Specials - Scott Westerfield

      To introduce this book, you should know this is the 3rd book of a series of 4. This book along with all the others revolves around the characters and the corrupt government, and how it is to be run. To understand these books, you have to understand that the setting begins in the future and not present day. Although there are many things in this book that do have ties to present days, but have the main idea of it expanded and taken to a higher extreme.
      Alright here we go, diving in, this book is a bit hard to explain without giving everything away but, it all starts right after Tally has joined the 'cutter' a group that uses cutting themselves as a way to keep their heads clear and focused. In the book prior to this Tally was a normal 'pretty' but sense joining the 'honorary' cutters she has became a special. By this Tally has had to undergo a surge that will make her beyond superhuman. With that, it proves itself to make it a crucial point throughout this book.
      I honestly liked this book but it wasn't my favorite out of the series. I think it did a great job at leaving little cliff hangers at parts though-out the book, they left you dying to read the next chapter and keep flipping the pages. Although I do have to admit that other parts of this book killed me, metaphorically. It seemed as if they we're dragging on too long, but I'm sort of an impatient person so that may explain it but that's just my personal take on it.
      "A government big enough to give you everything you want, is a government big enough to take away everything that you have" - Thomas Jefferson. Without ruining this book I will leave you with this quote and mention that it surprisingly has a ton to do with this book.