YOU CAN BE A VII. IF YOU GIVE UP EVERYTHING.
For Kitty Doe, it seems like an easy choice. She can either spend her life as a III in misery, looked down upon by the higher ranks and forced to leave the people she loves, or she can become a VII and join the most powerful family in the country.
If she says yes, Kitty will be Masked—surgically transformed into Lila Hart, the Prime Minister's niece, who died under mysterious circumstances. As a member of the Hart family, she will be famous. She will be adored. And for the first time, she will matter.
There's only one catch. She must also stop the rebellion that Lila secretly fostered, the same one that got her killed …and one Kitty believes in. Faced with threats, conspiracies and a life that's not her own, she must decide which path to choose—and learn how to become more than a pawn in a twisted game she's only beginning to understand.
Aimée Carter was born and raised in Michigan, where she currently resides. Her first novel for young adults, THE GODDESS TEST, will be published by Harlequin Teen on April 19th, 2011. The sequel, GODDESS INTERRUPTED, will follow in January 2012.
Find her on Twitter at @aimee_carter.
5 STARS!
Ok this book was just beyond amazing! Fans of The Selection and The Hunger Games will love this story about a girl who will risk her life to not only save the life of her man but also to change the way that they live.
Fav Quotes:
Risking my life to steal an orange was a stupid thing to do, but today of all days, I didn’t care about the consequences.
Never forget the potential one solitary pawn has to change the enter game.
In Kitty Doe's world there is a system like that in The Selection. When you turn 17 you take a test and then you are ranked from I to VI. If you get a I you are sent to a place called Elsewhere and are pretty much never seen or heard from again. Well poor Kitty whom can't read (guessed she had Dyslexia) ends up getting a III which is not to bad but not as good as she would have liked. So she decided to make the choice to go to a brothel. (for those who are worried about that content don't be. It is very sparse and not explicit.) While being actioned off for her virginity which is sold to the Prime Minister for 30,000 gold pieces (reminded me of the Memoirs of Geisha) she is given the choice to become a VII which is only given to their leaders the Hart Family.
Well this story really picks up there. From the death of a lot of her friends to making and creating new ones. Poor Kitty Doe is tossed into a world of luxury while being a prisoner in her own body. I loved the characters that Aimee has created. Grayson, Kitty, and Knox were my favs. Kitty doesn't let people tell her what to do and she really does stand up for herself and for those she loves. The Prime Minister really is evil and I can't wait to see what they do with him and this story when book two comes out.
This review is so hard to write without giving a lot of it away. Kitty becomes Lila Hart and the story goes on with twists and turns you won't see coming to an all out war that I so can't wait to see where the story goes from here.
The one thing this book teaches you is that even if you have issues that prevent you from doing some things. Like Kitty having Dyslexia and not being able to read. There are always things you can do to compensate for it. And you should always believe in yourself.
Words can not tell you how much I loved this book! So here is a group spree cast video via me and Frishawn from WTF Are You Reading.com discussing why we loved Pawn so much!
"*I own it!"
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I want to read it, but I should probably start by the books I have checked out right now. They are like 20.
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