Independent Study is kind of the typical second part of a dystopian trilogy. It's a nice book but I didn't like the first part of the book that much. The second half is really good. I like Cia and I'm very interested how the conclusion to the story will be. Hopefully Cia won't die.

3.5 After enjoying part one very much, part two leaves me a tiny bit disappointed. Again we have a typical middle part of a trilogy. The proceedings here are a lot slower compared to "The testing". The first half of the book is very suspenseful and great in world-building, I also liked the setting a lot, but it doesn't feel attached to the plot as a whole. The second half is a lot calmer then and preparing things for the final book. Cia is still a great heroine but I couldn't always understand her behaviour in the relationship with Tomas, especially keeping in mind what she find out at the end of book one. Despite the little disappointment I still enjoyed the book and I am so glad that I can continue with book three immediately.