Independent Study, by Joelle Charbonneau. Ready my review of book one, The Testing.

Cia is back in this thrilling follow-up to The Testing. Set in a future world where the US is struggling to make it’s way back from the brink, Cia is one of the lucky few chosen to attend The Testing. If she passes, she’ll move on to the University to study among the country’s greatest minds and will eventually help turn the world into a more habitable place. Of course, The Testing is nothing like she’s been told all of her life. Candidates spar with one another for top spots, using poison to eliminate candidates. The government has rigged the tests to inure or kill students who get wrong answers, and those who fail are eliminated. Permanently.

Cia has made it through the testing and endured the memory wipe. Thanks to some ingenuity, she’s left her self a message that explains every horrible thing that happened to her. With this knowledge, Cia realizes that the University is not what it seems. She knows that if she fails here, she’ll be executed – even if no one has admitted that. So when she gets wind of a revolution, she joins up. She’ll do anythi