"It was okay" is the best explanation for how I feel about this book. I didn't really enjoy reading it because I felt that the first half was just so boring. The story did pick up for the second half, but not enough to really capture my attention.

The continuation was a bit off in this book for both timeline and character traits. I had a really hard time keeping track of time, so the progression of the characters travel left me a bit confused from time to time. I also had issues with the pain tolerance of the main character. For example, one second the main character has been slammed to the ground from a moving train and she's in agony and can hardly breathe, but the next minute the next she’s running and acting like nothing is wrong.

There were also a number of YA cliches that I didn't really care for, so they may have affected my overall feeling of the book.

However, I did really enjoy the overall storyline, the idea of the powers, and the personalities of the main characters. I just wish this book had more oomph.

I think this book is definitely worth a read, but I wouldn't read it again.

Favorite passages:
But the champion was swaying on his feet and downing another drink. I wasn't sure he could hit the ground if he tripped, never mind anything else.

My bullet caught it square in the chest. Black guts scattered across the sand. The thing screeched again. And this time, from the deep of the night, a hundred identical voices screeched back.

…there was no arguing against belief. It was a foreign language to logic.