I really wanted to read this book.

Many of the other reviews go into depth about the good and the bad of it.

I generally give books where I have to skip pages due to romance very low scores, if I review at all. At least in this one, it is only a few pages.

I did catch a few typos.

There is too much confusion. The reader doesn't get to fully understand what the character knows, or is afraid of. Several times, it is almost on the tip of her memory. Perhaps, it is mostly blocked from her memory.

There are many unanswered questions. How can her brother be in a permanent position in the society at age seven, and yet, a 17 year old is not old enough to be allowed in a relationship? That's not biologically sound. At what age are they allowed in a relationship? And how much older is Jude than she, since she keeps bringing it up? So much fear in the community. Scary really.

It would seem that after an extinction event, society would be more likely to want to increase the number of children born, rather than decrease it.

Also, it feels as if the ending just stopped. If it had ended a page sooner, or later, it would have been a better cliff hanger.

I really did enjoy reading it. Read it in three days. I may look at the rest in the series to see if they answer any of the questions.