A review by welivethrougbooks
XVI by Julia Karr

4.0

This book caught my attention with the talk of sex. But it was a science fiction book, so I was curious. When I picked this book up I had no idea what I was in store for. It was in a future world, much like the Hunger Games, and it was full of action and dealt with a lot of issues that modern teens work with, such as peer pressure, the media, and family issues. This book aslo had some romance in it, to fulfill my teenage romance need that I have. The author made sex the main concern of the character, or turing "sex-teen," the age where she can legally have sex. That was a great concept because that's an issue that many teens are going through right now. Many are struggling with whether or not to give into the pressure, and like in the book, the media supports it! The protagonist had two friends in the book, one that was drawn into the whole idea of "sex-teen" and another that was against it, and it made me realize how idiotic some girls can be about sex, and how ignorant they can be when it comes to sex.
Overall I thought that book was great, and I would recommend it to people that liked the Hunger Games or Twilight.