Once upon a time, when I saw the movie, I fell in love with this universe only to forget about it for years. Not that I wasn't interested in Ruby's fate, there just weren't any more movies, and it never occurred to me that it might be just as magical an experience in a book. So I started and honestly I wasn't disappointed, I liked it even more. 

Ruby was a very lovable heroine, she felt like she had spent most of her life locked away, terrified and alone, there were things that were inside her all along, but she didn't give up. She wanted to protect her friends all along, which was so incredible of her. She has evolved tremendously in just one book; she learned to trust, to love and to live, to heal. Liam was extremely persistent and likeable right from the start. He was the leader - some would say - he looked after everyone and took care of them even at the cost of his life. I loved his relationship with Zu, pure big brother and little sister energy. And their tweaks with Charles gave a lot of funny scenes. Cancly has always been weird, I wouldn't say she's completely evil, he's just trying to achieve his goals differently than anyone else, and that's okay. It's horrible that he took advantage of Ruby and the others like that, but deep down, I think deep down he's just trying to survive like everyone else. Zu and Charles were the corner of my heart, perfect side characters, horrible what they had to survive at such a young age, but I hope they both get the peace they need. 

The plot was detailed and well described, the author introduced the readers well to the whole world, which frankly is the typical dystopian world. Every moment was interesting, full of action and rush. Although I admit that things got off to a bit of a difficult start in the beginning. The pace sometimes felt very slow and the chapters were too long. The phrasing was nice, the presentation of the inner world and the outer world was well arranged. Time jumps sometimes confused me a little, I didn't always see their meaning. The ending — the ending I didn't like —ended overnight, perhaps too quickly and illogically, with an unnecessary amount of drama. 

Nevertheless, I would definitely like to continue in the future, because it has potential.