Review: A Great Read For Kids of All Ages
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 17, 2014
I volunteered to read this for an honest review, and I am so glad that I did.  This book was absolutely amazing.  The lead character, Lily, is a young adult living in a post-apocalyptic world.  She lives with Sam and her brother Zeph.  Lily's mother was a doctor and while pregnant with her children, agreed to genetic tampering.  Lily and her brother both have special abilities, and the book shows Lily's growth from child to young lady and her struggle with being "different".  She is confronted with love, attraction, betrayal, fear and many other situations throughout the book.Will is a young man Lily comes across as she is returning home.  She uses her ability to help him and he becomes a pivotal character and a bit of a love interest.  He shows himself to multi-dimensional and has surprises of his own.I love the way this novel surprises the reader with unexpected twists and turns and keeps you guessing until the end.  I also offered to read the sequel, Western Desert, and I can;t wait to tell you all about it.  Great job Ms. Sharon and I will recommend this for all readers above the age of 10.  Note to parents, there is some violence and one scene does have an almost assault on Lily, which may be troubling for younger readers.