Title: The Testing
Author: Joelle Charbonneau
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Acquired Via: Publisher
Release Date: June 4, 2013
It’s graduation day for sixteen-year-old Malencia Vale, and the entire Five Lakes Colony (the former Great Lakes) is celebrating. All Cia can think about—hope for—is whether she’ll be chosen for The Testing, a United Commonwealth program that selects the best and brightest new graduates to become possible leaders of the slowly revitalizing post-war civilization. When Cia is chosen, her father finally tells her about his own nightmarish half-memories of The Testing. Armed with his dire warnings (”Cia, trust no one”), she bravely heads off to Tosu City, far away from friends and family, perhaps forever. Danger, romance—and sheer terror—await.
My Review
Me: We need to have a talk, don't we?
Myself: About?
Me: Oh, you know, how you read books and then don't review them.
Myself: I guess you better gear up for a long talk.
Me: That's no lie. What's taking so long on The Testing, though? This book was read in less than a day.
Myself: *shuffles feet*
Me: Did you not like it?
Myself: Oh no, I did like it! I have even been recommending it to people at the library, moms on Goodreads, strangers at the grocery store...
Me: Then where the hell is the review?