A review by lotusbutterfly
Secondborn by Amy A. Bartol

4.0

A cross between Hunger Games and Red Queen. The overall premise is getting rather common (supposedly ordinary young girl from marginalised group definitely isn't ordinary, and is in right place at right time to become figurehead for rebellion), however the writing style was engaging and I enjoyed the book. There is plenty of action and enough apparent changing of sides/loyalties to keep one guessing (although lacking a bit in subtlety/nuance). It would be nice for one of these sorts of stories not to focus on the/a love triangle for a change, there isn't a magic button that suddenly gets switched on at 18, but it wasn't too bad in the first one. It gets a bit over for the top in the second book, but I'm still intrigued enough to want to see how things play out.