Poster Girl by Veronica Roth

 Poster Girl by Veronica Roth-288 pages

I've read many of Veronica Roth's works, so I was intrigued when I learned this one was being released. I read the plot synopsis and I was all the more intrigued. I liked this book and would recommend it. Sonya Kantor lives in the Aperture, which is a prison for former known Delegation members. The Delegation was the former governmental regime that was toppled ten years ago and replaced by the current government, the Triumvirate. Everything was regulated under the Delegation. Married couples could have only 1 child, unless they were given an exemption by the Delegation. Every move was watched and judged good or bad based on an eye implant called the Insight. The Insight was turned off for those considered friends of the Triumvirate, but to those considered loyal to the Delegation it was left on and monitored. A law is passed by the Triumvirate releasing all prisoners from the Aperture who were under 16 when the Delegation was toppled. Sonya, however, was 17, so she doesn't quite qualify. Also, she posed for a poster in support of the Delegation at 16 and everyone knows her as "Poster Girl," hence the title. This complicates her case, also. She's given an offer by a childhood "friend" who joined the Triumvirate uprising a few months before the Delegation crumbled. She can look for a girl who was an illegal second child named Grace Ward and if she finds her she can have her freedom from the Aperture. Sonya is determined to find the girl (or at least what became of her) and the investigation leads to many twists and turns. It leads Sonya to question everything she thought she knew about the Delegation and her family. She discovers many shocking revelations. It made me think critically about government and privacy. I would rate this 4 out of 5 stars.