Review: Good Story That Dragged The Reader Down Most of the Book UPDATE
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 24, 2014
UPDATE:  I did buy the sequelSilver Skinand it was a much better story IMHO and makes this book feel a bit better as part of the series.  As with most series you really need to get this one to appreciate the next one which is well worth the time and money.While I cannot say that this book was not written well, I can say it was filled with hopelessness, depression and uncomfortable stress for the reader.Conn was cold and manipulative for most of the first 50% of the book, Beth was horribly submissive and allowed herself to be beaten down and used by a abusive and horrible ex-husband for years.  A candidate for TSTL for a good portion of the book.The threat of death and torture was around every turn and made the novel less than entertaining for myself for a majority of the book.  The ending was good, the results good but I can't give 4-5 Stars on the last 20% of the book.This could have been a much better book for me but if you enjoy dystopian, hopelessness and depression then this might be your book.  I might pick up the sequel but I doubt it at the moment since there are more entertaining books to read but you never know.Bottom Line:  Conn and Beth ended this book great, she proved to be smart and he was a good hero but when I spent 80% of the book NOT really enjoying the story, I give it 3 Stars and unless you are a literary masochist I think most people will feel the same.