4.5 out of 5 stars! 
 Amazing. It isn't as engrossing as I would have hoped but man! What a story. Holy snap. My mind is still reeling. DAT ENDING THO. *claps*. 
 THIS is an amazing, character driven story with fantastic plot, and it tackles between the fine line of good versus evil. A revenge story, that when you read, you would initially think the by one seeking vengeance is evil while the other is not. But the more you read, the more you empathise and the fine line blurs out more and more. 
 We follow Victor and Eli, two college friends working on Eli's thesis on EOs, Extraordinary. So Eli's theory is that people who experience near death trauma will have special abilities. So Victor challenge Eli to do it themselves and be an EO. ANYWAY, something happened along the way and Victor is now in prison. 
 We follow a few perspectives, and different timeline from 10 years ago, week ago, a few days ago and now. 
 All the characters are amazing! Victor did not grow on me until like halfway along the book, when we see his back story and so on. I absolutely love Mitch and Sydney and their relationship. I also love that Victor acts like he doesn't care about them but his actions states otherwise. I can't explain more as it all be spoilers. 
 PROS: 
 - Fantastic Characters 
 - unique and gripping plot 
 - makes you think about good and evil 
 - twistsssss 
 - page turner 
 - satisfying ending 
 Cons: 
 - a little slow 
 - the characters will take time to grow on you. 
 - so does the writing style 
 Would I recommend it? HELL YEAH. You want a sweet revenge story with charismatic protagonist and a different take between good versus evil? LOOK NO FURTHER! 
 Spoilers Below. 
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 OMG WHATTTTTTTT. WHAT JUST HAPPENED? Victor went from meh to hunk. 
 I didn't fall in love with him straight away, in fact, i thought he was some selfish dude who got jealous of Eli constantly, but the more stuff revealed, gradually i fell in love with him AND OMG WHEN HE DIED AND GOT BROUGHT BACK. GOSH. 
 So initially, you would think Victor was evil, having to accidentally kill Eli's girlfriend(also whom he loved) and Eli turned him in and Victor went to prison, plotting his revenge along the way. But the more you read, the more you will empathize and damn, I understood him. All that pent up jealousy and rage made him reckless. 
 He doesn't believe in God but he believes in fate. He rescued Sydney and the dog and took care of her. Gosh. Sweetheart. BOUGHT her food and all. 
 "Sydney, look at me." He rested his hands on the car roof and leaned in. "No one is going to hurt you. Do you know why?" She shook her head, and Victor smiled. "Because I'll hurt them first." 
 AND CAN WE TAKE A MOMENT TO APPRECIATE SYDNEY AND MITCH? 
 "Are you going to think up more ways to keep me busy?" Mitch laughed, but he didn't sound very happy. 
 "You're a kid. Just watch some TV. We'll be home later." 
 "Hey, Mitch," said Sydney, softer. "You ... you're coming back, right?" 
 "As soon as I can, Syd. Promise." 
 "You better." She lit another page. "Or I'll drink all your chocolate milk." 
 "You wouldn't dare," said Mitch, and she could almost hear the smile in his voice before he hung up. 
 Also, Sydney is one precious cinnamon bun. After getting sold out by her sister and shot by Eli, Victor rescues her and she and him bonded so well it hurts. And gosh, i hate her sister, the siren. But....idk what will happen when Sydney finds out that Victor and Mitch are the ones that actually killed Serena. :(. 
 Eli is so screwed up in the head, it's so scary. Quite the irony. Hes an EO that self heals but he thinks it's a pure gift and hes been resurrected by god to exterminate all EOs. Scary shit there. He's been killing all EOS ever since and gosh, he almost killed Sydney. You see his reasoning and honestly, I understand them but still. Super screwed up. 
 THE ENDING SCENE WAS AMAZING. When they confronted each other, Victor got his revenge by torturing Eli but Eli killed him. It all worked out as the cops came in and arrested Eli instead as Serena'S spell on them wore off.(as she's dead) When they didn'tWhen they didn't burn the body,by I knew Victor will come back. And he did by having Sydney revive him. So does this means that he's no longer an SO? So if Sydney dies? Will all the people she revived die too? 
 And interesting take that is, when Serena died, her spell wore off. And when Victor died, all the pain he took away came back. WHAT is also interesting is how people got their powers. Its by their last thoughts before almost dying. 
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 The sequel is gonna come out and I am excited!