Review: There’s sci-fi, romance, new adult and thriller all wrapped up into one pretty awesome story.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 22, 2014
Evalyn has been convicted of manslaughter and her option is the death penalty or try her luck in the “moral” compass room. A “room”, or location, that is simulated to test and show a persons true character, thus determining whether said person should be put down like a rabid dog or allowed to live. Evalyn of course chooses to go in the compass room and finds herself in a remote area with 9 other killers. She forms alliances to help protect herself from some of the other candidates but everyone views her as their biggest threat.This was one insane read. There was a lot happening between what takes on in the compass room and flashbacks to her life before she became a killer. I will be honest that is sort of distracted me from the story because I would keep getting pulled from the action but at the same time, it was good to get insight into her life prior to everything. It really helped to redeem her as a character.The romance was an interesting twist in the story. I don’t know if it was overly necessary, I wasn’t feeling a huge connection between the two. I liked that the author didn’t go for the insta-love though. Instead there was loathing and contempt between them and it slowly built into love. There also wasn’t a lot of sex scenes and what was there was not fleshed out in detail unlike the majority of new-adult novels. I really enjoyed that the author took the new adult mold and flipped it the bird.I honestly never knew what inter-mix was before this but I am definitely a fan. There’s sci-fi, romance, new adult and thriller all wrapped up into one pretty awesome story. I don’t know how it will do as being a series. I felt like as it would’ve been awesome as a stand lone. I guess we will just have to see where the author takes the story next.