I was asked to provide feedback after being advanced the book. This book was really good. 3/4 of the way thru i was sitting at the edge of my seat holding my breath. I needed to go to bed but i could not put the book down. Only reason i didn't give it 5 stars is that i would have liked more from the "men" and animals. The end left me feeling with no closure. What happened to the baby etc...

I didn't mean to read this when I did. I was all "I'll just read the first paragraph..." and then somehow I had read the entire book. All in one sitting. This was followed by much flailing and going "oh my god".

This book had my pulse racing, and had me on the edge of my seat wondering what was going to happen, and what would I do if I was in that same situation. I doubt I would have handled it nearly as well as Joan does with Lincoln.

I'm disappointed at the lack of resolution in exactly why Robby and Matt were doing what they did, but at the same time since the focus is mostly just on Joan that makes sense. I felt, though, that since we did see some of the story from Robby's point of view that there could have been more explanation. That, or just leaving out Robby's PoV entirely.

Mrs Powell seemed pretty out of place as well. We had a short bit of her point of view at the start, then she showed up later, but didn't seem essential to the story. At least with Kaitlynn, Joan was provoked into doing more than just hiding with Lincoln which helped to develop the story some.

All in all, I really enjoyed reading this book. It was breathtaking in its intensity and had me hooked within moments.