Wren lives in the perfect world. There are all the organic fruits and vegetables one can eat, perfect swimming lagoons and days spent having all the fun you want, surrounded by beautiful people. Created almost a year ago, Wren has always loved her life – and as the completion ceremony nears, Wren wants to make sure she does everything she can to be ‘chosen’ by their creator. But Wren is having weird visions. Worried they might interfere with her chance at completion, she tries to banish them from her mind, yet strange things start to occur in her world, making Wren wonder if there is more to life than what she has been led to believe.

State of Grace is hard to review as the main point of the book cannot be mentioned without spoiling the whole thing. That said, this book tackles some issues that very much affect us in today’s society. While in parts I found it slow-going and slightly repetitive, this is a good novel for young adults interested in the dystopian genre. For ages 13 and up.

Katherine Dretzke