Review: Confusing at first, but SO worth it!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 16, 2013
When I first started this book, I didn't get it. I'm glad I continued because it gets really good!The main character, Addy, is likable and (overall) handles things pretty well. It's a very strenuous time for her, due to the obligations of her family and sudden romantic interests.Tanner is a big mystery, but there's just something about him that makes you want to believe him. As a romantic interest, I'm not sure how things are going, as he totally had more of a 'friend' vibe, but there's some potential (or I'm just reading in to things too much).Gage...man...Addy better watch out because I want him for myself!The biggest confusion form me was the human vs. Akori thing. The author states there are only 5 humans living in Tremain (oh, the whole Tremaine thing was a bit confusing too), but then later on Fate has blue symbols on his hand - an Akori trait. Am I just crazy? I'll re-read and update later.EDIT: A received a nice message from the author, who explained that the symbols only appeared on Fate's hands because he's the Overseer. Not only does that make total sense, if I had given it more than one brain cell of thought, I probably would have figured that out. Hopefully, anyway.The pacing flows nicely and the characters show a lot of depth/shades of grey. Much of the plot has to do with the political unrest surrounding Tremain and the Overseer. I found this really enjoyable, since things are not clear cut. It's difficult to know who or even what to believe. As they say, there's two sides to every story and then somewhere in between is the truth.Glad this was free, but now debating whether or not I can afford the next book!