A review by trin
Pretties by Scott Westerfeld

3.0

Sequel to [b: Uglies|24770|Uglies (Uglies, #1)|Scott Westerfeld|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1443904172s/24770.jpg|2895388], as I suppose is semi-obvious. I don’t want to say too much about this book because it would spoil Uglies, which I think a lot of you would enjoy. But, like volume one, this book was incredibly exciting and compelling. It falls a little bit into that sequel trap, repeating some of the aspects of the first book; in fact, there’s something frustratingly cyclical about the narrative. However, it has several thrilling set-pieces that are unique to it, and it introduces some interesting new aspects of the world, as well as some interesting new characters. Westerfeld has moved from the Tally/David romance of the first book to something of a love triangle in this one, and it’s very well done—whatever choice Tally makes, it’ll be the right one and the wrong one, which is just the sort of structural stability a good love triangle needs. (Normally, I would propose “Threesome!” as a solution, but these characters are 16, so that’s a little icky.) But then…cliffhanger again! Dammit. This Westerfeld guy is not to be trusted. ;-)