I wanted to give this book a four star from the beginning of the book just because of all the perfect little romances that just magically all work out. EVERY book has a romance where against all odds, two people come together and become the perfect couple -- and I HATE that. Alas, I could not go with the 4 star review because it wasn't a four star. It's too good to just be a 4.
It took me a bit to really get into the book (I blame Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, which I was 50% done with at the time of this start) but I stuck with it because I always enjoy Estes' work. He has a way of making you care about each of his characters. Estes splits the chapters up between different points of view, which drives me crazy because it's always right when I'm about to discover something with the other character. Crazy in a good way.
Honestly, I forgot all about the Glassies until Wilde came into the picture and brought them back up. I was so worried about the Stormers and Soakers that I kind of just forgot about the other war. This happens in society all the time too. We get so caught up in the things immediately around us, that we forget about all the travesties around the world. It was absolutely awesome how Estes brought together all of these different people and then BAM brings in the Moon Dwellers. I've been waiting for the Moon Dwellers to continue for three or four books now.
One thing I would LOVE to see is David write in third person. All of his books have the same writing style and I think it would be great to see a different mix from him -- but clearly this style works for him.
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