The hype around this book is what pulled me in and then constantly seeing it everywhere in my feeds is what pushed me to finally buy my own copy. With that being said I’m sad to say that I wasn’t head over heels about it. Yes, the story pulled me in and kept me interested but it just wasn’t quite what I had in mind. I think one of the big reasons why I feel kind of meh about this book is because of certain things not being told to us like, how did night-walkers reveal themselves to the world? How did the virus begin? What year is it? All I know about this stuff is that the world ended around eighty years ago. I would love to learn more of how this world ended beside that the virus happened and once it was over the ones that survived went back to the city to burn it down to make sure the virus couldn’t infect anyone else.
I think another thing that affected my enjoyment was the writing style. It was fast. The storyline was fast, the relationships moved fast, how Roman takes one look at Porschia and is like “She’s mine, no one else’s” and I kind of rolled my eyes at that. Like I don’t mind that the story was fast, it keeps you on your toes, but I felt like some things could have moved slower, have a better build up so I could have connected more to the story and characters.
But other than that, it was a decent read. The story went a different way than what I expected from reading the summary but that ending definitely surprised me. That alone makes me want to read the next book.
