A thousand years in the future, the last of humanity live inside the walls of the totalitarian Kingdom of Cutta. The rich live in Anais, the capital city of Cutta, sheltered from the famine and disease which ravage the rest of the Kingdom. Yet riches and power only go so far, and even Anaitians can be executed. It is only by the will of the King that Nate Anteros, son of the King’s favourite, is spared from the gallows after openly dissenting. But when he’s released from prison, Nate disappears.
A stark contrast, Catherine Taenia has spent her entire life comfortable and content. The daughter of the King’s Hangman and in love with Thom, Nate’s younger brother, her life has always been easy, ordered and comfortable. That is, where it doesn’t concern Nate. His actions sullied not only his future, but theirs. And unlike Thom, Catherine has never forgiven him.
Two years pass without a word, and then one night Nate returns. But things with Nate are never simple, and when one wrong move turns their lives upside down, the only thing left to do is run where the King’s guards cannot find them – the Outlands. Those wild, untamed lands which stretch around the great walls of the Kingdom, filled with mutants and rabids.
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It has been a while since I have read a dystopian, so it was nice to delve back into one. What I liked about this book was that it was not just straight dystopian, but had a touch of fantasy and Syfy as well. Plus, we get romance which is also nice.
I’m not going to lie; the beginning was a bit rough and hard to get into. It was soo much and confusing, the people, the world and everything going on.
It took a while but I did finally get into it and enjoyed it.
The further I get into the book the more I enjoyed it , I really enjoyed the world, the characters as well. There were some minor things but that was more of a personal opinion to me that it shouldn’t matter….
One thing is for sure, this book will take you on a wild rollercoaster ride of events and emotions.
Overall, once I got over the first part of the book, I liked it and got invested into the people and can’t wait to see what will happen next.
It really can go either way.
I rate it 3.5-4 , but leaning more towards the 4★
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