WARNING: May contain spoilers!
When a virus makes everyone over the age of eighteen infertile, would-be parents are forced to pay teen girls to conceive and give birth to their children, making teens the most prized members of society.
Sixteen-year-old identical twins Melody and Harmony were separated at birth and had never met until the day Harmony shows up on Melody’s doorstep. Until now, the twins have followed completely opposite paths. Melody has scored an enviable conception contract with a couple called the Jaydens. While they are searching for the perfect partner for Melody to bump with, she is fighting her attraction to her best friend Zen, who is way too short for the job.
Harmony has spent her whole life in religious Goodside, preparing to be a wife and mother. She believes her calling is to bring Melody back to Goodside and convince her that “pregging” for profit is a sin. But Harmony has secrets of her own that she is running from.
When Melody is finally matched with the world-famous, genetically flawless Jondoe, both girls’ lives are changed forever. A case of mistaken identity takes them on a journey neither could have ever imagined, one that makes Melody and Harmony realize they have so much more than just DNA in common.
I love dystopian novels, and this was certainly no exception! Though I was a bit confused at first, once I really got into this book it was impossible to put down!
Melody Mayflower and Harmony Smith are identical twins who were separated at birth, and now at sixteen Mel, a highly desired Surrogette, and Harmony, an extremely religious teenager, are meeting for the first time, with interesting results!
The characterization in this book was so intricate that I could feel almost as if Mel and Harmony were real people who I could relate to and talk to. Although they seemed so different and far apart at the beginning of the novel, the author did a great job throughout the novel of bringing them together and showing that the two twins from such different backgrounds really were very similar.
The book surprised me a lot, ESPECIALLY the plot, which ended up being extremely different from what I expected .
In a world where teen pregnancy is such a big issue, Megan McCafferty did an excellent job of making the reader think about this dystopian future that was perfectly created and described, one that certainly will make the readers feel as if they are a part of this intriguing journey!
I would most definitely recommend reading this book, it's a fantastic read that will for sure leave a good impression on everyone who reads it!
xoxo Athena
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