We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. Overall, read this book and read this series.These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. Marketing is a tricky business and sometimes the marketing team of the publishing companies take risks and say stuff like “The Next Hunger Games” because they are trying to say, “Guys this is good and has some of the same traits as THG so if you liked THG you might just like this one too!” Sometimes slogans like these do get overused (I’m looking at Twilight and how it gave vampires a VERY negative light.) I think being compared to THG is an honor and shouldn’t be a turn off if you’re planning on reading the book. I know a lot of people don’t like The Testing Trilogy because it has a few similar qualities to THG.

I couldn’t even fall asleep because it had my blood pumping and the adrenaline rushing through my body. It was all brilliant! I started reading around 9 or 10 pm and finished it at 1am. The action, The politics, The Action (yes, I had to say that again) and The never ending tests. Independent Study did not fall into the sequel slump category (or is it the sophomore category? I forget). Dun Dun Duuuuuun! I’m not going to tell you guys, so go read the book if you haven’t. The development of her character was awesome and we also got to finally know what happened to Zendra and Tomas. I’m internally jumping up and down right now. I’m so giddy because this book surpassed my expectations. I didn’t bring my hopes up just in case it wasn’t as good as The Testing. The Testing left off with a HUGE cliffhanger that I didn’t know where this was going.

But the future of the Commonwealth depends on her. Her attempts to expose the ugly truth behind the government’s murderous programs put her-and her loved ones-in a world of danger. In Independent Study, Cia is a freshman at the University in Tosu City with her hometown sweetheart, Tomas-and though the government has tried to erase her memory of the brutal horrors of The Testing, Cia remembers. a promising leader in the effort to revitalize postwar civilization. In the series debut The Testing, sixteen-year-old Cia Vale was chosen by the United Commonwealth government as one of the best and brightest graduates of all the colonies.

Independent study by joelle charbonneau