YA dystopia/cult thriller:
Read September 27, 2013
Read September 27, 2013
Lyla
is the "Little Owl" of the community - always watching and observing,
staying a bit apart. She's a gentle soul, who fights against her
lingering qualms about the necessity of the sacrifices that the Chosen
have made. Life in the community is peaceful, but they all know that
when the End comes, the Unchosen will attack the compound to steal what
they need in a desperate attempt to escape their predestined
destruction.
Pioneer is the leader of this community, and he's
been watching Lyla carefully. As the end grows ever closer (3 months
and counting) he's begun to realize that this one questioning girl could
unravel his entire plan.
Cody is the son of the local town sheriff, and he's
determined that Lyla realize that she and the community have all been
had by Pioneer's careful indoctrination over the years.
Lyla's mom is the true tragic figure of this story, broken and
defeated after the unsolved abduction of Lyla's young sister, just days
before the Towers fell. Even now, years later, she yearns for the
destruction of the world, and even the dissolution of her own being, to
be with the Brethren and experience eternal life with her missing
daughter again.
Excellent story, well-crafted plot, and believable
people. Overall suitable for younger teens, except for the death and
violence at the end. (very graphic in two instances, and many other
deaths alluded to)
The end is left a bit unfinished, not in a "to be
continued" sense, but in the real-world sense that life goes on but
stays connected to the past, and nothing is ever entirely tied up in a
nice pat bow.
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