PERFECT RUIN Internment Chronicles, Book 1

With the sweet voice of a teenaged girl, Laura Knight-Keating takes listeners into a world that floats high above the earth called Internment. A prison? A safe haven? This first book in the Internment Chronicles is so busy creating its dystopian universe that the story never quite takes off. Knight-Keating keeps the exposition engrossing, bringing listeners into the mind of 16-year-old Morgan, who describes life on Internment, where a person can be anything she wants as long as she doesn't go near the "Edge." Events cause Morgan to question what's really going on, while her best friend, Pen, is happy to mindlessly comply with the society's propaganda and rules. As Morgan begins to feel strangled by the government's tyranny, Knight-Keating's narration makes the story chilling. S.J.H. © AudioFile 2014, Portland, Maine [Published: FEBRUARY 2014]