Specials by Scott Westerfeld

Author: Scott Westerfeld

Reading level: Young Adult

Publisher: Simon Pulse

Rated 9/10

"Special Circumstances":

The words have sent chills down Tally's spine since her days as a repellent, rebellious ugly. Back then Specials were a sinister rumor — frighteningly beautiful, dangerously strong, breathtakingly fast. Ordinary pretties might live their whole lives without meeting a Special. But Tally's never been ordinary.

And now she's been turned into one of them: a superamped fighting machine, engineered to keep the uglies down and the pretties stupid.

The strength, the speed, and the clarity and focus of her thinking feel better than anything Tally can remember. Most of the time. One tiny corner of her heart still remembers something more.

Still, it's easy to tune that out — until Tally's offered a chance to stamp out the rebels of the New Smoke permanently. It all comes down to one last choice: listen to that tiny, faint heartbeat, or carry out the mission she's programmed to complete. Either way, Tally's world will never be the same.

MY REVIEW
This is the third book in the Uglies series and I like it a lot.It's not my favorite book in the series but it still was a good read. I was sad reading the ending and what Tally had to go through but I guess I shouldn't always expect Disney endings. If you like the first two books then you will definitely like this one, it was full of the action we have all come to expect from Mr. Westerfeld here. I have read some reviews where people were not happy with the ending and I must disagree with them, I'm very satisfied with how it ended. Tally is now part of Special Circumstances along with Shay and the other Cutters. The New Smoke is on the rise and Tally and Shay figure out a way to capture David and get to the New Smoke, but first they must help Zane escape so he will be seen as bubbly and become a Special just like Tally wants. They plan to follow Zane and the other Crims to The New Smoke without them knowing. But when Tally actually reaches what is now called the New Smoke she is suprised and amazed with what she sees.She has a choice to do what is right or to do what she is made to do when she became a Special. Tally must also deal with war and the loss of someone she really cares about at the end.