Well, wow! Now I know what all the hype was about! 
 This is the first installment in a high-action dystopian YA trilogy by best-selling author, Alexandra Bracken. The children of America have been somehow mentally transformed and, from their early teens, begin to exhibit mysterious abilities that cause the adult population to create a series of rehabilitation centers, in an attempt to control them. Sixteen-year-old Ruby has lived for the last six years of her life in Thurmond, one of the largest and most brutal of the centers. That is until a doctor in disguise manages to break her out, and into the world she had tried to forget about ever hoping to see again. 
 This is a book that never lets up! There is no preamble or explanation provided, and the reader has to assimilate to the high-action plot that emerges from the very first page. This plot-focused narrative leaves little room for character description or world-building, but that did not bother me in the slightest. The futuristic setting might have only been suggested at, but the dynamics of the plot provided more than enough to fill my imagination. 
 A multitude of questions followed me as I tore through this book in a matter of hours, and not all were answered as the book closed. In fact, more were created than were solved! I am glad I have the second book to hand as I am already clamoring to delve back into this insane and brilliant world and attempt to assuage my imagination!