Survive

I have always loved a good survival novel. I can add this one to the list of good ones. While it took a bit to get to the mountain (and considering the flap had already told me what was coming), once it got there it was surprising, informative, and page flipping action. I have always judged a survival novel unfairly, I expect to see the characters to learn and use actual survival skills (I guess I am thinking that a reader may pick something up that may be useful to them in a similar situation). Some of those skills are present in this story.
I dropped a star only because I was not sure about the Paul character, he seemed a mix bag of many different personalities and while that added to the suspense, I don't think I understood him enough to care about him. I was also a little concerned that Jane's “depression” is put on hold because of this incident, leading toward the “snap out of it” mentality that folks who do not understand depression think about depressed people. I do understand that adrenaline took over, I would have liked an understanding that Jane had to battle the disease (especially as she was not medicated).
Overall, a great adventure read. I will recommend it to my mature readers (who can handle the suicidal theme). I was thinking that Ellen Hopkins fans might relate to Jane, and also readers of Elizabeth Scott.