I just finished the second book and let me tell you, as someone who is not a really hardcore reader...I cant put it down. It's another dystopian future where the children hold the key, but it is so much darker than The Hunger Games.
They are adapting the series into a movie and it just finished filming. It will be interesting to see what kind of changes they had to make. I do know from an interview with the author that a major thing has been removed, but that it change is very interesting and just as satisfying.
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