Eve by Anna Carey

"Eve" is a good book. Overall, I liked the idea and it had a fantastic plot. Eve is about a girl who lives in New America in 2031, and the world has been ravaged by a plague that has destroyed 98% of the population. Eve lives at a School with other orphans; learning, growing, and waiting for the chance to move on to the Graduate school where she will learn her trade. Eve is the valedictorian, and is highly respected by the other girls. Everyone knows that Eve has great plans for her future. But, the night before graduation, her rival, Arden, reveals that whole thing was a lie. No one who enters that school is learning how to paint, or teach and that they will go to the Graduate school to breed new children for New America. Arden escapes that night, leaving Eve devastated and horrified. Now she must decide where to go, now that she has learned the truth.
This is an innovative book that shows what the price of freedom must come at. I loved the personality Anna Carey put into her novel, and I hope she will continue to write.
However,"Eve" went a little too fast paced, and that is my only complaint. It was a great book, and Anna Carey is a gifted writer, but I think the trilogy needs an extra book. As I was reading, I realized that I didn't love it as much as I had loved other books, but I couldn't understand why. Then I realized that "Eve" was a little bit crammed, so it was slightly unbelievable.
For example, Eve is the valedictorian of the School. She is the brightest, the most obedient, and the leader of the other girls. When Arden tells her that the Graduate school is full of pregnant teenagers, Eve is a little too quick to believe her and too quick to disobey to see if it is true. In the next chapter alone, Eve breaks a school rule and finds out that Arden wasn't lying. She accepts the fact and is already trying to come up with a plan to leave.
It is not a bad book, and I think it is worth a read. However, it could use a little more pacing. I do not regret reading it and you should go check it out at the nearest library. Happy Reading! -J.E.