Forty years after Corporations seized control of a crumbling society, the UC is more corrupt than ever. They divide citizens using a Sponsorship-based program and a level system, both of which reinvent the inequality the government claims to have eradicated. Ace, a cunning rebel determined to dismantle the system, infiltrates the Elites with a deadly secret agenda. Athalia, a child of the Big Three who was raised to be a violent weapon, secretly defies the government and plans her own escape from the ruthless leaders who made her a monster. When their paths collide, loyalties blur, and the truth that threatens to surface can ignite an alliance to save the country—or destroy them both. Tangled in a web of lies, Ace and Athalia hold their secrets close, and their enemies closer. Will the truth set them free, or be the cause of their destruction?

Requirements & Requests

Looking for feedback on how interesting the story is, if there are plotholes, if any of the mysteries are too obvious or easily figured out, and if the 'voice' this book is written in makes sense. Also needing feedback on if the society (divided based on Corporations and levels) makes sense and if it is interesting, or too close to reality, and needs to be reframed​/​redone.

Comparable Stories:

Divergent by Veronica Roth, The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau, Legend by Marie Lu, and The Fifth Wave by Rick Yancy.

Trigger Warnings:

Violence, abuse, poverty, corruption