Kept asking myself while reading: "why didn't I read this sooner???" It's safe to say I really loved this book. It brought back the whole dystopian vibes I used to dig back in 2011!

It's separated in two different POVs, which for some could be the books strongest feature, but for me it was the weakest and the reason I gave the book only four stars, while it could have easily been a five star read.

Elias' POV was by far my favourite, it was so well written and the atmosphere of a Roman Empire-esque country was amazing! He is easily one of my favourite characters, I could see so much depth in him and such character development and I simply devoured his chapters!

The same cannot be said for Laia's chapters unfortunately. My biggest problem was that I had to constantly remind myself that she's not 12 but actually 17. The way she was written made her seem so much younger than her age and when the romance started creeping up on me, I was really struggling to see them as a couple, since Laia's voice and whole demeanor felt that of a small child.

All in all, the writing style was good, it was a fast paced book with an interesting premise that set the setting for the next installment very well! It's a book that can be read quite fast, with a well developed plot and good reasoning behind every action, I really liked the fact that I found no plot holes.

I will definitely be continuing with the series and hopefully Laia's chapters will be more to my liking in the second book!