I cannot believe that Uglies was released so long ago (in 2005), but in the first of this new series we are taken back to the world. This time round, though, Tally and her rebellion have led to some difficult circumstances and the leading families are struggling to keep order.
Impostors is a story that kept its hardest punch until the bitter end.
Frey and Rafi are identical twins, and their father is one of the ruling first family leaders. However, few people know about Frey. She is hidden away and trained to kill. Her one job is to take Rafi’s place at any potentially dangerous scenario.
Once we’ve been introduced to the pair, we learn that Frey has been asked to pretend to be Rafi as she visits another leading family. Though it seems a positive step, we learn she’s going as a hostage – and, too late, we learn that Frey’s position is in no way secure.
As soon as the plan kicks in, Frey is left to live on her wits in a dangerous bid for survival. She is forced to trust those who seemed determined to kill her. To what extent this will work, nobody is sure.
Following Frey as she pursues this dangerous adventure means everything happens at breakneck speed. Once she returns home, we see the depths to which her father has plunged…and the closing scene/ideas had me gasping. I cannot wait to see how this pans out.