Débora Poco

Where do I even start? This was an action
packed story from beginning to end.

So I am basically still freaking out about
this book and I have to concentrate in order to be able to write this review
without making it just a load of fangirl words and

Where do I even start? This was an action
packed story from beginning to end.

So I am basically still freaking out about
this book and I have to concentrate in order to be able to write this review
without making it just a load of fangirl words and squeals/shrieks.

Little
did I know that I was in for a huge, gigantic and massive surprise when I picked
this up.

The
best combination of words that I can use to describe this book won’t do it
justice honestly, believe me. It won’t.

But
I think that if you like new adult romance/sci-fi/dystopian books then you will
eventually give in and agree with me on this. I was already familiar with Wendy
Higgins writing style from reading the Sweet Evil trilogy a while back, but I never
thought that this book was going to change my view on her as an author. Ok. Ok slow
down! I don’t mean this in a bad way, I just truly believe that in this particular
book Wendy Higgins has gotten significantly more creative than in the Sweet
Evil books (I freaking love that trilogy btw). This was a gripping story from
the very first word.

So
right at the very beginning the first chapter which is a prologue, we are
introduced to these “people” and they are about to do something that will affect
everyone’s way of life as we know it and we don’t get to see much in this
prologue and obviously that was done on purpose to keep the reader on guessing
the whys and the hows. As I read the prologue I got the feeling this was going
to be a sci-fi/dystopian novel and I was right.

But
then… BANG in my face!!! When I actually finished the prologue and all of
sudden I’m in a different setting and seeing all these normal mundane things
happening with these main characters I’m being introduced to, this just seems
like a cute contemporary romance novel and I obviously got so much into it that
I freaking forgot about the prologue. Can you believe it?!

I
got so involved with the writing and the pace of the story that I got
distracted and then I was left with my mouth hanging open again when other
things started happening in order for the story to start flowing in a different
direction.

Anyways,
the main character is called Amber and we read from her perspective. I shall
not name other main/secondary characters because… spoilers. Amber is a strong,
loving, honest and real character and I freaking love her.

Amongst
all this craziness and pain and suffering we see throughout the book that is
Unknown, I really enjoyed the cute and loving moments the characters shared and
honestly, this I just what we do as humans. We might be in a bad situation but
there is always hope and when we stick together nothing can bring us down, but
sometimes good doesn’t always win.

There
is a little bit of a comic relief at some points in the book and that also
helped making this an easy and fast read.

The
action was awesome and it moved the story at a really nice pace whilst not
making it rushed.

Well,
look you just have to read it and come back for the spoiler filled review below…
honestly just go into it without knowing much more about it. You won’t regret
it.

So
if you want to give this a go, here is a 
link that will help you find out more about Unknown and a couple of
other links that will help you purchase these books ;)

                        ******************** GOODREADS ********************

                         ******************** AMAZON ********************

OH
MY GOD!!!

Ok
so if you’re reading this you obviously read the book, right?!

If
not GO AWAY! Read it first and then come back to read this part of the review.

I’m
just going to say it; please don’t judge me I don’t often lose it like this but…

HOLY
SHIT!!! OMFG!!! AHHHHHHHH

I
am still freaking out and experiencing PTSD because I didn’t expect this to
make me feel so alive and to relate so much to these characters and to
understand them even though I’ve never gone through something even remotely
similar to this (Thank God).

Ok
breath in… hold. Breath out… slowly. Ok. I’m fine now.

So,
like I mentioned above the beginning was crazy and that prologue was very
intriguing and mysterious and obviously left me wanting to know more about these
“people”?! Aliens?

Angels
of death? Hell, I don’t know but I freaking loved every single word in this
book. Ughh it’s so addictive and oh my god it was gripping from the first page.

I
loved the fact that after I read the prologue we go into this different place and
time and it’s so jarring to see this characters pop out of nowhere all of
sudden and I’m like, umm ok this is different and as I  kept going the less I thought about the
prologue and so eventually I just forgot about it and I started fangirling and
rooting for Amber and Ry as any fangirl would do and then…

I just want them together #RYMBER #AMLEN awww isn't this cute?!

These
bombings start happening and then we are going fast forward and seeing these
characters grow up really fast as more attacks happen in our world and more
people die ughhh. It was so heart breaking to see Amber not being able to express
her feelings for Ry and also not being able to let go of him for all these
years. And at the same time, I felt that he wasn’t completely oblivious to her
feelings but maybe he was trying to respect her and treat her like a sister
since they grew up together. I don’t know, but he does have more than brotherly
feelings towards her for sure and I just broke down crying when he brought
Livia (the wife) home and I don’t know how Amber was able to keep it together
so well at that moment but I know I wouldn’t be able to. But then omg omg omg
then we find out about Livia’s baby not being Ry’s and then Ry confesses to
Amber that they never even had sex because of the circumstances and ahhhhhhhh.

Ok
so this tent scene between Ry and Amber happened when they are near the camp at
the Mojave desert planning to rescue their family, Ry’s wife Livia and Remy’s
parents and everyone else. This part of the book had some of my favorite scenes
and the comic relief here just made me go; awwww a few times.

I
loved how Tates was all over Remy and how she kept flirting with him and how uncomfortable
Ry and Amber were after the morning wood scene lol.

I
was really scared when these military guys got introduced and I thought maybe
they were going to rape Amber and Remy and take them to the camp and then Tater
and Ry would have to rescue all of them but to my relief they were all good
guys, despite the fact that they were pervs.

As
for these weird people called Drips and Derps (the jersks) oh man did I get
angry with these idiots. I mean, to have a normal life and then to have to obey
these douchecanoes ughh!!!

Did
I cry when they killed off Granpa *tears up* it was so not fair what they did
and to know that there wasn’t anything that they could do at that moment but to
cooperate and just do what the officers said was so frustrating and even I felt
powerless.

Now,
back to the camp. Earlier on we see that Amber starts calling this place where
the Drips or Derps are taking their families, camps.

She
straight away assumes these places are like concentration camps from WWII and
sadly she is right.

As
our main characters plan this rescue mission to get everyone out of the camp I was
expecting us to switch perspectives with one of her family members in order for
us to know what is going on inside the camp but that didn’t happen and I kept
getting nervous with each word I read, dreading the worst might happen.

Then
finally when we get everyone together and we go look at the camp where we see
the Air Force planes fly by and all these Drips and Derps just flee the scene
in vans and all our loved characters just assume that the AF is there to help
but then they drop these bombs that end up killing everyone at the camp and at this
point I just burst into tears and I’m in Amber’s shoes and seeing all this
happening. They just lost everyone.  Everyone
that was important to them. The same people that made this book so cute in the
nice moments that we saw the family spend together over the past few years came
to mind and I was engulfed by sadness and anger.

All
of Amber’s family, Livia and Remy’s parents are gone. Along with all those
innocent people. It’s fair to call this genocide and we have to believe that
there must be a someone in charge that hopefully we will be able to defeat at
some point.

At
the very end we get to see everyone together again back where they were hiding before
the bombings. All of a sudden when Sean is trying to listen in for news on
their radio and Ry listens and realizes that someone is using morse code to communicate
and omg they find out that they have to move quick and try to get to this DPG
camp where they might find allies.

This
is where the books ends and I’m just sitting here. Back to reality and now
suffering from PTSD.

But,
that’s ok. Do you know why? Because I have another book to read and review
after this one.

And
after I do that, I have an ARC of Unrest (book 2) that was sent to me by these
awesome people at InkSlingerPR and basically it’s why I actually read this
book.

I
requested and ARC of Unrest without realizing that it was book 2 and I then
when I got the ARC I started reading Unknown and that is how I got addicted to
this amazing world that Wendy Higgins created.

I
rated this book 5/5 stars on Goodreads and Amazon.

Let
me know your thoughts and if you share the same feelings as me.