Review: Uninvited by Sophie Jordan

    Rating: 4/5 stars

   Reccomend?: Yes.

    Synopsis: When Davy Hamilton's tests come back positive for Homicidal Tendency Syndrome (HTS)-aka the kill gene-she loses everything. Her boyfriend ditches her, her parents are scared of her, and she can forget about her bright future at Juilliard. Davy doesn't feel any different, but genes don't lie. One day she will kill someone.

Only Sean, a fellow HTS carrier, can relate to her new life. Davy wants to trust him; maybe he's not as dangerous as he seems. Or maybe Davy is just as deadly.

    Review: Let me start out by saying that I wasn't sure if I would actually like this book. As you can see from my previous review, I am a fan if Sophie Jordan, and when I saw that she was releasing a young adult dystopian novel, I had to check it out. The premise of this book really is what drew me in, a killer gene?! Like how freaking cool is that! The idea that this group of people, kids included, were so totally and completely discriminated against because they were born with a particular gene was really interesting. After Our main character  Davy tests positive for te gene following a mandatory blood test at school, her entire life is turned upside down. The former private school golden girl music prodigy suddenly becomes ostracized by her former boyfriend, peers and even her family, with the exception of her brother, are terrified of her. She is forced by the government to now attend public school with 5 other positive kids, whom for the entirety of the school day are locked in a "cage" to complete their school work, it's hardly the glamour the music prodigy was used too. It's in the "cage" that Davy meets Sean, a marked carrier, which means he broke the law in someway so they tattooed him to distinguish him as a carrier. Davy is inexplicably drawn to Sean and he finds himself very protective of her, even though he thinks her being around him is a bad idea. Certain events happen that have the entire population of non-carriers turning their back on the carriers, the government rounds up all the carriers and imprisons them, but Davy gets a special chance. 

 What I liked: Davy's growth as a carrier and as a character in general, she goes from blunt hate for carriers to realizing that these people are her family and he loves them as such. Sean was a great character, mysterious and hot but also kind and understanding when he had to be. The marry cast of supporting characters such as the kids in the "cage" and Davy's brother were really great additions and I never felt that Sophie was taking time away from the main story point to talk about the rest of them. 

What I didn't like: the romance became way too involved at the end a it was really mushy. I loved Sean but Davy was so set on not liking Sean to being totally into him and it seemed too fast for my liking, I'm hoping the 2nd book dials back on the romance and continues to focus on the growth of these kids into their new identities.