I have had this book on my to-read list for such a long time I thought it would be time to read it, but honestly I think I waited too long and I'm just too old to enjoy it the way I wanted to. 

This book follows Juneau, who lives with her clan in the middle of Alaska. They have been taught to be completely self-sufficient after WW3 wiped out most of humanity in 1984. Except when a mysterious organisation takes her clan and she goes on this journey to find them, she realises that her whole life has been a lie and there was never a WW3 at all. Now she can only trust herself, nature and possibly this boy Miles who has promised to take her to where her people are being held captive. 

I really liked the premise of this book. It was giving an M. Night Shyamalan twist and I was here for it. The concept of the Yara and the betrayals were done really really well, as was Juneau's survival abilities but honestly, that was all I sort of love from this. 

The other characters felt very 1 dimensional and somewhat irritating. I felt like they were there specifically to further the plot and had no other purpose. I didn't like Miles at all, I have no idea why he was the love interest and honestly, the best parts were the bits he was not in. I had no attachment to anyone in Juneau's clan and was not particularly bothered about whether she saved them or not. 

Though the plot itself was enough to keep me going. I had no idea where any of that was going to go in terms of why Juneau is connected to the Yara and why her clan was taken. I had no idea where Whit fit into anything and it almost made me read the second book but I couldn't do it. 

Overall, I wouldn't recommend this book but it did have an awesome concept. I think had I been a couple of years younger, I would have liked it a lot more.