Well I do have a lot to says for such a short book! First, this book is like a condense Ya trilogy in 260 pages, so everything goes fast, feel even kind of rush in some parts, but at the same time there isn't much happening and some elements take too much place. So yeah it goes fast but I can't say the rhythm or the pace is really good. The characters didn't felt into the old YA clichés, there a bit blank but not bad and the romance is cheesy without being stupid, and it evolve through times, not just insta-love. The overall plot is intriguing but poorly executed, everything just seem to easy, she just change her hole world over a week... and the writing is average for this type of book. Finally, the two most disappointing elements for me were both from the world building. First, we don't feel the Asian vibes in it. Except from the characters names there is nothing that made this book exotic in anyway. Second, the fact that this book is suppose to be about a population who doesn't hear is very badly presented. The fact that they don,t hear doesn't change a thing mostly, the communicate mostly by signs, and they sure love to speak/sign for people who doesn't hear... They also always use the word talk, speak, scream, and others in their «signing» and their thoughts, when in my opinion, a population who doesn't hear, and so doesn't speak, shouldn't even have or use word that represented that and the author shouldn't have put any of those words in the books to make us feel that much stronger.

For me this book was better then most YA, but at the same time I think that the average YA readers wouldn't like it because it lack what those readers seem to love and at the same time it isn't well build enough to attract more «adult fantasy» readers (I don't say any of that for judging or classify people, just trying to generalize a bit to make my point clear). So it felt into a empty spot where it will please to a small group of people and that what explain the low rating... I think!

It wasn't bad. I wasn't great either. An okay read but I can't see to whom I would recommend this book...