In my huuuggeee dystopian fix last year, I happened to pick up The Roar - and actually enjoyed it, although it may have been targeted towards a younger audience. My only complaints were probably faulted towards the generalizations of the genre - and the cliffhanger.

The Whisper picks up right where The Roar leaves off - Mika is reunited with Ellie, and have both found out the truth about the wall. However, they are forced to return to save their fellow children and the world.

I'm keeping this review short - I enjoyed The Whisper immensely. Clayton's writing style, although, again, suited more towards younger readers, still suits my tastes - its filled with a sense of curiosity and adventure. Although the end is fairly predictable, the methods in which the characters must go through in order to reach the end is more unique and fast paced - and definitely enjoyable.

Like The Roar, my only problems with the book have to do with the genre - in my opinion, the end came much to easily for the protagonists (The Whisper is considerably shorter than The Roar, where Mika and the others may have to learn more) and the POVs (other than Mal) seemed the same to me (view spoiler)[aside from the fact Audrey was a little jealous of Ellie (hide spoiler)]. But again, being aimed at younger children, it's not as much of an issue, especially since I enjoyed this book so much.

Overall, if you're a fan of The Roar, or like a lighter, more middle-grade-ishk form of the dystopian genre, try The Whisper c: (or The Roar if you haven't read that yet).