The book is set at the School, and freida the main character is sixteen and in her final year. If you're looking for dystopian, this is it, and blimey, is it bleak. Shortlisted for the Best Fiction for Teens category of the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize 2015 isabel starts to self-destruct, putting her beauty - her only asset - in peril.Īnd then, the boys arrive, eager to choose a bride.įreida must fight for her future - even if it means betraying the only friend, the only love, she has ever known. The alternative - life as a concubine - is too horrible to contemplate.īut as the intensity of the final year takes hold, the pressure to remain perfect becomes almost unbearable. Now, aged sixteen and in their final year at the School, they expect to be selected as companions - wives to wealthy and powerful men. I originally posted this review on my book thread, but after a spoilertastic discussion in Noll's book thread, and with others planning to read the book, I thought I'd set up a separate thread where we could discuss some of the issues and plot lines in the book without having to put everything in spoiler tags.įreida and isabel have been best friends their whole lives. BEWARE - THERE WILL BE SPOILERS IN THIS THREAD, FOLLOWING THE TWO REVIEWS
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