Summary: Fia was born with flawless instincts. Her first impulse, her gut feeling, is always exactly right. Her sister, Annie, is blind to the world around her—except when her mind is gripped by strange visions of the future. Trapped in a school that uses girls with extraordinary powers as tools for corporate espionage, Annie and Fia are forced to choose over and over between using their abilities in twisted, unthinkable ways…or risking each other’s lives by refusing to obey.In a stunning departure from her New York Times bestselling Paranormalcy trilogy, Kiersten White delivers a slick, edgy, heartstoppingly intense psychological thriller about two sisters determined to protect each other—no matter the cost.
My review: This book was something. If it was something good or bad I just can"t decide. For one this book's plot looked a lot like Tahereh Mafi’s Shatter Me trilogy. Don't get me wrong the book is different from Tahereh Mafi’s Shatter Me , but the bottom line was the same, which is there's a school that uses children with “special abilities” (the ability to see the future, telekinesis, etc) and uses them for evil. As much as I love most of Kristian White's writing I just think this one is way too close to about a thousand other books out there. I am not going to lie, the book was pretty good, I just think it could have been better. Some of the characters in the book could have used just a little more life. Fia and Annie are practically the same person. Not only do they sound alike, but they act alike as well. They’re so similar; it’s hard to distinguish them apart. Another thing was that Annie REALLY bothered me. These days, there’s been so many YA books being written about the power and love sisters have for each other ((Hunger Games, The Fifth Wave, Angelfall; ; I could go ON AND ON!); but honestly Annie was the worst sister I’ve read about yet. She doesn’t even THANK her sister for continually risking her life to help keep her alive. She just seems too ungrateful to me in this book. Another thing that bothered me was Kiersten White never explained how her world formed. She never explained what caused America to so drastically change; what happened to the government, or how these kids even got these superpowers! In all honsety what really attracted me to the book was the cover. Before you go thinking" WOW, She really hates this book " ; understand that I don't. It was a nice book. It was interesting for the most part, it just didn't do it for me. I loved Fia's strength and her desperate need to protect her sister at all costs. She's strong, sassy, and understands sacrifice better than any YA character I've ever seen. Her character was incredibly complex, and I pretty much wanted to stay in her fragile mind the entire time. When I started looking at the book from a psychological point of view, I began to see how crafty Ms. White had been. Don't get me wrong, it was a bit irritating at first - the constant switching back and forth of POV and from present to past. But, I really began to appreciate the style that White put into the book. And the end? Holy crap! I never saw that one coming. I did understand about Anna's vision while she had it, but Fia's final move? Wow. I am looking out for second book. OK so you got me. As many issues that I have with this book I still want to find out what happen to the characters .
I give this book 3.8 stars !!!!!!!!
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