A review by alex_watkins
Extras by Scott Westerfeld

4.0

The title doesn't lie. This book is extra, more of a spinoff than a true sequel. However, don't think I am defaming it, most series end when the main story ends, here we find out what happens afterwards, or at least one version of afterwards. If the evil government falls in most books we often never find out what it was replaced with. The protagonist lives in one city that since being freed from the stupidity of being pretty has tried to cope with a new world. Part of this is the fame economy, where everyone has what is basically a blog and everyone is ranked from the most famous to the least. Those least famous are the extras. I found this to be a interesting idea, if only a bit too lazy of a parallel to our own world. Our protagonist has to learn that fame isn't everything etc etc as she goes undercover to report a story that should makes her famous. Tally makes her return but stays mostly on the sidelines even though her "facerank" is 1 the most famous person in the world.