This is easily one of the worst written novels I have ever read. 153 pages into the book and I still didn't know what a Passionate was, what they did, why the Soulless were after them, who Arik or Kiren were, anything. I finished the book only because I thought surely, surely, everything would make more sense. Unfortunately, I now have a permanently furrowed brow and after finishing the book, have almost as many questions as I started with.

The tremendous use of pronouns made the book even more confusing than it already was. When there were two women in a scene, it was difficult to tell who was doing what because of all the "she"s. Same with conversation. I had to re-read conversation multiple times to figure out which character was saying what.

The transitions were abrupt. Word choice was poor. Barrier for door? It was borderline erotica-style writing and it's supposed to be a YA book?

I will never get the time back from my life from reading this book and I will most certainly not buy it for my library.