*5 Stars*

ARC kindly received for an honest review.

I have been waiting for this book and have been so keen to see how Kara's story would play out. I absolutely am obsessed with the Saint View world that Elle Thorpe has created so it's always a joy to come back to it when new books are released.

Now, this book really truly shows the struggles Kara has gone through with life under Josiah and the commune's thumb and rules - so many terrible things right from the start of this book just highlight it all. Once Kara and Hayley Jade are back with our SV friends, I love how she slowly starts to learn how free she can actually be, even though she is truly so brainwashed by what she's been put through. Hawk is a huge part of that, and I liked him a lot more than I thought I would.

There's a bunch of stuff going on with Hayley Jade which I'm really interested to see how that plays out in the next two books of this story, and I do love the part Queenie is playing in this too. She's a huge sweetie and mother hen in the Slayers. Hayden's character is definitely turning out to be one that will be redeemable I think, I've liked him so far, although he has made some questionable choices which start playing out right at the end of this one and have a part in the cliff hanger slightly too. Grayson, well we don't know much about him yet but I am definitely intrigued.

And the inevitable cliff hanger we get because this is part 1 of a trilogy? Well lets just say I did not see that coming. Excuse me Elle, with that ending?!? I'm seriously wondering how this is going to turn around in book 2 and I will be hanging for September so I can continue reading!