Review: Enjoyed this a lot!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 25, 2014
I was given an ARC by Mark My Words Book Publicity in return for my review.This is a very good Young Adult suspense/romance novel and has much more to it than a typical YA boy meets girl story. There's lots of tension, emotion and some fairly grim scenes. I was drawn in very quickly.I like the way the story is split, the present told from Zach's point of view in the first person, he does makes a good narrator. And then the past up to the present from Lucy's POV in the third person. The author's way of revealing Lucy's back story in flashback chapters throughout worked really well.Lucy's story is dark and troubling and she has had an awful time, something no young person should ever have to deal with. Her choices weren't always wise but after witnessing the brutal and absolutely devastating murder of her parents, she was filled with terror and did whatever she had to in order to survive. I couldn't help but feel for her. The emotional traumas she experiences during the years following her flight are vividly described.As her feet pounded the pavement, ducking into the shadows at any opportunity, Lucy knew one thing. She was on her own. And if she was going to survive at all, she needed to keep running.I wasn't too sure about Zach at the beginning but he develops well as the story progresses. He feels an immediate attraction to Dani (Lucy) and becomes totally focused on helping her although it sometimes seems he's making matters worse. Zach has a great group of friends with good relationships and interaction between them.Some of the time I wasn't totally convinced by Zach's `voice'. For instance, I'm not sure whether an 18-year-old boy would describe things as `divine' but apart from that small point I enjoyed the story very much and now have the sequel lined up in my TBR pile.