What could POSSIBLY go wrong when the government decides “adding a few things for our own good” to our drinking water is a good idea?? We wonder that constantly, and these authors do a fabulous job at showing not only what exactly could go terribly wrong, but how much worse it can get when they don’t stop there.
What happens when some people are not affected by the additive in the water, and others are? Well…when those that are affected have some pretty incredible physical changes, almost turning them into many different variations of the paranormal creatures we love to READ about in books, they are of course treated like something to be scared of in real life. They’re outcasts, only allowed to live in certain areas.
I love how the authors really hit home with how human nature would really work. We all like to think we’d treat people equally no matter what, but when something like this happens, human nature’s reaction almost always results in fear, followed by poor choices; and it not totally out there to assume that the military would also go the wrong route with making things worse instead of better.
However, human nature also involves fighting back, and not allowing anyone to judge and repress them for long. If you accidentally got special powers that you didn’t ask for, but were still the same person on the inside, you would fight to keep your old life, or at the very least to be left alone.
Thia was the person that wanted to blend into the shadows, but she also knew things were going to keep getting worse, and the people she had cared for and became family would eventually be in danger. She also knew her ex, “patient 1” was not what they were saying on the news, and proving that, while saving her friends would be the answer. I loved that she embarked on this journey with very little confidence, with a very small group of friends, and did it anyway because it had to be done, and she was one of the few that could do it. I also like that we didn’t know until the end of the book what made her so “special”. She wasn’t your typical “kick ass from the beginning” character – she was more forced into the roll.
This book was such a quick read for me. I devoured it, because I love these types of books so much, there was so much action, and constant questions and answers coming up, I couldn’t put it down. I really look forward to finding out what the next step is for this group!