Couldn't decide whether to give this read three or four stars. Finally opted for three stars because it reminded me so much of The Hunger Games. Eve is a sheltered and naive young heroine who leaves school when she discovers that graduation holds only child birth after child birth instead of the fascinating career she has dreamed having. In the wilds with no idea how to live she meets both Arden and Caleb who are far more able to survive on their own. They race through an unforgiving environment chased by troops who want to capture Eve for the elderly king who wants her for his wife. Escaping capture time and again, Eve keeps moving to find a safe place. The book ends with the reader wondering how she can continue her new life and what will happen next in the sequel, Once.
This wasn't as unique as some other tales I've read along the same subject, but it was good. Eve is an orphan and has been living in a dormitory school filled with girls who are skilled and trained for their futures. There had been a plague that wiped out loads of the US, and her mother died from it. Now there is a New America and a king that rules them. He is the only man that they are to trust. Eve is at the top of her class and is about to graduate as valedictorian. However, after seeing Arden, a girl who has kept to herself for a long time ends up escaping (talking to Eve last), her eyes have been opened up to seeing that there is a bigger picture than she realized to her schooling.
This is a love story as well. It was a good intro book and I look forward to the second book which will probably be much better.
This is a love story as well. It was a good intro book and I look forward to the second book which will probably be much better.
