This review is also posted on my blog, Anatea's Bookshelf. 
 As soon as I saw the cover, I was in love with this book. The description was awesome, and I couldn't wait to finally read this book! It was my MOST anticipated fall release. And it dissapointed me. Yes, that's right. I didn't like it. It failed to deliver. 
 Well, I actually kinda liked the beginning. The main three characters are introduced, and we see some world building there. Oxygen has become a problem, and some citizens are moved to live in The Pod which is run by Breathe. Society is divided into the caste system, with Premiums who can buy oxygen and do whatever they like and Auxiliaries who have to be careful with how much oxygen they breathe in, as they have no way to pay extra oxygen. 
 The more I read, the less I liked the book. The world building was unconvincing, very unconvincing! Outside the Pod, there was only 6% Oxygen in the air, but yet it was snowing, raining and whatnot. I am not an expert, but I do know that rain/snow is 1/3 Oxygen. How is that possible if there's not even enough Oxygen to breathe, if there are no plants to produce the Oxygen? There are so many questions, and yet, almost none of them were answered. Some of them will probably be answered in the next book, but I really think they were necessary in this one. 
 The story is narrated in first person by Alina, Quinn, and Bea. I did not like it at all. I had to, more than just a few times, check on who's POV it was again. They all sounded the same, even though Quinn is a guy and you'd expect to recognize his POV, but sometimes I just couldn't. 
 The romance in this book, oh dear God, even now I have a headache if I just think about it. Let me just explain it to you and see for yourselves. We have Bea who's Quinns best friend and is madly in love with him, but of course, he doesn't notice it because he is in love with Alina. I don't have to mention that he doesn't know her at all, but he follows her around like a love-sick puppy. Everything would be okay if Alina returned the feelings, but no, she was grieving the boy who got killed because of her. Already rolling your eyes? This isn't even half of it, but I won't reveal more as it includes some spoilers. 
 Now about the characters. 
 Alina. The only thing I like about this girl is her name, it's really pretty. And that's where my affection towards this girl ends. She was rude most of the time, she is cold and she cares only about herself. Alina is part of The Resistance, group of people who stood up to Breathe. While her intentions are sometimes right, her actions are not. 
 Quinn. He is a Premium and he doesn't know how hard life can get. Most of the time he's clueless about everything and the only thing he cares about are girls. Everything came easy to him because he was a Premium, but when he found out about certain things, he took control, and I like him just a little bit better because of it. 
 Bea. I liked her the best even though she was whiny and sometimes even irritating. She didn't want any of it to happen, she just wanted to enjoy her time with Quinn, but Alina ruined it all and Bea was stuck somewhere where she didn't want to be. 
 Overall, I didn't like this book, I won't be reading a sequel and I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone, but the fact that I didn't like the book doesn't necessary means you won't either. 
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