The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau

The Testing (The Testing, #1)

by Joelle Charbonneau

It’s graduation day for sixteen-year-old Malencia Vale, and the entire Five Lakes Colony (the former Great Lakes) is celebrating. All Cia can think about—hope for—is whether she’ll be chosen for The Testing, a United Commonwealth program that selects the best and brightest new graduates to become possible leaders of the slowly revitalizing post-war civilization. When Cia is chosen, her father finally tells her about his own nightmarish half-memories of The Testing. Armed with his dire warnings (”Cia, trust no one”), she bravely heads off to Tosu City, far away from friends and family, perhaps forever. Danger, romance—and sheer terror—await.

Reviewed by Kelsenator on

5 of 5 stars

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Such a good book! I was given a final version of this from the publisher to read. I know a lot of people are comparing it to the hunger games, but then again that concept has been in Dystopian books long before HG came out anyway. (Battle Royale for instance)
Cia is a great and very smart character, and she uses this to her every advantage. I really liked her, and I also liked that any kind of romance mentioned was in the very background, so we didn't have to focus on that much, and just enjoy the actual story. I was getting really sick of Dystopians since they're so similar and boring lately, but I loved this one.
A great start to a series!

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