This time, though, Cia is prepared for the violent brutality that awaits.
And unlike her fellow classmates, Cia knows that the cost of failure is death.Īfter finishing her freshman entrance exams, Cia is assigned to an unexpected career path and once again finds herself in a competition to excel, or pay the ultimate price. Aided by the transponder (and secret recorder) she received from her older brother Zeen as a parting gift, Cia has access to whispered, desperate messages from herself – a recording of her experiences throughout the Testing. Her first year of studies, however, is plagued by phantom memories of her time during the Testing. Malencia “Cia” Vale has survived The Testing and has earned her way into the prestigious Tosu City University as a student. If you have not read book 1 and want to remain unspoiled, LOOK AWAY. **NOTE: This review contains unavoidable spoilers for The Testing. So much so, that Independent Study was one of my most highly anticipated books of 2014 – so imagine my glee when I stumbled across an early copy at my local bookstore! I’ve been in the mood for a page-turning dystopian series, and The Testing certainly fits the bill. Why did I read this book: I thoroughly enjoyed The Testing, book 1 in this series. Stand alone or series: Book 2 of the Testing Trilogy But the future of the Commonwealth depends on her. Her attempts to expose the ugly truth behind the government’s murderous programs put her-and her loved ones-in a world of danger.
In Independent Study, Cia is a freshman at the University in Tosu City with her hometown sweetheart, Tomas-and though the government has tried to erase her memory of the brutal horrors of The Testing, Cia remembers. a promising leader in the effort to revitalize postwar civilization. In the series debut The Testing, sixteen-year-old Cia Vale was chosen by the United Commonwealth government as one of the best and brightest graduates of all the colonies. Genre: Dystopia, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult
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