By: Amy PlumPlot: A seventeen year old girl Juneau, is living in Alaska after WWIII (and the end of the world basically) when her whole clan is kidnapped. She sets off to save them only to realize that there was no WWIII and she's been lied to her whole life.
Thoughts: I really liked the premise of the story and thought it was an interesting take on all the dystopian YA books that have been floating around for awhile now. My main issue was with the writing. The risk with young adult books is that sometimes it feels like the author dumbs down their writing just because they are geared towards a younger audience. They have the character's do stupid stuff just to move the plot forward and it's just frustrating to read.
I have no idea what the point of reading from Mile's point of view was. I think the story would be infinitely better if it had just been from Juneau's point of view. It was like he was just there to reiterate how "different" she was and that's just sloppy writing. We get it already. You know, show not tell. I mean I can't get over how much better I think the story would have been if Mile's POV was not included and the reader was kept in the dark about his motives. Whatever.
Rating: 2/5 It was okay. With better writing choices I think it could have been really good.