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The truth will test you... For fans of Game of Thrones and The Hunger Games: high fantasy and dystopia meet in this high-stakes tale of a civilization built on lies and the girl who single-handedly brings it down. When Eva’s twin brother, Eamon, falls to his death just a few months before he is due to participate in The Testing, no one expects Eva to take his place. She’s a Maiden, slated for embroidery classes, curtseys, and soon a prestigious marriage befitting the daughter of an Aerie ruler. But Eva insists on honoring her brother by becoming a Testor. After all, she wouldn’t be the first Maiden to Test, just the first in 150 years. Eva knows the Testing is no dance class. Gallant Testors train for their entire lives to search icy wastelands for Relics: artifacts of the corrupt civilization that existed before The Healing drowned the world. Out in the Boundary Lands, Eva must rely on every moment of the lightning-quick training she received from Lukas—her servant, a Boundary native, and her closest friend now that Eamon is gone. But there are threats in The Testing beyond what Lukas could have prepared her for. And no one could have imagined the danger Eva unleashes when she discovers a Relic that shakes the Aerie to its core.
Publication Year: 2013
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At first, I wasn't so sure about this book. I'm only reading it because I was given the second novel as an ARC to review for VOYA.
Eva lives in the New North: an icy land that holds her and the only other people alive in the world after the Polar caps melted and flooded the Earth. As an 18-year-old living in New North, she is expected to follow all of the strict rules and regulations that the Lex commands.
Each year, young men go off into the frozen tundra in search of relics to remind the people of New North about the horrors and hardships of the world before the Healing. In this time, people prayed to the God "Apple" and Coke and Mastercard were the symbols of all evil. By finding clues of the past, the young men that set on the quest provide examples to the people of Aerie of how awful the times before were.
Eva's twin brother Eamon was one of the young men that was going to set off in search of Relics. As he was practicing scaling an ice wall though, he fell to his death. Now, Eva is taking his place on the quest and the truths that she learns about her brother, her people, and herself are ones that she cannot soon forget.
At first it was hard to understand where these people were coming from. Worshiping a god called "Apple"? You are given clues throughout the story as to what may be going on, how technology is unheard of...how people have definite roles that they have to adhere to. As Eva started to uncover the past and put the puzzle pieces together, I found myself enjoying this more. I'm not excited to read the next installment and see what happens with Eva, Jasper, and Lukas.
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