If you wanted some sort of clarity or possibly a quiet read or something that won't make you want to pull out all of your hair out of frustration and confusion, maybe this book isn't for you. BUT. If you are up for the crazy and the unknown and the unimaginable and the inner mentalities usually reserved for nightmares, this book will be gold for you. 
 This book is so complex and so completely intricate in it's deliverance of information about what is real and what is not that it will keep you wondering until the very last page about the reasons why Mara is dealing with so many things that she doesn't understand. This book doesn't really give you a lot of answers, but it sets up the third book with a strong foundation and everyone hanging off a freaking cliff. 
 I loved a lot of things about this book, the fact that it was a second book in a trilogy, 500 pages, and was never boring. It was extremely well paced, the writing is absolutely marvelous and intriguing to read, and the characters are so well developed that you cannot help but fall in love with them. Not to mention, Mara and Noah's relationship is such a slow and torturous thing but as it evolves into something more, you can't help but realize that it is a brilliant thing that Hodkin has done with the plot points of these books. Each twist and turn is so well woven into the story, I seriously cannot believe this book is even a real thing because so much of it just sucks you in so far to Mara and Noah's world. AND THE DIALOGUE. I laughed out loud so many times in this book. 
 Hodkin introduced some great things too. Genetics, History, Egyptian Mythology, Powers, it's all brilliant. It's a nerds dream book. It has so many great elements to it I'm still reeling. 
 I LOVE THIS BOOK. I love Mara and Noah and Daniel and all of the other characters they meet and even though I was a little disappointed by the ending, I will be so excited to get ahold of the third book. It can only be even more brilliant. Can't wait! If I could give this book more stars I would. Michelle Hodkin is steadily becoming one of my favorite authors.