This book was okay. I didn't like the writing so much in this one. You can get away with telling in a journal style novel in the 1st person, but not so much in the 3rd. It was all telling in this story and the only thing that kept me reading is the premise. I think survival stories are inherently compelling because you want to know who lives and who dies. I just wish this book series would be a little more action oriented and push the characters even further into making those hard decisions.