Together, Tegan and Deuce rescue Fade.įade, Deuce, and Tegan are hunted down by the Wolves while trying to escape the city. Deuce manages to escape with the help of Tegan, a girl who was taken by the Wolves earlier and has spent much of her young life being raped and giving birth to stillborn children.

When Deuce and Fade come off a second battle with a gang who call themselves 'Wolves,' Deuce is taken off to be turned into a breeder - essentially to be raped repeatedly in attempts to reproduce with her and grow their population, and Fade is taken off to be hunted down and eaten. The people directly above their sewer grates are hostile. She is thrust into a new world with a guide named Fade who hasn't been a part of the above ground world for many years. The handling of it could not have been more repulsive.Īs necessary background, Deuce grew up in a small and contained underground community which she is kicked out of after confessing to a crime she didn't commit to spare an equally innocent friend. I've read a few YA dystopians where rape came into play, but I have never encountered the subject treated as cavalier by an author and the main character. Enclave is a YA dystopian novel about an incredibly dark world.

All that keeps ringing in my mind when I look at the cover of this book are quotes from the main character on the subject of rape. Generally, following the timeline of the book makes for a better review, but since I am so utterly horrified by the last third of the book I can't stomach talking about things like sewer systems, night vision, bad name choices, and human nature. I thought for a little bit about how to review this book, if I should go over all the weird mistakes and struggles with the world building chronologically or if I should just jump in at what bothered me most and work backwards.

Enclave the book