An intriguing read but not what I was expecting. This book really falls more into the action/adventure or mystery genres rather than the dystopian category, despite the fact that the main character, seventeen year old Juneau, is raised to believe that the world outside her clan's isolated Alaskan wilderness haven is a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Juneau's world is forever altered when her clan is kidnapped by a group of armed individuals wielding technology she'd believed long extinct. As she journeys to rescue them she encounters a functional modern world kept secret from her by the clan elders her entire life, a world that is not only thriving but never experienced the horrific war she believed destroyed everything. This ultimately raises some pretty important questions; why did the elders lie and what other secrets might the clan be hiding from the world? 
 I have to admit to getting half way through this book and being a little disappointed. I think for me the fact that I really believed this was going to be a dystopia, because it was shelved in the dystopian section when I picked it up, was the main reason for this disappointment. And to my mind it is really, really not a dystopia. At all. However, the actual premise was compelling enough to keep me reading and I wanted answers given how many questions are raised. As the reader you certainly understand Juneau's confusion and self-doubt as her entire reality shifts before her eyes and she is forced to question everything, including who she can really trust. She's a good main character, strong and independent and determined but also quite human and likeable. I enjoyed her amusing banter and odd friendship with the books other main character, Miles, although I did find it a little bit far-fetched how they ended up connected and working together. There is also an underlying supernatural (almost paranormal/urban fantasy) element to this world which was quite intriguing and unique, although could have been explored in more detail. 
 My main criticisms are that the pacing was quite slow and started to frustrate me after a while with the plot often feeling like it was meandering in order to fill up pages. There was also an overwhelming lack of actual answers for most of the questions that were raised in this book, only a few small morsels of information are explained followed by an irritating cliff-hanger (rather than any sort of actual conclusion or individual story arc climax) to tide the reader over to the next book. I felt like this book suffered from the common issue in young adult whereby publishers and authors try to pump out multiple books from a single story and consequently that sense of tension within the overall story arc becomes lost. I really feel like this would have worked better as a standalone rather than a frustrating duology (though, that being said, because I want answers I'll probably be picking up the sequel). 
 Overall an intriguing read and something a little bit different from the norm but not a standout for me.