it at all. I would have focused more on the long term goals rather than publicly going like 'hey guys, i know he's a servant but he's also my boyfriend lol' when your face belongs to someone who should have never met someone before he got tested. It was just a huuuuuge bother for me.
But everyone in this story did feel realistic to me. Every character felt like they were in depth. Even the characters that I saw as the 'evil' characters had a rhyme and reason for their actions. None of them did something just to make someone angry. Everyone had something they wanted. Although, if the family was so used to being threated, they should have placed up more security... or, at least, they should be mentally prepared for a potential assassination and defend themselves better.
It's a complex book. I did not like Kitty at all. I don't think that someone, considering where she came from, shouldn't have taken that quickly to fit into the role of Lila. Everyone else I liked, however, but even still it wasn't my cup of tea.
Kitty Doe is a III. It's not a bad position, but it's not a good one either. It's enough to make her convinced that things would be better if she simply stole a fruit in hopes that some soldier would shoot her rather than letting her stay alive (that didn't happen, of course). Still, she's forced to leave her home within a few hours of returning back home and to work for the rest of her life as a prostitute (or, well, at least that's what was implied).
But her choice earlier that day ended up catching more attention than she bargained for. A high bid is placed on her, but not for the reasons she expected. The Prime Minister wants her and she has been given one chance to become a VII and to have a better life. If she accepts, she will no longer be Kitty Doe- she will masquerade as Lila Hart, the Prime Minister's daughter, who passed away.
Her job will now be just to show the public that Lila never died at all. The reason is more than the woman's position- she was a part of the rebellion and always supported against the system she was born into. Now, it's Kitty's job to act as if she's against it... even though it's the one organization that Kitty was always for in the first place.
I didn't like the fact that Kitty was incredibly obsessed with her boyfriend/ not boyfriend (she broke up with him before she left for her job but then, later on, acted as if the conversation never happened, sooooooo... IDK) and wanted to do everything that she could to be with him in the end. I know they have a history together since they, well, grew up with each other but I just didn't like it at all. I would have focused more on the long term goals rather than publicly going like 'hey guys, i know he's a servant but he's also my boyfriend lol' when your face belongs to someone who should have never met someone before he got tested. It was just a huuuuuge bother for me.
But everyone in this story did feel realistic to me. Every character felt like they were in depth. Even the characters that I saw as the 'evil' characters had a rhyme and reason for their actions. None of them did something just to make someone angry. Everyone had something they wanted. Although, if the family was so used to being threated, they should have placed up more security... or, at least, they should be mentally prepared for a potential assassination and defend themselves better.
It's a complex book. I did not like Kitty at all. I don't think that someone, considering where she came from, shouldn't have taken that quickly to fit into the role of Lila. Everyone else I liked, however, but even still it wasn't my cup of tea.