My rating: 2 of 5 stars
Anything written by Laura Thalassa I will read. She has earned my loyalty through her other fabulous stories (Unearthly/Queen of all that Dies series.) That being said, not all stories are great, and this one didn't really hold my attention
18 year old Ember can transport in her sleep. A secret she has guarded with her life and will do anything to protect. All her plans for the future go to shit when she's found by the government and discovers she was part of an experiment and there are many just like her who can transport. Including super hunky Caden. She is forcibly taken from everything she knows and trained to become a weapon of the government. Unlike others, Ember is a speschul snowflake and questions THE MAN at every turn. This gets her into trouble she never imagined herself in as she discovers the dark side to the government and the Promethius Project.
WTF. This book sounded awesome. But, unfortunately, it was rushed. Nothing was fully developed, events switched quickly, thoughts and feelings weren't fleshed out. I just felt no connection to the story because everything happened so abruptly. It read like this to me:
"I'm Ember I can transport. Oh shit, the government is here to take me!! Oh who is this hunk!? Shit he captured me! Oh, he's my partner. Oh I'm in love. Oh, and the government is evil."
Anddddd that's the first half of the book. It literally is that abrupt. Speaking about abrupt, oh the romance (wait what?) It is insta-lovey as hell. There is literally NOTHING special or outstanding about Ember. We as readers don't even get the time to fullt know her yet Caden is instantly in love with her. What?
Ok, despite how much I'm complaining it gets two stars because the the plot got pretty interesting in the end. Enough so to make me start the next book right away. View all my reviews