Review: An intriguing page turner.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 29, 2014
This was an enjoyable read, a well written and entertaining story. The post-apocalypse world is described in broad strokes, without any excessive unrelated details, and leaving room for additional word building in the sequel. The destruction was caused by chemicals, presumably used in warfare to judge by the damage done. This story deals with only a small,limited geographical area. There's no way to guess its location, or the conditions present in the rest of the world.Cori is a wild card of a character. I didn't much like her at at the start of the story. She seemed smugly self-centered, at least until the rules began to change in the settlement that she's determined to leave. As events progressed, her character became better developed and acquired some depth. She has enough flaws to keep her out of the stereotyped young adult superhero category. She's behaving more maturely by the end of the book.Past the first twenty percent or so, the story moves along at a good pace, adding new characters and elements to add interest to the plot. The ending is not exactly a cliffhanger, although the story obviously to be continued. The action pauses at a good point. The sequel should be interesting.