Book description
Kate Birch's PET melds the feel of The Handmaid's Tale with the historic underground railroad and wraps it in a glamorous-and dangerous-bow.
Man's best friend just got a little prettier.
Ever since the government passed legislation allowing people to be genetically engineered and raised as pets, the rich and powerfulâŠ
Why read it?
1 author picked Perfected as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I enjoyed Perfected because it was a very, very soft and gentle take on dystopia where young girls are genetically engineered in labs and trained with special traits as young girls only to be sold to wealthy families as pets. Theyâre treated as puppies who are dressed in fancy clothes, paraded through events, sat on pretty couches and chairs, and very, very few make it through without being manipulated and used in worse ways. When she falls in love with her ownerâs son, and he starts to fall for her, bad things happen. I love putting twists on dystopian worldsâŠ
From K.M.'s list on swoony dystopia that arenât Hunger Games.
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