Her goal is also to become famous by 'kicking' others stories and her plan for doing this is to integrate herself with the 'Sly Girls', a clique who hate fame and try to avoid notice and so that she can secretly post their story to the whole world.įor a while the book is similar to Uglies, as Aya grows to like the Sly Girls and feels guilty for betraying them. Aya's older brother Hiro, who is a similar age to Tally from the other books, made himself famous by reporting other people's stories almost immediately and in Aya's opinion has become a stuck up snob with no time for anyone but him.

This means the more times your name is spoken, the more resources you're allcoated and it has left almost the whole city fame obsessed. I wasn't quite sure what this was going to be about when I first picked it up,if it was going to have any of the same characters as Uglies or not but.Īya Fuse's city, located somewhere in Japan, has dealt with the problems caused by everyone becoming a non-bubblehead and demanding far more resources than the city can really afford by introducing the 'reputation economy'.

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