Article 5 (Review)

Article 5 is a gripping dystopian that will leave you breathless until the VERY last page!! Heres the plot taken from Good Reads.  New York, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C., have been abandoned.

The Bill of Rights has been revoked, and replaced with the Moral Statutes.

There are no more police—instead, there are soldiers. There are no more fines for bad behavior—instead, there are arrests, trials, and maybe worse. People who get arrested usually don't come back.

Seventeen-year-old Ember Miller is old enough to remember that things weren't always this way. Living with her rebellious single mother, it's hard for her to forget that people weren't always arrested for reading the wrong books or staying out after dark. It's hard to forget that life in the United States used to be different.

Ember has perfected the art of keeping a low profile. She knows how to get the things she needs, like food stamps and hand-me-down clothes, and how to pass the random home inspections by the military. Her life is as close to peaceful as circumstances allow.

That is, until her mother is arrested for noncompliance with Article 5 of the Moral Statutes. And one of the arresting officers is none other than Chase Jennings—the only boy Ember has ever loved.

This book was very good and enjoyable! I loved the setting and the gritty dark feel to this novel. There was only one thing I disliked about this book. Ember was... well not an enjoyable character for me. I tried to enjoy her but it was IMPOSSIBLE. She thought she could do everything when clearly she could not. That was the only thing. But other then that it was really good. I give this book 7 out of 10 stars!!!