When Ruby woke up on her tenth birthday, something about her had changed. Something alarming enough to make her parents lock her in the garage and call the police. Something that gets her sent to Thurmond, a brutal government "rehabilitation camp." She might have survived the mysterious disease that's killed most of America's children, but she and the others have emerged with something far worse: frightening abilities they cannot control.
Now sixteen, Ruby is one of the dangerous ones.
When the truth comes out, Ruby barely escapes Thurmond with her life. Now she's on the run, desperate to find the one safe haven left for kids like her-East River. She joins a group of kids who escaped their own camp. Liam, their brave leader, is falling hard for Ruby. But no matter how much she aches for him, Ruby can't risk getting close. Not after what happened to her parents.When they arrive at East River, nothing is as it seems, least of all its mysterious leader. But there are other forces at work, people who will stop at nothing to use Ruby in their fight against the government. Ruby will be faced with a terrible choice, one that may mean giving up her only chance at a life worth living.
This book's premise was pretty awesome: kids born in the newest generation were developing super powers, but to make sure adults didn't lose control the kids were sent to concentration camps - locked away until they could find a cure or make the problem extinct.
I wished Ruby had stayed in the concentration camp longer so I could fully grasp her character and I just thought it was really interesting : )
But of course, as all action novel heroes must, Ruby escapes and is on the run from not only the government that will send her back to the camp but also another organization that wants to train the special kids to fight back.
Ruby is a great character to read about and I love the way she thinks. Her voice is very strong throughout the whole book and even during the non-actiony bits I was still interested in how she interacted with her fellow escapees.
Unfortunately this cannot be said for the second installment in the series: Never Fade. Don't get me wrong it was still a good book, but for some reason I just couldn't get into it as much as the first. Ruby's adventure was tired and up until the end I was passively reading about her escapades. Once we finally hit the plot twist however, things got really good. So I guess the sequel just falls into the filler category, as most sequels tend to do.
Overall I'm definitely going to read the last book once it comes out because I have to know how it ends - and that is hallmark of a good book! 4 stars
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