Blurb:
What
if everything you knew about the world around you was a lie, and the very
people you were taught to fear were your salvation, your escape?
Meet
Amelia, raised in the safety of a Replenisher compound, a protectorate for the
few Alliance females who can bear children. In two months, she will have to
choose a mate and begin her duties, except it doesn’t happen like that.
When
she witnesses a Zoriner boy fall over the wall of the compound, the very wall
designed to keep those like her safe from those like him, the injured boy
becomes her burden and maybe, if she lets him, her escape from the life she is
meant to have, and the key to unraveling the many secrets and lies on both
sides of this conflict and each other. This is the very beginning of her
journey.
About the Author:
Inna Hardison lives in
a small coastal town on the Atlantic with her husband, two boys and two adopted
pit mutts. When she is not writing, she is most likely reading something.
For new releases in the
series and occasional freebies, visit her website at innahardison.com
Review:
First,
as anyone who follows this blog knows, I hate cliffhangers. I guess I should
just accept that young adult books are going to end with them. Today’s youth
apparently don’t have the attention span for authors to be sure they’ll buy the
rest of the series if each book is able to stand alone.
Escape had an okay plot, but
it really needed an editor. The tenses were all over the place. A sentence would
start out in past tense, and then switch to present. It drove me nuts. The only
reason I gave Escape any roses at all
is that the characters engaged me enough to keep me going past the first
chapter or so despite the writing. The plot seemed to drag, and wasn’t exactly
a page-burner. And as another reviewer pointed out, the actual escape scene is
missing. One minute the kids are in the Replenisher compound, and the next they’re
in the forest on the run. Just how did they get out?
If
I hadn’t cared about the characters, I’d have cut my losses, moved to the next
book on my list, and given this one thorn. I really can’t recommend it—not
even for young adults. They don’t need to read a book that switches tenses
haphazardly and get the idea that’s okay.
Author Website: http://innahardison.com
Heat Rating: PG-Violence
Length: 230 Pages
Prices:
Print: $9.99
Digital: $3.99
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