Article 5
Ratings18
Average rating3.6
Kinda liked how Simmons started the beginning, she built a dystopian world that at least feels somewhat plausible. But then, it just veered off into your standard YA romance with all the young dumb love decisions made therein. Sometimes YA romance is what you want, but it def wasn't what I thought I was getting into.
Ember is an interesting character. The world she lives in is so messed up and backwards that it amazes me that she was able to survive for so long before the events of this book transpired.
When her mother and her are taken and it makes no sense, she is always thinking about her plan to get back to her mother and be free. It is all she thinks about. Chase and her band together to get to safety with a lot of different obstacles along the way. The government, other civilians, and even each other cause problems throughout the story.
I love the flashbacks in the book about Chase and Ember's relationship before everything changed. They really shed some light on what happened between them before he became a solider. But at the same time, these two characters are beyond frustrating. As soon as they start patching things up, one of them has to go and destroy all that progress. They can just be so stupid sometimes.
Overall, this was an action packed book with many twists and turns along the way. I really enjoyed the backwards world that Simmons has created.
My thoughts
Cover:One of my Love at First sightcovers.Crumbled socity and it's perfectly pictured. A teenage girl and a boy on a hill and what looks like a wartorn Chicago is in sight down below.
Book:The cover drew[but you all know that right now ^-^]since i saw it last year early august.I was pinning to read was so happy to see there were arc giveaways but 99% of those only USA allowed so i took matters into my own hands and emailed a review request to Tor publishing and fingers crossed of course. So happy they aproved[ a e-arc is still an arc]It was worth the trouble[ asking and wishing]
Wartorn America. Everything changed.Crumbled cities, broken down houses and broken lives. The bill of rights are condemned and the moral statues are declared.Say adieu to freewill.
‘Everything is stark and dark right now but things will be OK , don't know when but it's gonna be OK, there's a silver lining out there'.
thanks to Tor teen for approving my request