Extras

All the way on the other side of the world lies the futuristic nation of Japan, where the whole country is run on fame and gossip. The more famous you are, the more gossip you gather, and the more privileges you earn. Aya Fuse, the 451,369th most famous person in her hometown and little brother to the mega-celebrity Hiro Fuse, finds herself not liking her anonymity one bit. Following some vague leads and pictures, Aya discovers a group of mysterious and super-dangerous young women named the Sly Girls. The Sly Girls do anything and everything dangerous, from surfing on maglev trains to shooting people out of giant energy machines. Now Aya has blended in with them and has found the perfect way to gain instant stardom. Except for the fact that this road to fame could reveal something a hundred times as deadly as any of the tricks the Sly Girls could ever do.

So I'm betting that right before Extras came out, everyone waiting for it were all hurr Special people in the forest durr hurr, only to find out that wow, we've moved to Japan and started a brand new storyline with brand new characters we've never heard of before. I can't say it sucked with the big changes (it was partially a relief from the monotonous buzz and characters), but it wasn't an...er...welcome change either. I groaned more than once at the lack of people Uglies fancs enjoyed so much. And when they did come back, their personalities seemed skewed and awkward. As far as I remember, in the last book, they were a lot less mature. Plus they seemed to be going for the clichéd "guarding secrets" thing. Which I would've enjoyed more if the "secrets" made sense. Extras wasn't as grand or glorious as I expected a (probably fan-demanded) final book in an awesome trilogy would be.