Autumn’s coming-of-age is sensitively chronicled, with a wide range of experiences and events shaping her character. But on August 8, everything changes, and Autumn has to rely on all her strength to move on. In the summer after graduation, Autumn and Finny reconnect and are finally ready to be more than friends. Growing up, Autumn and Finny were like peas in a pod despite their differences: Autumn is “quirky and odd,” while Finny is “sweet and shy and everyone like him.” But in eighth grade, Autumn and Finny stop being friends due to an unexpected kiss. They drift apart and find new friends, but their friendship keeps asserting itself at parties, shared holiday gatherings and random encounters.
The finely drawn characters capture readers’ attention in this debut.Īutumn and Phineas, nicknamed Finny, were born a week apart their mothers are still best friends. The villains are from the mustache-twirling school, but Alina, Casey and Cameron are well-drawn.Ī perfectly competent thriller for those who can suspend disbelief. The story’s success rests on readers’ ability to accept the fear that June still inspires, which many may find extreme. A romance with Cameron will give Alina the strength to find out the truth about June-and hopefully finally break free. That sends Alina on the run with Cameron and Casey. But it's not so simple when it's revealed that Dominic has his own connection with June, and he wants Alina to hack back into the soul database.
When she is rescued by oddly friendly former guard Dominic and Cameron and Casey, a pair of siblings with their own agenda, Alina is hopeful that she might finally escape June's shadow. June’s crime was so heinous that Alina has grown up in confinement in an island prison. In a time when souls can be tracked from one life to the next, Alina's soul was previously June Calahan, who broke into the soul-registry database and allegedly blackmailed powerful figures with criminal pasts. One of life's great ethical questions is considered in this novel, with mixed results.Īlina Chase has spent her whole life being blamed for something that happened before she was born.
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