The Jewel

The Jewel

2014 • 362 pages

Ratings23

Average rating3.7

15

Young women are sold into reproductive slavery and, for some reason, shown off like purebred dogs while they incubate. They wear pretty dresses and show off their talents as commanded by their owners, who are varying degrees of abusive. It's a screwed up system and Violet is motivated by “get out” and, eventually, “break the system”, which worked well for Hunger Games. She would also like to help her childhood friend escape. Except she meets a hot guy she can't have and suddenly can't do anything but moon over him and screws everything up because he's so nice and attractive.

This is one of the “Pretty Dresses Dystopia” subgenre books, like The Selection. I think it's better written than The Selection but the forced romantic plot is a lot less forgivable.

January 19, 2016