Veracity

Veracity

Laura Bynum

2 out of 5

Unfortunately, I lost interest half way through this book, moved it to the bottom of the pile and pretty much forgot about.

Harper Adams, a Monitor capable of reading people's emotions, identifies enemies of the Confederation of the Willing, an oppressive state designed to control the words and thoughts of it’s inhabitants. Like everyone else, she has a “slate” implanted in her neck, in place to execute her if she utters one of the many words that have been outlawed or “Red-Listed” by the government. Pushed to revolt when her daughter's name, Veracity, is banned, Harper is recruited by the resistance and becomes their secret weapon.

Though Harper’s character is drawn to relay the physical and emotional pain that she is going though in hopes to keep her daughter real to her, Bynum over does it with the constant feel of “oh, poor me” that has a way of turning me away from characters no matter how well other parts of the story are.

Maybe if I had stuck with the book through to the end I would have found something or someone redeemable in this futuristic story, but there just wasn’t enough of a hook after half of the book to make me want to keep reading