Post-apocalyptic setting, strong female character, fascinating premise. This book had all the right ingredients for a stonking good read. The start is exceptionally strong, with a well-planned prison break, and fairly decent intro to our main character. In a similar fashion, the male protagonist is also given a good intro, and we get to see a little more of the world. With the set-up, backstory and potential, I settled down to read with eagerness, fully intended to give this five stars, but at the quarter mark, I started to downgrade. Reasons are below..
The main character is never given an age, and judging by the time she thinks about sex, you get the impression she's at least in her twenties. The problem is she reads like a fifteen year old girl, complete with wangsty mommy issues, that really weren't that terrible. She also seems to be TSTL, or too stupid to live. I figured out the bad guy, about 100 pages before the main character even considered it, and she's supposed to be a tough, don't trust no-one type. She's inconsistent, and falls far too quickly for the hawt male character. I could have bought insta-lust, but it's love far too quickly.
The main, male character, and for that matter, the rest of the male cast, are fairly interchangeable.
I really wasn't certain of the plot. Was it kill the wraith? Was it to deliver babies to a bunch of supernatural hunters? (And I really wasn't sold on that) Was it free the women from sexual slavery? Was it to get out of the dome? The plot did bounce about far too much, and it felt ludicrous.
Having said that, I liked a good deal of the book. I liked the ideas about the dome, and the wraith, I wanted more on the Reapers, but unfortunately the book didn't deliver.
I would recommend a read, but it won't be gracing my shelves as a physical copy.
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The main character is never given an age, and judging by the time she thinks about sex, you get the impression she's at least in her twenties. The problem is she reads like a fifteen year old girl, complete with wangsty mommy issues, that really weren't that terrible. She also seems to be TSTL, or too stupid to live. I figured out the bad guy, about 100 pages before the main character even considered it, and she's supposed to be a tough, don't trust no-one type. She's inconsistent, and falls far too quickly for the hawt male character. I could have bought insta-lust, but it's love far too quickly.
The main, male character, and for that matter, the rest of the male cast, are fairly interchangeable.
I really wasn't certain of the plot. Was it kill the wraith? Was it to deliver babies to a bunch of supernatural hunters? (And I really wasn't sold on that) Was it free the women from sexual slavery? Was it to get out of the dome? The plot did bounce about far too much, and it felt ludicrous.
Having said that, I liked a good deal of the book. I liked the ideas about the dome, and the wraith, I wanted more on the Reapers, but unfortunately the book didn't deliver.
I would recommend a read, but it won't be gracing my shelves as a physical copy.
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