Book Review: Enclave

*some older teen content in this review*

       I’ve become kind of obsessed with post-apocalyptic books as of late. The most recent one I got my hands on was Enclave written by Ann Aguire. It’s set in an underground world, after the rest of the world is gone. It’s narrated by a 15 year old girl, named Deuce.

      In this world, you are simply called boy or girl with a number after it it( like: girl26, boy17)  until you reach age 15 and have proved yourself. When you reach age 15, you are given a name and a job. There a three jobs, Builder, Hunter, and Breeder (I will address this later).

        Deuce is picked to be a Huntress, which is what she has prepared for her whole life. Hunters and Huntresses find food above ground, and also kill Freaks (human like creatures, but they’re nasty and well… freaky) She is doing just fine, until she gets paired up with a mysterious boy that the enclave found above ground. No one knows where he came from, and he seems incredibly bitter. But, she gets to know him, and they become good partners.

Okay, that’s the basis of the story.

       I would not suggest reading this book probably before 13 or 14. The freaks are pretty freaky (I pictured them as dinosaurs the whole time… I couldn’t help it, really.), and there is some talk about the Breeders. They assign Breeders to keep the population where they want it. And while they never actually say anything, there’s a lot of implying going around.

Like when Deuce gets captured by a gang. The gang takes females primarily to breed them. Disgusting, right?

Other than those few things, it’s a good book.

          The sequel to it is supposedly coming out this fall, which is wonderful because it left with a cliffhanger. There is an underlying meaning towards the end of the book, which could imply how it would end, but you would only find it if you were looking for it. Which I was because, I knew how I wanted it to end.

      It was unlike any other post-apocalyptic book I’ve read. It was full of twists and turns, with the author unveiling secrets at every corner. Definitely not one of my all time favorite books, but it was worth reading.