I loved this book! It was original, interesting, unique and nothing like what I expected. I seriously had a hard time putting it down, it was that good. 
 When I first started reading this book, I automatically knew it was going to be different when Nalena mentions her mother's hoarding- paper, lots and lots of paper that has caused them to move places, make their house crowded, and keep storage units full of the stuff. It also brought trouble to Nali at school, when someone figured out her house was full of paper- she was dubbed The Waste and the name, the teasing and bullying stuck. So it came as a shock that one of the popular guys at school suddenly was asking around about her and this all turned her life upside down. Suddenly she was being attacked by a masked man in the dark, learned her mother's secret, found out what Garret and his family really are, and learned that she was also different. 
 Alo, Contengo, Addo, Veritas, Cusp- these are just a few of the new terms in this book that I had to learn and all I have to say that they are all an interesting introduction to the start of this new world. At first getting to know the new terms and lingo, not to mention the way things work and stuff, is really difficult with some authors since you're basically being dropped into the world without any help, but with this book- that's totally not the case. I liked that the new terms were described really well when they are first mentioned, they are easy enough to remember, and sometimes when they show up there are a few subtle hints that remind you for if you already forgot. But anyway, the story is unique, as well as the plot even if it did had me wondering when the action was going to happen (near the end of course!) 
 Now, I would have loved a more explanation of their relationship, and how Garret feels about her. It just seemed like if he liked her he should've said something at first instead of letting Nali jump to the wrong conclusions so many times. And then when they start kissing and stuff, I kind of don't know what to make out of it since it's specified that they're a couple, although implied, it would have been nice to hear Garret say how much he likes her or at least call her his girlfriend. But since they're together even to the end of this book, I'm glad all the frustrating things happened so they can be a couple. 
 All in all, it was a awesome story and definitely something different from the usual books that are going around these days. It's a nice change from the paranormal/fantasy books and I definitely look forward to reading the next books in the series. (view spoiler)[I'm just glad the series already ended because I don't like starting a series only to have it be that there are 5 books already out and there is still no aight of the end. That just makes me feel horrible knowing that I would have to wait such a long time for the next installments to come out but not with this series. (hide spoiler)]