This was a strange read for me, not my cup of tea for sure. I thought many situations of the story happened in a rather peculiar fashion, and I just couldn't connect with the scenes. 
 Ember's "best-friend", well I didn't like her. In fact, I wondered how they were friend, let along "best friend" in the first place. 
 Ember's interactions with the two guys, well it was confusing and makes no sense what so ever. I wouldn't called it a romance for sure. 
 No one acted their appropriate age in this book. In fact, it's more believable if they were in high school. 
 Ember was also a strange character. 
 In the end I just thought this was a strange book and a strange read for me. Can't say I liked it, and I doubt I will read the rest of the series.