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350 pp.
| Farrar |
September, 2012 |
TradeISBN 978-0-374-38074-8$17.99
(4)
YABirthright series.
Chocolate has been banned since 2055. Now in 2083, seventeen-year-old Anya Ballanchine (All These Things I've Done), heir to Ballanchine Chocolate, wonders how and if she wants to continue as a crime boss. Anya's rather flat narration detracts from what should be an exciting dystopian novel. Clearly, this volume is setting up a third, with threads to be tied together later.