Review: I loved this book SO much!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 20, 2014
The Wicked We Have Done by Sarah Harian blew me away.  I loved everything about this book!  There were so many fantastic aspects to this book, I'm not even sure where to start.It starts at the sentencing of Evalyn, a yound twenty-something in the future.  We learn that she's murdered,and it's hinted that she might be a mass murderer, even.  That right there is pretty unique for a female of this age.  Her sentence is to do a round in The Compass Room.  There is a lot of secrecy involving The Compass Room, but what we do learn right away is that it is some sort of moral compass, that it will ultimately judge you.  If you are guilty, it will kill you immediately.  It doesn't make a difference what your crime is, but this new technology will be able to judge whether you are actually guilty at heart.  As for Evalyn, herself?  I liked her.  She's calm and sort of just accepting of her new, albeit short, future.  She's certain she will die in the Compass Room.To me, this book felt like Hunger Games meets The Cube, with a great big dash of Stephen King.  It was creepy and eerie, and a bit gory at times.  I felt it was totally unexpected, and it continually caught me off guard.  I really couldn't put it down!  There are some flashbacks to tell Evalyn's backstory, and then there are sort of vision/hallucination type things that confront the inmates in The Compass Room.Evalyn enters The Compass Room with several other guilty inmates, whose crimes range from torture to rape to self defense.  And all of the crimes end in murder.  There are some characters I really liked, like Casey and Jace.  I held out hope that my favorites would all survive the Compass Room.  Whether they did or not is for you to find out for yourself.  But as statistics go, only 2.5 people will survive.  This book takes place out in the forest, and it really lends itself well to the creepy factor.  You don't know what's around every bend, behind every tree.Sarah Harian's writing is terrific.  I was instantly drawn into this world she created. I found this book to be wildly imaginative and exciting.  It was a quick ride, and I couldn't help but tell my friends about the book I was reading.  There is another book coming out, Vault of Sins, which comes out this fall.  I am definitely waiting for that!  The Wicked We Have Done is a roller coaster of joy, misery, hope and despair - even with a touch of heat and romance thrown in.  I loved it, and I'm sure you will too!