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Reader reviewed by The Story Siren

Tally and Peris have been best friends since before Tally can remember. Now that Peris is sixteen, Tally wont see him again for another couple of months. In Tallys world when you turn sixteen you get to be made pretty.

Tally lives in Uglyville and everyone that lives there is ugly. It isnt until your sixteen birthday that you undergo the operation that will turn you into a Pretty. Tally cant wait to be turned pretty for her thin lips to be lusciously full and her eyes to be beautifully spaced. Everyone gets to be pretty that way everyone has an equal chance.

Just before she is to have her operation Tally meets Shay who happens to share a birthday with Tally. But Shay isnt like Tally. She doesnt think that being ugly is all that bad.

Ultimately Shay decides to run away from Uglyville before her operation and join a possibly mythical city where everyone is ugly. But Shay cant convince Tally to join her, but finds away to show Tally the way if she would ever change her mind.

When Tally leaves for her operation something goes terribly wrong. They know that Shay has run away to the city of uglies called the Smoke. And they wont make Tally pretty unless she finds Shay and eventually lead them to the Smoke.

But once Tally finds the Smoke and lives amongst its people, will she want to betray them? Then she unexpectedly finds out a secret that they are keeping from the Pretties.

Scott Westerfelds first installment of the Uglies trilogy proves to be a captivating experience that will leave you wanting more even after you read the last page. Ive read other books by Westerfeld and I have to say this is defiantly my favorite. It is a futuristic sci-fi, but could totally be nonfiction in the distant future! The book was clearly thought provoking, yet entertaining. I will be reading Pretties very soon!