Pawn (Blackcoat Rebellion, #1)

by Aimée Carter

[Kelly]

4.5 Stars.
http://www.divabooknerd.com/2013/12/pawn-by-aimee-carter.html
I loved Pawn, a true dystopian where society is oppressed by the ruling president and his family. At seventeen, citizens are subjected to testing, which result in being branded a roman numeral on the back of their neck, the more intelligent, the higher your ranking, but Kitty proves how flawed the system is when she ranks below the national average. Kitty is a intelligent girl, strong, sassy and always believed in the ranking system until she is dealt a III.

I'm a big fan of Aimee Carter and really enjoyed the Goddess Test series, but Pawn is simply brilliant and far surpasses her previous work. She's created a world in which Kitty is torn between two sides within the first family, and stripped of her own identity, forced to become Lila Hart, the presidents niece. Throughout the storyline, you can sense a secret, a betrayal or a major twist and it'll keep you on the edge of your seat. It's a gritty young adult dystopian, with a touch of science fiction, romance and suspense. I'm already itching for Captive to be released, book two in The Blackcoat Rebellion series.