Review: Interesting Plot
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 4, 2013
This book sucked me in with it's creativity. I liked the idea of the paranormal, mixing with the supposed mentally ill, but this novel is not what I was expecting. I enjoyed it immensely, but once it was over I felt dissatisfied, and I'm not sure why. I thought Astrid was very reasonable, and apart from Max, she was the only one I thought had any sort of redeeming quality. It was easy to forget while reading, that these were only high school kids. I felt that Teddy was too controlling, and while I understand that he may have been influenced by drugs, etc. I felt that he had some sort of mood disorder. He would be perfectly charming and then vicious. That kind of dichotomy scares me, I could never feel safe or truly trust someone like that. Ally and Laura were definitely intriguing and I wish we could have learned more about them. It was difficult because while the story was from multiple viewpoints they were definitely fringe characters.I also have to mention Eduardo, I felt so terrible for him. He truly cared about the kids and wanted to help them, but Lycen kept getting in the way. My favorite scene of the whole book is when he breaks into Lycen's office. I'm not sure what he found, but I'll probably read the second book just to find out! I am only giving this book 3 stars, because I do feel dissatisfied. I think it's that I would've liked more answers by the end of the book, and while I can understand why we didn't get them, I feel like I have more questions than answers. I don't expect to have all the answers in the first book in a series, but I want to feel like I've started to figure things out. Overall it was a great read and I look forward to the next!