* FollowTheLeader:
** Like other dystopian romances published in the same time period, it wants to catch some of the sun that ''Literature/TheHungerGames'' is basking in. In this case, Cassia is Katniss, Xander is Gale, Ky is Peeta, Bram is Prim, and Eli is Rue.
** Some detractors have noted that the Society is ''uncomfortably'' similar to [[Literature/TheGiver the Community from the Giver]] in the first book, down to minor details like food being delivered rather than bought.
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