The story begins two months after Tally is made a Special: an advanced "superhuman" with extreme strength, agility, and reflexes. Along with Shay and the other Cutters (who were all made specials too), they crash an uglies' party in hopes of finding the cure dealer and to search for members of New Smoke. Tally successfully finds a girl handing out the pills that cure the pretties' brain lesions. Tally, Shay, and the Cutters attempt to capture the girl but she escapes on a hoverboard with the help of David. While in pursuit, the Cutters are ambushed by the Smokies and Fausto (one of the Cutters) is injured.
Tally visits her boyfriend Zane in the hospital, but finds herself repulsed by his physical condition. In order to prove Zane's worth as a Special to Dr. Cable, Tally and Shay break form a plan. They break into the armory to get a tool that would remove Zane's tracking collar. They succeed, but end up setting off alarms.
With Zane's tracking collar, the girls track Zane and the Cutters' progress to New Smoke. Tally meets up with Andrew Simpson Smith and eventually ends up in the city of Diego.
The city of Diego was known for harboring runaways and had accepted the pretty cure. The surgery was also rejected, allowing citizens to look however they wanted to.
However, the Specials are looked upon as a threat and are kidnapped and forced into surgery to reverse the effects of being a Special. However, Shay rescues Tally before her surgery takes place so that Tally can confront Dr. Cable about the break-in at the armory.
Although Dr. Cable knew all along that it was Tally and Shay who caused the trouble, she blamed it on the city of Diego as a way to take control. Tally tricks her into injecting herself with the cure but is then imprisoned. After a month, Dr. Cable loses all power over the city and Tally escapes. Instead of reversing the effects of the Special surgery, she and David hide in the wilderness and prevent cities from damaging nature.
While Specials was a satisfying conclusion to the Uglies trilogy, I don't believe it was quite as superb or attention-grabbing as the first two books: Uglies and Pretties. However, all three books are nearly impossible to put down! If you are looking for an interesting and fascinating read, check out this trilogy.
4 1/2 out of 5 stars
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