"Extras" by Scott Westerfeld

Warning: This is the fourth and final book of the Uglies Series. If you haven't read the first three books you may not want to read this.

Extras by Scott Westerfeld was probably my favorite book in this young adult, dystopian series. It had a lot of action and suspense like the previous books, and it doesn't really leave you hanging. It was the perfect ending; It was complete.

This book takes place a few years after Tally Young blood sets the world free. We're seeing the new world through Aya Fuse's eyes. The only thing fifteen year old Aya wants is to get a higher face rank like her brother. After all being popular is all the matters now. She's been kicking stories for quite some time, but none are good enough to make her rank budge, until she meets the sly girls. She joins their secret clique with intentions of exposing them, and proving they are not just a rumor, but then she and the sly girls uncover something sinister. Aya's story gets a lot more complicated. Some where along the lines of the end of the world complicated. Exposing the threat, leads to Aya getting abducted and that brings Tally Youngblood out of hiding. It's a timed race to save the world, or so they think. Can they really work as a team or will their be constant conflict?

This was definitely my favorite book out of the series. The only sad thing was that Tally was no longer the main character, and I don't really like the person she has become. Realistically though, I guess that would happen after people messed with your brain a gazillion times. I didn't really see the ending coming. I was like oh  these people are bad, wait good, no bad again. It kept me questioning their intentions. Kept me on my toes. It truly was an awesome ending.


                                                                Rating 3 out of 5.

"Specials" by Scott Westerfeld

Warning: This is the third book in a series, if you haven't read the first two you may not want to read this.

Specials by Scott Westerfeld definitely had some twists I didn't see coming. It's the continuation of the Uglies Series . It's a wonderful dystopian novel, that shows how beauty can go to our head making us feel superior when really we're not. The back in forth power grabs and seeing who could out smart who in the book was simply exhilarating to read. 

Tally has yet again had her body and mind altered. She is super happy that her and Shay are best friends again, but feels rather hallow without having Zane by her side. Zane's been in the hospital getting his brain put back together after what David and his terrible Smokies did to him. If only Tally and her knew clique the Cutters or also known as the "Special" Special Circumstance could get a hold of David and put the Smokies to an end once an for all. A couple months after Tally's initial surgery turning her into a Special, a window opens in which they can go after the Smokies. David along with a few others have been spotted so Tally and the Cutters go after them, only to get ambushed. All the Cutter's get knocked unconscious except for Tally. The Smokies almost drowned Shay, and they end up kidnapping some one else. Shay and Tally now develop a plan to track the Smokies and race against the clock to rescue their friend. Will they make it in time?

I'll be honest at this point, I was kinda annoyed that her brain kept getting altered, but as I kept reading I got over it. I think this was my favorite book out of the series. I'm kind of curious as to what people thought, were you a team David or a team Zane? The last few chapters really had me shocked, I didn't see any of it coming. I have yet to read the last book Extras , but from my understanding it's all about different characters from a younger persons view on what's happened since everything went down in Specials. I guess this series was never as tensing as the Hunger Games or the Maze Runner , but it's definitely still a good read and there's still plenty of action it.  

                                                                                                                                                                 Rating 3 out 5.

"Pretties" by Scott Westerfeld

Warning: This is the second book in a series. If you haven't read the first book, "Uglies", you may not want to read this.

Pretties by Scott Westerfeld in my opinion was even better then the first book,Uglies. It's a wonderful YA novel. You have suspense just like the first book did. Maybe more. You have a love story,  that seems to be branching into a love triangle  and you have your almost heart breaking moments. The book has you asking questions, and wanting to the know the answers as soon as possible. The book leaves you wanting more.

Pretties picks up right where Uglies left off. Tally turned herself into the Specials so they'd make her pretty. Tally didn't want to be pretty anymore, but she had to test the medicine David's mom made. She had to save her friend Shay, since she's the one who technically screwed Shay's life up. When Tally left, she left with some uncertainties. We as in the readers and Tally don't know if David would forgive her or if they were officially over forever.  Unfortunately after the surgery to become pretty, almost all of your memories and feelings from the ugly days are forgotten. Tally forgot the only boy she ever loved. The only person who made her feel pretty without truly meeting the worlds pretty standards. She forgot David. Tally made friends with a clique called the Crims who all remembered they're really bubbly moments. The night Tally was suppose to be officially voted into the clique, some of her ugly pals snuck in to the party in New Pretty Town and left her with a message.  Leaving herself greatly confused, still not really remembering anything from the ugly days. Soon after a relationship blooms between Tally & another pretty from the Crims. It's up to them to try and remember what's going on. They have to get their minds back, and lead themselves and their friends out of the city. In which mayhem and hell break loose. Leaving Tally the opportunity to uncover some more truth as to where the Specials found out what exactly to change in an uglies mind.

There's was no struggle getting into this book, like there had been with first one. The first book left me with too many questions, in which I was determined to find out. I liked the new Crim guy Tally was dating, but the whole time she was trying to remember her past, I was thinking... DAVID....hello??? What about him. The people in the smoke? Come on now. Think! The book definitely had my attention the whole time. They had to do some pretty crazy stuff in attempts to get their memories back, and get out. I can't wait to start the third book, Specials.

                                                                                                                                                                                              Rating 3 out 5.

"Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld

  Uglies by Scott Westerfeld is a very interesting YA novel. The world is filled with such extreme beauty any one who looks normal is ugly. I found it interesting because to me it's amazing what people today will do to have the perfect body, and even though this book takes place in the future, the lengths in which people will go to be perfect are still extreme. It has suspense and of course that cute love story every teen or young adult wants to read about.



 Tally Youngblood is going to turn sixteen in three months. At the age of sixteen you get surgery to go from being ugly to being extremely pretty. Tally and her ugly friends have always played tricks and snuck around getting into things they shouldn't have. So when her best friend Peris turned pretty before she did , he moved to New Pretty Town. She decided to sneak out to see him. Whenever you move, you can come visit your old ugly friends, but they're not allowed to visit you, however; Pretties never come back. Tally assumed it was just because New Pretty town was so amazing. It didn't have any rules, any curfews, no one ever fought, you could sleep in as long as you wanted, and party all night long. On the way out Tally met another ugly who snuck in. Her name was Shay. They soon discovered they shared the same birthday and would turn together. They became best friends. Tally had everything planned out she knew exactly how she wanted to look. Shay didn't really seem to care. A couple nights before their birthday Shay told Tally about an ugly settlement out in the wild. They called themselves the Smoke and they lived out there hiding from the Pretties government. Shay wanted to go, Tally thought she was crazy, who didn't want to be pretty? Shay left her encoded instructions about how to get there just in case she changed her mind. On the day of Tally's birthday, scary looking pretties came and picked her up. They called themselves Special Circumstance. They gave Tally two options. Bring Shay back, or stay ugly forever.  Tally had always dreamed of being pretty, and the way Special Circumstance said it, it sounded like Shay was in danger. She went to find her. Special Circumstance told her when she found her just to activate a location tracker so they could bring in all the kids from the Smoke and help them. Tally had a rather treacherous adventure ahead of her to be traveling alone. Once locating them, she soon realized how happy they were. She became good friends with them.  Within the few days  she was there, Tally learned some secrets about the pretty surgery that ended up making it sound not so pretty. Who was telling the truth the wild Smokies or the Special Circumstance? She had a hard time deciding if she should activate the tracker or not. The choice she ended up making led to catastrophic results.



 I'll be honest, it took me a little while to really get into this book. It was never boring,  I think it was just the writing style. It took me a bit to get use too. Once I got use to it though, I really enjoyed the booked and just seeing how things developed in it. It gave you glimpses of the past  before the "pretties" existed and you got to see how it developed into the world it was. It got somewhat suspenseful, and I found myself wanting to know more and more. I couldn't read it fast enough. It was kind of scary to think about, because as fast as technology is developing I honestly think the things in this book could really end up being the future. It may be a ways out yet, but scientists could get there. I just started the sequel, and I only took a break from reading it to blog. I honestly can't wait to get back to it. I think a love triangle is beginning to bloom in this Uglies Series. 

                                                                Review 3.5 out of 5