I've heard many mixed reviews about this book. Some people hated it saying it was the next shitty version of twilight and some loved it. First of all, i'm going to tell you that this is NOT like twilight. At all. This is a completely different story..vampires don't even exist here! 
 Going back to my point of view, the plot was fine. Very unusual, I might add and many religious symbols that made me realize the amount of research that Lauren Kate made to create this book. I really REALLY appreciate that because this means that it's not one of those shitty books like 50 shades of grey where you write it as if it was nothing. No, this was really good on that aspect. The religious mentions really made sense on the book and it added a very interesting twist on the plot. 
 Like i said before, the idea of the book was good. What ticked me off was the dialogues between the characters. Some were conveniently placed and some were as if Lucinda knew the characters already and talked to them as if they were lifetime friends. 
 okay, I know who Lucinda is and what part she plays on the plot. I understand WHY Lauren Kate did that to the conversations but that was just no. If you read the book, you can see what I mean. 
 Some parts of the dialogues were too bad that were hilarious. Example, two guys fighting for a girl and the typical line "let's take this outside" and the beating continues. I mean, seriously? 
 But the way the chapters were written (because the time lapse occured at every end of each chapter) made me realize that it's a nice movie material. Also, it's practically impossible not to stick with the book. 
 (view spoiler)[ onto the personality of the characters, I get that you guys don't like the fact that Lucinda doesn't have a strong character like Katniss Everdeen and that you compare her with Bella Swan; but what can you expect from a girl that has been pampered all her life and been labeled as crazy? I would run away too! Another thing, she did feel like she knew Daniel and Cam from somewhere so it's almost logical that she trusted them even though she shouldn't. (hide spoiler)] 
 Now, I wanted to rate the book 2 stars because there were a LOT of cringy scenes that made me feel like Lauren Kate was completely an amateur writter but somehow I ended up enjoying the book. Hell, I read this in only 2 days! 
 The ending was really good by the way. 
 I do hope that the movie is much better and also the upcoming book sequels which I'm looking forward to read.