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A 16 year old girl who is 7 months pregnant gets kidnapped, there she is held captive so they can take her baby away, but little did they know what this 16 year old was capable of, she has the ability to switch her emotions on and of, which helps her cope and plan her next moves, and what brilliant planning she did. I found this book ok, I found I couldn't connect with the characters much, I felt there was a lot of unnecessary information, I was skipping pages throughout.

“Picture instead a pregnant, 16-year-old, manipulative prodigy. She is shoved into a dirty van and, from the first moment of her kidnapping, feels a calm desire for two things: to save her unborn son and to exact merciless revenge.”
After reading this description, I knew I wanted to read this book, because it turns the traditional kidnapping and suspense story on its head. What an original and interesting concept for a book. Ultimately I was not disappointed, and really enjoyed this easy read.
However, I do think the story started off a little slow and I had to get past the writing in the first few chapters before I was really hooked. So I do worry that it might start off slow for YA readers as well and cause them to look for a different book-stick with the story though and you will be rewarded. Once the action and the planning starts it is a fast paced ride. One other small critique, I did find it a little far-fetched how the protagonist was able to keep track of time right down to the second, while devising and executing a her "plan". I found it a little too McGiver-esque for a pregnant teenage girl, more like something you would see in highly trained special forces, but this is only a minor flaw in and one that I could easily overlook, especially when it is central to the plot of the story.
Ultimately, Shannon Kick has produced a very interesting book, and I recommend checking this psychological thriller out!

The premise for this sounded fascinating, so I was really excited to start reading it. The plot was intriguing, and the writing was on point in pacing. The biggest let down for me however, was the writing style. I'm not the biggest fan of first person POV, and for me it came across as a lot of 'this happened, so I did this, and this happened next so this is what I'm going to do'. It may also be that Kirk has done a great job of portraying her as emotionless and methodical, so much so that I couldn't really connect with her as a character for much of the novel, even as she is telling her story. Overall, though, it was a solid read with a gripping plot, and interesting (if not completely compelling) characters.