7/6/2023 0 Comments Uninvited by sophie jordanJordan skillfully hints at a rapidly disintegrating, near-future America, using chilling chapter interstitials%E2%80%94texts, fragments of interviews, lists%E2%80%94that illustrate a society prepared to sacrifice civil rights for an illusion of safety. Among them are the sweet, smart Gil, and Sean, a lifetime "carrier" who's more protective than violent. She is "uninvited" from her private high school, assigned an unsympathetic caseworker, and forced to attend school in a "Cage" with other HTS kids. Merging a contemporary setting with a believable speculative premise, Jordan (the Firelight series) introduces Davy Hamilton, who appears to have it all%E2%80%94a gorgeous boyfriend, a future at Julliard%E2%80%94until she is diagnosed with "Homicidal Tendency Syndrome," a genetic predisposition toward violence.
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