Stella aspires to be a space engineer. Stella is forced to bring her aspirations down to reality after her mother commits suicide and her brother flees to Red Sun, the neighboring hippie commune, to care for her sister, Jill. 

 

Galliard has only known life within Red Sun. They tolerate his Tourette's syndrome there. But when he is denied Red Sun's resident artist position, which he assumed he was destined for, he begins to fantasize about a life outside the compound's walls. 

 

Something is in the air in Stella and Galliard's little village on the day they meet. Literally. Then weeks of pink lightning, bloodred rain, and strange storms begin, and a mysterious countdown clock rises over the town hall. With the clock ticking down to some big unknown end, they'll each have to make a decision. 

 

When you read the premise, you generally expect something strange to happen or the book to be chaotic, but this book was anything but that. It follows Stella's personal storyline, and as an older sibling, I found her point of view to be quite relatable and interesting—but also very boring. 

 

Stella and Galliard are both well-developed characters, however the author failed to capture my attention. I felt like skimming through the book, wondering when things would take up and when would the novel improve. Unfortunately, the book got repetitious, making the entire work flat.