After two people are found murdered in a small town, a unknown "wild man" becomes the prime suspect. 

This had everything I could have wanted: romance, suspense, and twist and turns. This was a rollercoaster of emotions: it was sweet, heartbreaking, thrilling, and uplifting. You need to suspend reality for a bit with this plot as it is pretty far fetched, but very intriguing. 

Though I generally don't enjoy 3rd person POV, I kind of liked it within this story. We start our with 4 POVs - Jak a child abandoned in the wilderness, Lucas a "wild man" living alone in the bush, Harper a wilderness guide, and Mark a police officer investigating two murders. We jump between the past and present, which gives us a better understanding of Jak's experience and trauma,

These characters are definitely reminiscent of those in Archer's Voice. We have a very naive and inexperienced MMC and a strong willed FMC who continues to show up for the MMC. 

Jak,

who we come to find out is the same person as Lucas,

has lived alone in the wilderness since he was 8 years old. His story is one of suffering, survival, isolation, strength, and bravery. We also see a tremendous amount of growth in his willingness to assimilate back into society once he is "discovered". I feel like in reality he would have been more resistant and had a more difficult time adjusting to living in town than what was shown in then book. 

Harper was a wildlife guide and worked part time at a group home. She lost her parents at a very young age and was bounced around the foster care system. Harper is very intrigued by Jak and very drawn to him. She keeps going back to him despite the risk of the unknown. 

I liked the addition of Mark and Laurie and how all four characters helped each other heal from their past trauma. 

I figured out a few of the twist quickly, but two I didn't see coming!

I figured out that Lucas and Jak were the same person and that he was a part of some kind of social experiment. I still can't believe that Harper was the fourth child and that Jak had saved her life by helping her on the ledge and she had essentially saved his by giving him the knife. 

I didn't guess at the Dr. being the one who was running the experiments . I thought that tipped it a bit into the side of not being believable. I think had it just been the one crazy dude and the four kids, I could have bought into the reality of it more. 

Tropes: found family, inexperienced MMC, Suspenseful Romance