Pearl Underwood is the only female of her generation in her species, the OverShadowers. Because of this, she goes between being treated as a second class citizen, and a small child. Needless to say, she does not like either way. But in a world where her future has been decided for her, what can she do? Maybe not much--but Pearl isn't going down without at least trying to do things her way.

I wasn't sure what to expect from this book, but I must say it pleasantly surprised me! It was a quick read, and I was a little upset that it ended where it did. LOL. But that's why books are so often made into series now!

Pearl was a great character. I liked her voice, and found her kind of young and awkward (in a good way) sometimes, even though she tries to put on a tough front. She has so much pressure on her shoulders, and it must be really difficult to not have any choice about what your future is going to be like.

There were a couple of twists thrown in that I also loved. The action towards the end of the book was fast paced, and actually left me saying. "What is happening?!"...but in a good way, if that makes sense.

I only had a couple of problems with this book. Keeping in mind that the edition I read was an ARC, there were mistakes and awkward phrasings that I had to figure out to determine what was going on in some scenes. But for the most part I got it. I also wish that some of the scenes were described a little more. Many of the sentences were lacking descriptive adjectives, or even just a couple more sentences that would have explained better what was happening.

All in all, I enjoyed this book, and I'm excited to read about what happens next in Pearl's life.