Perfect Ruin by Lauren Destefano
The TAYSHAS list has been released, and I read two before I knew which ones made the cut.
Gotta love that the title is an oxymoron, right? It's actually a perfect title since this is about a utopia that ultimately ends up being a dystopia. Internment is a city in the sky. People on the ground (us) can't see it, but they can see the ground. In fact, some people are so drawn by the ground that they see from above, that they try to jump down to it. Most people who do this either die or become disfigured/disabled in some way. Morgan knows this well, as her brother is blind because he tries to jump. Morgan feels the call of the ground as well.
Everything is perfect in Internment, or so Morgan believes, until a teenaged girl is murdered. People aren't murdered in Internment. What's more, the girl's betrothed is the one accused of her murder. The accused murderer escapes custody, and Morgan finds herself involved with him (and others) to learn about the mysteries of the ground.
This is the first of a trilogy, and while it was ok, I likely won't read the next book.
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