Veronica Roth gifts us an intelligent, emotional, hopeful and thought provoking tale with Poster Girl. Carrying us into the heart of a dystopian civilization several years after the collapse of a corrupt political system Roth explores the after affects of revolution in this futuristic landscape, focusing in on the people who upheld the old regime with the greatest passion.
From the blurb;
'A fallen regime.
'A missing child.
'A chance at freedom.
'Ten years ago, Sonya was the face of an oppressive regime. Then it was toppled by rebels and she was thrown into prison - where she has been locked up ever since.
'When an old enemy comes to her with a deal, it seems too good to be true: find a missing girl who was stolen from her parents, and earn her freedom.
'But as Sonya hunts for the child, she is forced to dig deeper into the past - and her family's dark secrets - than she ever bargained for...'
We are drawn into Sonya's life at a point where her routine is dismal, her hope non-existent, any dreams she harboured scattered. As a new opportunity comes her way, offering freedom she never dreamed to having, she initially refuses, but something sparks her interest at the last moment and we are carried into a web of complex manoeuvring, subterfuge and blatant lies.
As Sonya begins to put the pieces of the world outside of her long-time prison together we begin to piece together the secrets of her life, drawing a picture of every hardship and finding out what really happened to the old government and Sonya's family and friends with it's downfall.
Filled with plot twists and jaw-dropping revelations Poster Girl is a fast paced, intelligent, gripping short novel that fans of Roth will fly through, leaving them eager for more from the powerhouse author.
We give Poster Girl five stars
ISBN - 978-1-529-33102-8 Cover Price - £9.99 First published in Great Britain in 2022 by Hodderscape, an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton
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