A review by alr16
The Shutouts by Gabrielle Korn

adventurous emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I like this story and the depth it adds to the world. However, I think this story would've been much stronger if it had been a truly prequel that tad taken us through the events of Kelly's life chronologically and lingered on the skipped over years longer. I think the split POVs with the time spent with our characters from the previous book takes away from all of their endings, particularly Ava's. If we were going to do a split POV with anyone, it should've been Max,

and we should've followed their life, and their escape should've been at the end, where we could see them meet up with Camilla & co.

All in all I think this is a really interesting expansion on a lot of the implications made in the previous book. Just like in that book, there was just too much going on to fully appreciate any of it.