A review by shadownlite
Gated by Amy Christine Parker

5.0

I really really liked this book. I loved that it is set in a community that is basically a cult just weeks before they go in "The Silo" for 5 years because they think the world is to end. They follow a shady, prone to anger, man they call "The Pioneer" and he calls the shots for all the things within the community. Lyla is starting to have doubts about the community and is being singled out by Pioneer for punishment and special watching. She begins to have even more doubts when she meets the local sheriff's son, Cody. She feels things for him that she does not feel for her Intended, Will. A series of events sets the heading into the Silo ahead to a sooner date and Lyla struggles to find out where she fits in the community she lives in and with the feelings she has for Cody, her unsure feelings about the Pioneer and his treatment of the community, and her feelings that she does not want to never see sky, breath fresh air, or know if the end is really happening.

This is a well written book and I loved it. It made me wish I had bought it instead of just checked it out of the library. I highly recommend it for people who are tired of the same old YA genres and looking for something new. You really grow to care about Lyla and the other character sin the book and share Lyla's feelings of unease about The Pioneer as you read. The ending was perfect as well.