Pawn ARC Review

Pawn
Aimee Carter
Expected publication: November 26th 2013 by Harlequin Teen


YOU CAN BE A VII. IF YOU GIVE UP EVERYTHING.

For Kitty Doe, it seems like an easy choice. She can either spend her life as a III in misery, looked down upon by the higher ranks and forced to leave the people she loves, or she can become a VII and join the most powerful family in the country.

If she says yes, Kitty will be Masked—surgically transformed into Lila Hart, the Prime Minister's niece, who died under mysterious circumstances. As a member of the Hart family, she will be famous. She will be adored. And for the first time, she will matter.

There's only one catch. She must also stop the rebellion that Lila secretly fostered, the same one that got her killed …and one Kitty believes in. Faced with threats, conspiracies and a life that's not her own, she must decide which path to choose—and learn how to become more than a pawn in a twisted game she's only beginning to understand.

I will start by saying that this is my first Aimee Carter book. I have not read her Goddess Test series. But after hearing quite a bit floating around about Pawn, I decided to request it from Netgalley and see where it leads me.

If you have read The Selection by Kiera Cass, then expect a society a little like that. But determining what sector you are in, is a test given at the age of 17 which depending on how smart/clever/what the person giving the test feels like is what sector of the society you are put into. with VII being the highest and anything under that lower in the society.

The way that Aimee Carter set up the society is very interesting, and not exactly original but definitely a refreshing take on a dystopian society.

Kitty (anyone else think of Pride and Prejudice???? No just me OK) is brilliant, but she can't read so she scores very low on the test and gets sent to be a III. Kitty is mature for her age of 17, and was constantly surprising me in the book with her decisions. Kitty is told that she can either remain a III, or become a VII (with a mystery surrounding what she is actually to do once she becomes a VII)
Her love interest Benjy is also an interesting character, although he is not in much of the first book (maybe the second?). And one of the things I love about this romance is NO TRIANGLE!!! Let me say that again to make sure you got that, No Triangle. There is only the fresh love of Benjy and Kitty. No Benjy, Kitty, and some other 3rd person.
Benjy is also her best friend, which makes for the best kind of love.

Other than those two, I was left wondering throughout the book whether a character was evil, mean, greedy, or actually trying to do good. The different characters include the Prime Minister Daxon, his sister Celia, his mother Augusta, and the fiancé of the person Kitty is sent to impersonate, Knox. Those characters were the main ones that mystified me.

The plot had just the right amount of action, with it not being to overbearing. But also still having enough conversational parts to make it emotional.
By the end of the book, the already mature Kitty had grown to be even more mature and a completely respectable main character.
The ending of Pawn, left for a very obvious sequel with a nail-biting ending.

I can't wait for the sequel, I fell in love with everything about this book including certain quotes (that I won't mention because they might change, although I hope they won't) that could become my next favorite romantic lines.
4/5 But only because something happened that I was not happy with , but I won't post because it would be a spoiler.

I received this book from the publisher via netgalley in exchange for an honest review. I received no compensation (or chocolate) for this review