Bumped (Bumped #1)

Reader reviewed by Alyssa

WOW&& this is such a different book. I cant imagine what life would actually be like if we had to rely on girls under 18 to become pregnant and then give the baby to a family who wants a baby.

Bumped is about 2, 16 year old twin sisters, separated at birth and have just reunited. Harmony is very religious and doesnt believe in being bumped. She believes that its never ok to become pregnant outside of marriage. Every day she wears a veil and clothes that cover up every inch of skin. Then she finds out she has a twin sister and she leaves home and goes to find her.

Melody is the complete opposite of Harmony, she believes in being bumped and she wants to have become pregnant, but she needs to find the right one. Her parents have paid a lot of money to hire someone to find the perfect match that would make a beautiful baby.

Once Harmony shows up on Melodys doorstep both their lives dramatically changed.

I want to say that I liked this as much as I wanted to but I didnt. I think I was too hyped up for the book. But I honestly did like it. I gave it 4/5 stars.

I loved how it switched from melodys to Harmonys POV each chapter, I felt a little annoyed by the way Harmony would try to shove God down everyones throats but I soon came to know a little bit more about Harmony and I understood her better. She was raised that way and if raised differently she wouldnt be the person she was.

I absolutely love the plot of this book, its different than anything I have ever read and it really shines a light on teen pregnancy. Although it kind of seemed like it, Bumped does not condone teenage pregnancy.

Bumped was a fantastic read and once I started I couldnt get enough of it. I cant wait for the sequel of this book to come out. I have a feeling Im going to enjoy it a lot more than this one.

Reader reviewed by Tia

First off I had so many different opinions about the book when I started reading it. I wanted to hate it cause i didnt like the fact that teenagers had to be pregnant in order for human population to continue. Then I hated it cause they didn't hav a choice which sucked. But believe me the book got better way better towards the middle of the book the characters were warming me up to a bigger ending. At the end everything just fit into place it started making sense why harmony visited melody. Who was in love with who. I especially liked the fact that melody was not forced into anything(sorry i will try not to give away to much of the book) Harmony's character changed towards the end and she realized probably things aren't always perfect:)

Reader reviewed by Krystal Larson

To be honest, I wouldn't read this book if I had known what it was about, I would have skimmed. The only part about the book that kept me reading were the two main characters, Melody and Harmony.
The whole book was a bunch of cliches, some created by the author, some as obvious as the names Melody and Harmony. Basically, this is a dystopian novel where only the teens can have babies. This makes teens a hot commodity and a way to get revenue. Parents take advantage of their children's reproductivity, children are having kids before age 11, jingles and bands are centered around fertility, etc...
Melody and Harmony are identical twin sisters. Harmony grew up in a very churchy environment while Melody grew up as "queen bee" of her clique. Harmony enters Melody's life right before Melody is scheduled to bump with Jondoe, a hot sperm donor. It turns out that Harmony left her church community for more reasons than just to see Melody, she falls in love with Jondoe and impersonates Melody. Melody is wooed by her best friend, Zen, throughout the novel. The only problem is Zen's verticality, he is too short to be a viable sperm donor and Melody is worth too much money to just let her womb be open to anything. The novel continues with many revelations, surprises, etc...
I enjoyed and grew to love Melody and Harmony, they were the only parts of the book that kept me from putting the book down. I grew tired of the constant "fertilicious" components of the novel, I got the idea already! The concept, while interesting, is almost a little too much on the gross side for me (the author has an 11 year old giving birth). Then there's the fact that I saw no scientific evidence of how this "virus" could possibly render the majority of the possibility infertile (I am a scientist by nature and want answers darn it!).
To conclude, I would skim this book if I were the new reader. While there are good parts, the other parts a little on the controversial and downright annoying side.

Reader reviewed by Blkosiner's Book Blog