Review for Desperation (Island #1) by C.B. Stone *Spoilers*
Posted: 02 Apr 2016, 06:59
"No good deed goes unpunished"
Unfortunately for Reagan Rykehart, this is a lesson she learns all too well. Covering for a friend, Reagan ends up in court and sentenced to 16 months at the Grandy Island Reintegration Camp. A facility for the treatment and rehabilitation of at risk youths. She's never heard of it and is pretty sure she won't like it. Once on the ship headed to the island, another passenger (who's spent time at the facility) tells her a little about the "Rehabilitation" center. When Reagan sees lights coming from land nearby, she decides she'd rather risk jumping from the ship and swimming to land, rather than going to Grandy Island. Once on shore she learns she's on Halcyon Island. Will her situation on this island be better than her court ordered destination?
Once she makes it to shore, she is led to a village by Drake. There she meets David, the leader of Halcyon Island. She learns that the island is a spiritual community and is offered food and lodging for the night. So she won't be uncomfortable, David also offers her a bit of company, as well as someone who can tell her about the island and the ways of the community. Reagan immediately feels a kinship with Andie. But the more time Reagan spends on Halcyon, the more she wonders if things would've been better if she had just stayed on the ship.
The story line was incredibly fascinating to me and the story was action packed and never dull. It was written with such colorful descriptions that I felt immersed in Reagan's world. My only con for this book was that I feel like I never really got to know the characters. It was a short story and so full of adventure and suspense, that I feel the characters themselves were kind of left out. I want to know more about this characters, their thoughts, feelings, background. I need more, lol.
**This review was originally posted, by me, on Goodreads.com
Unfortunately for Reagan Rykehart, this is a lesson she learns all too well. Covering for a friend, Reagan ends up in court and sentenced to 16 months at the Grandy Island Reintegration Camp. A facility for the treatment and rehabilitation of at risk youths. She's never heard of it and is pretty sure she won't like it. Once on the ship headed to the island, another passenger (who's spent time at the facility) tells her a little about the "Rehabilitation" center. When Reagan sees lights coming from land nearby, she decides she'd rather risk jumping from the ship and swimming to land, rather than going to Grandy Island. Once on shore she learns she's on Halcyon Island. Will her situation on this island be better than her court ordered destination?
Once she makes it to shore, she is led to a village by Drake. There she meets David, the leader of Halcyon Island. She learns that the island is a spiritual community and is offered food and lodging for the night. So she won't be uncomfortable, David also offers her a bit of company, as well as someone who can tell her about the island and the ways of the community. Reagan immediately feels a kinship with Andie. But the more time Reagan spends on Halcyon, the more she wonders if things would've been better if she had just stayed on the ship.
The story line was incredibly fascinating to me and the story was action packed and never dull. It was written with such colorful descriptions that I felt immersed in Reagan's world. My only con for this book was that I feel like I never really got to know the characters. It was a short story and so full of adventure and suspense, that I feel the characters themselves were kind of left out. I want to know more about this characters, their thoughts, feelings, background. I need more, lol.
**This review was originally posted, by me, on Goodreads.com