I have read this book twice now with a gap of a year or so. The first time I read it, it left me speechless. I picked up the book a second time (just before I read the sequels) thinking that I may not remember it right and just maybe I will not be surprised again. But I was wrong... I loved the book just as much the second time. 
 Adelina Amouterou is a malfetto - she was left alive but marked by a deadly virus that took her country by storm. Malfettos are looked down upon and even feared. From escaping her father to being found by the Young Elites (a group of Malfettos with special powers) to discovering her own power, Adelina comes a long way in the first book. We see the vulnerable side of her, we see her thirst for power and we also see a certain darkness within her. But did anyone expect the book to take the turn that it takes at the end of the book? I think not. I guess it is the 'hook' of the plot. We are led to see Adelina in a certain light only to be shown her other side from a completely different angle. 
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