A review by alyscreative
Taken by Erin Bowman

3.0

Didn't particularly like this book, there was too much focus on romance and physical relationships in comparison to the bigger issues in the world. I felt that the character and place names were very un-creative, there wasn't enough in regards to physical descriptions of characters to allow them to fully form in my head and of the characters that had been described, there didn't seem to be a lot of diversity. The book was well written and the storyline moved fast enough to keep me engaged, but I felt that the author missed out on a brilliant opportunity in regards to foreshadowing, which was disappointing.

Spoiler

While the ending was written in a way that gave closure to the story, and allowed for the possibility for the story to continue either by way of a sequel or the imagination of the reader, there are a range of hints about a disease being spread to the population of Crevice Valley by way of infiltration. It would have been entirely possible and easy for Frank to have infected Emma, knowing that Gray would come back for her. Frank knew that 'Blaine' was in fact Gray, in fact he mixed up their names and Gray hinted that it may have been done on purpose. However on return to Crevice Valley, everything is fine and dandy, everyone is immunised and nobody appears to be infected. This I feel is a missed opportunity which would have added a further twist to the story, and the failure to act upon this foreshadowing was very disappointing (and made said foreshadowing pointless).