“But I can now understand why people read, why they like to get lost in somebody else's life. Sometimes I'll read a sentence and it will make me sit up, jolt me, because it is something that I have recently felt but never said out loud. I want to reach into the page and tell the characters that I understand them, that they're not alone, that I'm not alone, that it's ok to feel like this. And then the lunch bell rings, the book closes, and I'm plunged back into reality.”

I've never heard of this book until I went on a Dystopian shopping spree and thought it sounded interesting. I went into the book not expecting as much as what I got. I was absolutely blown away by this story and how it played out and I really can't wait to read the second book in this series!