Release Date: SUPPOSED to be March 1st, 2011 (but it released early most places)
Genre:  Sci-fi, Romance, Dystopia, Mystery
Publisher: Harlequin Teen
Pages: 326
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Summary: (Spoilers. Highlight to view)

Me? A Leader? Okay, I did prove that there's more to Inside than we knew. That a whole world exists beyond this cube we live in. And finding that led to a major rebellion - between worker scrubs like me and the snobby uppers who rule our world. Make that ruled. Because of me, we're free. I thought that meant I was off the hook, and could go off on my own again - while still touching base with Riley, of course. He's the one upper I think I can trust. But then we learned that there's outside and then there is Outside. And something from Outside wants In

Review: As most of you know the first book in this series, Inside Out, was my favorite book of 2010. And that's mainly because of The Twist (those of you who have read it know what I'm talking about). Because of this, I was both really excited, and really nervous to read this book. After all, I don't know what Maria could have done to top The Twist.

And to be honest, she didn't top it, but that's okay.

Even without a twist, Outside In still proved a very gripping read. There's sabotage, internal conflict, some steamy romance (maybe too steamy for younger readers? Definitely steamier than Inside Out), and an all around good story. If you liked Inside Out then I bet you will like Outside In. However, if you were on the fence with Inside Out you might not like this one.

MY only issue was the ending. It took a long time to get to the climax, and when we did get there everything happened really fast. Bodies flying, people dying, CRAZINESS. And then done. Everything wrapped up in a nice neat little bow. But there were some things that were still left unexplained. Nothing HUGE (you can live without knowing it), but I still would have liked to find out.

I think there EASILY could have been an Upside Down and maybe even a Downside Up (I just made those up. They aren't real). This series has a lot more story to tell, and I hope Maria decides to tell it. But, if she doesn't, Outside In does end in such a way that I won't die without a sequel. I'll just suffer a little.


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