Bumped, by Megan McCafferty, is a post- apocalyptic book about what would happen if the entire human race over the age of 18 became infertile due to a virus, and teenagers were being payed to get pregnant.
Melody and Harmony, twins who were separated at birth, end up meeting. They each knew the other was alive, but they have come from very different households. Harmony lives on "Goodside," where everyone is extremely religious and grows up in the churches. Melody is from "Otherside," where society functions much more like it does in our society now. Melody is working with an agency that pays girls to serve as surrogates for couples who need babies. Melody has never gotten pregnant or even wanted to, but when her agency matches her with the most famous and important "stud" on the market, named Jondoe, Melody may have to get pregnant to save her career.
This book, while having an interesting idea and plot, was not as good as I had hoped. The writing was only so-so, in my opinion and the characters were poorly developed. The good thing about this book, though, was that it really made me question and wonder how our society would function if something like that happened and everyone over 18 became infertile. What do you think?
I tried to read Bumped a while back and ended up putting it back on the shelf. While Bumped had a good premise, I thought it was poorly executed and the characters were very one dimensional and that most of the characters had a token personality in the story. It was disappointing read.
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