After reading Shady Lady, I was eager to move on to the other Ann Aguirre novel I had, ENCLAVE, a YA story. ENCLAVE is promoted as similar to The Hunger Games, which I've never read. This story was a smidgen slow, but once it gets going, it is an excellent post-apocalyptic piece of literature.

The story begins with one girl getting her new name: Deuce. Ms. Aguirre is awesome at giving us the rough sketch of the setting, environment, and the way in which their enclave is run (hence the name), without pages and pages of detail. The story continues as Deuce tries to find her place in the enclave as a Huntress, only to be paired with the outsider, Fade. They run missions until one day, someone different crosses their path and changes their perspective on the enclave, each other and themselves. From this incident on, Deuce begins to question her life in the enclave. The story moves quickly after that and not to give anything away, she and Fade try to make a life for themselves.

I really liked this story and in fact, whizzed through it. It was well thought-out, with no holes in the environment and functioning of the enclave---it all seemed feasible to me. I liked all the different characters and the situations they found themselves in. There were no cop- outs here, no smoke monsters or time travel, just great plotting with consistent tension. I highly recommend it to anyone who likes a good YA novel.