Interesting, has promise and potential for a good series!

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So, one of my excited to read books ended up... well, leaving me a bit cold.

I felt the first third of the book was interesting. Strangely enough, it kind of had a Planet of the Apes feel to it. Think of Henston's character now an 18 year old, curvy girl. Chosen for an expedition to another planet only to be stranded from her group/family on a different planet... to find out it has been 1,000+ years since she last saw them.

The middle portion of the book was probably the reason why I rate it down two stars. What is with YA books throwing a male interest and the desire for the male becomes full force/the driving portion of the book when that's not what's currently important? Like, this girl has to find her way home and though she is trying to, she is also getting gooe-y eyes over some bastard prince who talks with some strange abbreviations that are difficult to understand? He is WAY TOO COCKY to the point where he likes to do the same mannerisms over, and over, and over. (If I had to read one more endless observation of him sitting with his legs over the side of the chair I was going to loose it.)

I see the new trend is to give us an evil guy who may or may not have feelings for the heroine. In our case, it is the half-brother of the land/kingdom/city that our heroine stumbles into. He is like a lighter Joffrey. Blonde hair, absolute brat, but has moments where there is some sort of empathy. His mother seems to be controlling the shots.

The final half of the book was wild.

I am excited for the promise of more science fiction elements. We don't get many science fiction based YA, so I get excited when one shows up. While the book isn't a bad first novel, or first of a series, I just wanted something a little more promising towards the genre it is claiming to be