“Eden Newman must mate before her 18th birthday in six months or she’ll be left outside to die in a burning world. But who will pick up her mate-option when she’s cursed with white skin and a tragically low mate-rate of 15%? In a post-apocalyptic, totalitarian, underground world where class and beauty are defined by resistance to an overheated environment, Eden’s coloring brands her as a member of the lowest class, a weak and ugly Pearl. If only she can mate with a dark-skinned Coal from the ruling class, she’ll be safe. Just maybe one Coal sees the Real Eden and will be her salvation her co-worker Jamal has begun secretly dating her. But when Eden unwittingly compromises her father’s secret biological experiment, she finds herself in the eye of a storm and thrown into the last area of rainforest, a strange and dangerous land. Eden must fight to save her father, who may be humanity’s last hope, while standing up to a powerful beast-man she believes is her enemy, despite her overwhelming attraction. Eden must change to survive but only if she can redefine her ideas of beauty and of love, along with a little help from her “adopted aunt” Emily Dickinson.”
This book went a totally different way than I was thinking, but wow I liked it. The synopsis is rather vague compared to the actual book. I very much enjoyed the pacing, and there was so much going on and so many questions to be answered. The whole world is very different that what I was picturing from the synopsis, but it’s like nothing I’ve read before.
Eden…I kind of had a love hate relationship with her. Which is the main reason that I am giving this book a four. I feel like she should have stood up for herself a bit more, I feel like she is very naive. But she did grow throughout the book but I just wish she could have grown a bit more. Her father on the other hand I was not to fond of, only for the fact that for the most part of the book he didn’t seem to care, but his character worked for the story so he was good and bad. Bramford is just a beast full of bottled emotions. Wow, so much going on for him, and so I don’t spoil, I’m just going to say that his secret did surprise me. I was a bit confused on his appearance but for the most part the descriptions throughout the book were fine.
It was interesting to see Caucasians be the inferior race. I did feel bad for the poor albino’s though. But overall I give the book a four, I really enjoyed the book aside from my love-hate relationship with Eden and occasionally her father, I thought the pacing was nice and there were enough twists and turns to keep me engaged in the book. I will definitely be looking forward to the next book in the series. I’d like to see where Eden and Bramford’s relationship goes.
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