In the series debut , sixteen-year-old Cia Vale was chosen by the United Commonwealth government as one of the best and brightest graduates of all the colonies… a promising leader in the effort to revitalize postwar civilization. In , Cia is a freshman at the University in Tosu City with her hometown sweetheart, Tomas — and though the government has tried to erase her memory of the brutal horrors … government has tried to erase her memory of the brutal horrors of The Testing, Cia remembers. Her attempts to expose the ugly truth behind the government’s murderous programs put her — and her loved ones — in a world of danger. But the future of the Commonwealth depends on her.
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“Independent Study” is the second book in the “Testing” Trilogy by Joelle Charbonneau, a captivating dystopian YA story, that mixes action-adventure, social reflection and coming-of-age tropes into a fast-paced, character-driven plot, set in a future version of our own world, in which the Seven Stages War destroyed the majority of the planet …
If you like The Hunger Games then you will like this series. I absolutely loved it. There are very few books that I can read more than once and this is one I definitely can. I wish they would make a movie series out of this. It was great.
Unbelievable you have to read too grasp just how good this book/series is. It’s full of passion for what’s right, the determination to change the sadistic system. Yet the passion and corruption on the other side, to keep things status quo. It’s unthinkable what these students are put through when excepted to go off to college for their education. …
There is definitely a decline in action as opposed to book one. This one was just OK. Not the greatest. Not what I was expecting but still not the worst. It had some pleasant moments.
I enjoyed meeting new characters and discovering the truth about the balance of power within the government. Independent Study took me on a fantastic ride through layers of intrigue, espionage, and betrayal.
Unfortunately, the book is a clear middle child. There is no ending. No questions are answered. No strings are tied. Instead, readers are …
This book kept me on my toes, there are a lot of twists and turns and unexpected events to be had. The most shocking of which, is of course, near the end. We end on a cliffhanger, but luckily thanks to GoodReads first reads program, I already have the next book. I was happy to see Tomas and Cia finally come clean with each other, I think that will …