This book followed a slightly different trajectory than most YA. I thought it was going to gloss over some of the steps that the main characters takes to achieve his goals but it didn't. I can't really say much more without spoilers but I really enjoyed the amount of action in this novel. I also really liked this take on a dystopia. Very good, action-packed reading. Definitely recommend. It only loses stars for me because the only well defined character is the first one. Needs a bit more rounding out of secondary characters, but perhaps this will be in the rest of the trilogy.