![]() ![]() The plot, the people, the idea, all magnificent. This book kept me hooked through every page I simply could not put the book down. The idea that Elsie Chapman illustrates is beautifully woven into a teen’s life, in a world that is a haven, but safety comes at a price. ![]() The summary was nothing like I have heard of, which is the reason why I had my eye on it. ![]() I had this book marked on my calendar months before it was released. If she has any hope of winning, she will have to stop running from herself and her fears and face the one person who wants to survive just as much as she does: Her Alternate. For West to be able to overcome this new-found fear, she is going to have to find help within her friend, Chord, and help within herself. But tragedy hits West and she starts to lose her confidence in herself and her chances of ever beating her Alt. Once given her assignment, she will have one month to bring down her Alt. What West has been taught from birth to strive for. Survival in her society, Kersh, is everything: marriage, advanced schooling, life. Before her Alt eliminates her and before time runs out. To prove her worth to her society, she will have to eliminate her Alt before her Twentieth birthday. She has been waiting for the day when she will be given the assignment to kill her Alternate, someone who looks just like her but was raised by a different family. West Grayer has been trained as a fighter. ![]()
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