It’s rare to hear a male point of view in female-centered YA novels these days. I liked seeing how he gradually realized he was falling in love with Rachel. I kept thinking he’s like Spock with emotions. He’s the perfect combination of genius and softie. While the other little girls played with dolls, she played with weapons and learned self-defense.Īs much as I liked Rachel, my favorite character was Logan. She is more of a tomboy (like myself) in a world where women only go to school to learn etiquette. But I liked her loyalty, spunk, and defiance (pun intended). As much as I loved Rachel’s bravery, her thoughts became very dark and vengeful as tragedy after tragedy happened around her. I rarely see an author just dive into the main plot right away.Īnother thing that made this book stand out to me was the alternating 1st person POV between Rachel and Logan. It didn’t take hundreds of pages to get interesting, but made me want to read on after page one. Seriously, though, this novel was fast-paced and riveting from the start. Yes! Fiery redhead heroines for the win! I’ll probably never turn down reading books with gingers on the cover. But not even Logan’s brilliant logical mind could plan for what the Commander does next. Logan spends time building tracking devices and other inventions that could help them be ready for any scenario. Rachel readies herself for the trip by practicing her combat skills with various weapons. As Rachel and Logan make escape plans of their own, they begin to rediscover one another and their old friendship. But she’s caught making an escape attempt and the Commander makes a bargain with Rachel and Logan: journey through the Wasteland and bring him the package that Jared was meant to deliver. Rachel is a girl with a mission: to escape Baalboden’s confines and find her Father in the Wasteland that lies beyond. Rachel would be fine with her new Protector, if she hadn’t confessed her love for him two years ago, only to have him deny her. Now it’s Logan’s task to protect Jared’s daughter. Violently made an orphan, Logan was shown kindness by Jared Adams and appointed his apprentice. His mother was killed by Baalboden’s leader – Commander Chase – for walking to the market alone to buy her son food. Rachel’s new Protector, Logan McEntire, knows this all too well. In their society, women who aren’t “Claimed” (married) must live under the supervision of a male “Protector.” It’s against the law for women to walk the streets alone – with a penalty of death. In their dictatorial city-state of Baalboden, the law demands that someone be pronounced dead if he hasn’t returned in 60 days. But he was sent out on a mission 60 days ago and hasn’t come back.
Sixteen-year-old Rachel Adams knows her courier father, Jared, isn’t dead.
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