4*
In a world full of checkpoints and controls, can love and hope defy the borders? A searing, timely story, as arresting as it is beautiful.
Imagine a world ...
Where there are too many people on a too-hot earth and your only chance of salvation is to journey north.
Where you must prove yourself worthy of existence at every turn, at every checkpoint.
Where your instincts become your most powerful weapon - even more than the gun in your pocket.
Where you find out what it takes to survive.
An extraordinary story about survival and what it costs, about the power of small kindnesses to change everything
I was truly taken by surprise with this book.
Mhairi is just a young girl trying to survive in a bleak, dystopian future, she has been forced to see things nobody should have to endure and has hardened her emotions to get by.
When her journey crosses paths with a little boy who doesn’t speak, Mhairi’s world inevitable changes.
The characters in this novel are strong and likeable, you can’t help but feel their pain.
The depressing setting is atmospheric and almost hopeless in a claustrophobic way, it is something you can see happening in a bad futuristic world, if things continue as they are.
The plot is riveting, original and medium paced, never slow, always keeping me eager to turn the page, and the ending, oh the ending!
Be prepared for tears!
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