After reading (and enjoying) many others by this author I came to my egalley of Beta with high expectations that the book utterly failed to live up to. While the world is interesting the character development felt poorly paced. This would have normally still earned 3 stars from me but for two major issues: a race of characters in the book that are genetically modified to be the "best elements of human kind" and are therefore utterly Aryan and worshiped by normal people for their beauty AND a nasty anti-choice message at the end that makes no sense in the context of the book's major themes of imprisonment and choice.

Clones produced to do the work. Hmm... in theory, isn't producing a clone more expensive than getting workers ? Nevertheless, if you suspend your disbelief, you might actually enjoy reading Cohn's writing. There were some amusing scenes like when Elysia wonders where a girl "puts out the sex". This humor was obvious, but I must admit I was still entertained.

Are there twists the reader doesn't see coming? Perhaps a new reader who isn't used to many twists and turns will be surprised, but I saw coming from miles away. However, there are enough surprises that she'll likely catch you off guard once or twice.

This was so different from anything else I've read by Rachel Cohn. It's a quasi-dystopian about the struggles of a clone girl.

Very weird but creepily accurate. I think these types of books need to make people feel uncomfortable.

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YES! Loved this one so much! I love the premise of clones, and sentient clones at that.