Keep your head down. Don't get noticed. Or else. I'm Trella. I'm a scrub. A nobody. One of thousands who work the lower levels, keeping Inside clean for the Uppers. I've got one friend, do my job and try to avoid the Pop Cops. So what if I occasionally use the pipes to sneak around the Upper levels? The only neck at risk is my own. Until I accidentally start a rebellion, fall in love with an Upper and become the go-to girl to lead a revolution.
I first started reading Maria V. Snyder with her study series, which I loved. I then continued excitedly to her Glass series which I loved even more, her characters and world she created were so exciting and fantastical. So I was excited and intrigued when I came across her new Inside series, which, as a science fiction book is much different to the series and world I fell in love with.
This book is a young adult, which adults and young could read alike. The story is based on characters that have been living Inside for thousands of weeks, where people have been separated into two different class levels, one of workers (lowers) and one of rulers (uppers), where the lowers are subjugated to the rule and punishment of the uppers, and the population is controlled. Why they are Inside is unknown, why they are separated into classes in unknown, and one scrub, Trella sets to find out why.
There is something about Maria V. Snyder’s writing I am always going to enjoy. She makes her characters strong, enjoyable and relatable. I can’t say that I love it more than her Glass series, but I still did highly enjoy it. The dystopian setting creates an interesting and complex world that the reader will love exploring, and there are plot twists you won’t see coming. If you like science fiction, interesting characters and interesting plot, or even if you have read Maria V. Snyder’s other series and enjoyed them, then I recommend picking up this series, you will find it satisfying.
Inside Out by Maria V. Snyder, Harlequin Teen ©2010, ISBN: 9780373210060
★★★★
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