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This wasn't a bad book, the writing was decent, and the characters in the cage interesting enough, and the theme was unique and intriguing, with a bit of sci fi, and post apoc. I loved the premise: A bunch of humans are plucked up and thrown in a kind of laboratory/zoo kind of environment, and have to figure out what is going on, and how to get out. And Shepherd's writing and the overall atmosphere of the book hooked me in enough that I read it through to the end, and onto the follow up novels.
But what let it down for me was the romance side of things, there didn't seem to be enough to justify the interest between the alien and Cora. It just came across as creepy, he watched her for years, captured her, experimented on her, and yet she falls madly and instantly in love with him, based off a couple of small interactions. It felt forced, and unrealistic.
So overall, the premise hooked me in, the writing style kept me reading, but the characters and the plot let me down.
But what let it down for me was the romance side of things, there didn't seem to be enough to justify the interest between the alien and Cora. It just came across as creepy, he watched her for years, captured her, experimented on her, and yet she falls madly and instantly in love with him, based off a couple of small interactions. It felt forced, and unrealistic.
So overall, the premise hooked me in, the writing style kept me reading, but the characters and the plot let me down.