First of all, thank you to Orca Books and NetGalley for gifting me this ebook in exchange for an honest review.

The premise of this book was very exciting and is part of a bigger trend of books on wrongful incarceration. It's fantastic that more light is being shed on this issue and the inclusion of real life cases within the storyline was a powerful addition. Matt and Sonya, the two main characters, are familiar and very likable. The reader has no problem backing them. Betcherman does a good job of showcasing their intelligence without overhyping it and making the teenagers far more intelligent than the adults.

However, the characters do lack complexity and the plot was oftentimes predictable. It's a quick, well-paced read in which all the questions are answered and the world is happily put to rights.