This series begins with Uglies and follows Tally in all three books. As stated previously, I rarely will read all the books in a series; however, this series was worth reading all three. There is a fourth related book - Extras, but I haven't read that one yet....
The setting for these books is a futuristic dystopian society after a biological catastrophe that has destroyed many of the cities and people on the planet. You slowly learn that the survivors have formed cities, much like the ancient Greek city states. Each city is autonomous and has little to do with each other. Tally only wants to be old enough to become "pretty" and live in New Pretty Town. Shay her best friend has other plans. They enjoy sneaking into New Pretty Town to spy on the "pretties".
Eventually, Tally learns that there are others. They have no desire to be pretty. They have escaped to the wilderness to avoid becoming pretty. Although Tally wants to be pretty, she follows Shay to join The Smoke, where David lives. Both Shay and Tally like David and are vieing for his affections.
In fact, the interplay between these three drives the stories in all three books and how Tally works her way through her guilt, desires, and others blackmailing her.
This series is a great read for everyone. I highly recommend this series.
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