There’s a strong wind just off the edge of the island that keeps people from jumping off. Babies are betrothed before they are born. Because the island is so small, people have to apply to have babies, and are exterminated when they reach a specific age in order to keep the population under control. Internment is a huge chunk of Earth that has been RIPPED out of the ground and placed in the sky by the Sky God.

I’m so glad I was given the opportunity to read it! As always, my main points are bolded. I was not the biggest fan of Lauren DeStefano’s Chemical Garden trilogy, but I really, really enjoyed this first installment in the Internment Chronicles. I love reading about new worlds that authors have created, so of course I gravitated right to Perfect Ruin. I’m always on the lookout for unique story lines, especially in the dystopian genre. Secrets lay at the heart of Internment, but nothing can prepare Morgan for what she will find - or who she will lose. He is the boy being blamed for the murder - betrothed to the victim - but Morgan is convinced of his innocence. With whispers swirling and fear on the wind, Morgan can no longer stop herself from investigating, especially when she meets Judas.

Then a murder, the first in a generation, rocks the city. She tries her best not to mind that her life is orderly and boring, and if she ever wonders about the ground, and why it is forbidden, she takes solace in best friend Pen and her betrothed, Basil. Even though Morgan's older brother, Lex, was a Jumper, Morgan vows never to end up like him. On Internment, the floating island in the clouds where 16-year-old Morgan Stockhour lives, getting too close to the edge can lead to madness. Genres: Dystopia, Fantasy, Romance, Science Fiction Published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers on October 1, 2013

Perfect Ruin by Lauren DeStefano