Interesting book, having read The Power recently I couldn't help but compare. Who rounds the world focuses on a genderless (?) society of women who with three generations in don't consider gender until a boy is found.

There is not a lot in the way of action going on until the second part of the novel. The world building of this new world without men, where men are only traded for their sperm, is very slowly done. The first part of the book explores River and her little town and the structure of their rebuilt society.

I did like the character of River eventually, when we first meet her she is often sullen, cross and very very proper with not much in the way of personality. As the story grows her personality seems to grow too as we learn about her passion for engines and what this means for her future and society's future.

The story has some really important messages for today including the environment and how we're damaging it now to gender equality and rape. Not a book for younger readers.

This book shows us a very interesting world but not one I would like to visit!

I loved The Rain and The Storm, so I was excited to read this new title by Virginia. Sadly, it just wasn't as good. The first part was fine, the Global Agreements and the explanations of what life is like now. But things got more and more confusing as they went on, and by the end I wasn't sure exactly what was happening. Did River give Mason up in the end? It *seemed* like her mother stopped her, but I'm really not sure what was going on.

Fantastic idea, brilliant writer, sadly mismatched somehow. But I'll be watching out for her next one anyway.

I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.