rating:4 stars

i really loved this. it hooked me and i was intrigued throughout the whole book, and i loved use of flashbacks to the past while simultaneously reading in the present. the connections between the dual timelines were incredible.

though it was a little slow in the beginning, when it picked up i couldn't put the book down. i sped through the end so quickly and it doesn't help that the ending is a cliffhanger because all i want is the next book.

as for the characters, i won't go into much depth into each one specifically since they're all (in my opinion) extremely underdeveloped. i felt like i didn't even know who they were at the end of the book, and whatever romances were canon felt like they popped up out of nowhere.

in general though, this book is great. like i said, the only downfall is the characters, but it's more of a minor annoyance to me.