**MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS**
You've been warned.
This review is long overdue. I read this book over the span of a few days when I was doing my “read-a-thon”—in which I read two books! Go me. Anyway, on to the review!! You need to know a few things about this book for it to make sense. For those of you that have read the Hunger Games—it is kind of similar to that. It seems that the cities are cut up into districts that have their own “job.” For example, Eureka’s job is the lumber industry. The other similarity that I noticed was that Civitas was where all the “fashionable” people live and they drive everything . . . very much like the Capitol and its inhabitants in The Hunger Games. Personally, I liked these similarities because Leti took it and changed it a bit and made it her own. In Land of the Unaltered, those who are altered are medically modified to look a certain way. They are perfectly gorgeous, have neon hair that matches the times (this could change weekly/monthly) and have no wrinkles. However, age can be told from hands or elbows. Alternately, those who are unaltered are normal looking. They have normal colored hair, wrinkles and aren't “gorgeous.”
That being said--I simply adored this book, especially the characters and how they interacted with each other. I had a few pairs that were my absolute favorites. The first was Rose and her Aunt Ivy. I thought they were adorable and I loved the dynamics between them. The whole aunt from a far-but-still-had-a-strong-relationship-thing really got me. So when Rose moved out to live with her Aunt in Eureka to get away from the constant scorn she received in Civitas because of the family she comes from…I was overjoyed that the two would be able to live together. The other relationship I loved was between (of course) Flynn and Rose. Rose, I loved from the second I started reading the book. She’s not snotty like the other Civitas kids—even though she comes from a family that she should be. She’s sweet, but also persistent, and knows what she wants. I liked her ability to read something and remember it. And then there was Flynn. At first the two of them didn't mesh very well, all because of Flynn’s disdain for Civitas kids that come in to intern and then leave a week later. Obviously Rose wasn't like that but she needed to prove that to him. Even though Flynn was a jerk at first, I loved seeing him warm up to Rose. I honestly didn't blame him for being hostile at first either—having to deal with all those brats in the past. I adore how awkward Flynn is around Rose. I like that they have time together, but it is just quiet and working. It was kind of their thing and it made my heart melt. My favorite scene between the two of them is when they go down to the coast and she plays in the water, then they watch the sunset on the rocks. The part that follows that is kind of scary, but without giving too much away, Flynn saves the day. As if Rose falling into the water and freezing wasn't bad enough when they get back to the transport they find it broken. . .they end up spending the night near the transport in a camp with a fire that Flynn puts together. After a day from hell, they curl up in the warm confines of a sleeping bag…together.
“You do normally say the wrong thing. I guess it’s part of your charm.”
If you follow my reviews, you know I’m not one to give away too much, so they might not give that good of an idea of what actually *happens* in the book…but I try to do my best to skim a little to get you interested. There are a few ups and downs in this book, and I liked that. Spoiler! There is a mysterious medical building in the woods that Rose and Flynn stumble upon on their walk back to town. Oddly enough, miss Rose has access to this building because of who her family is. This building is bad news…lots and lots of secrets revolve around this building. Who is behind it? What are they doing in there? Experiments? Alterations? You’ll have to read it to find out!! The entire book builds up to the cliffhanger that is the end of the book. It gets you ready for the awesomeness of the second book in the series where Flynn and Rose go to Civitas to be spies! Really, really looking forward to this next book. Go ahead, pick it up. You know you want to. :)
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