A. R. Ivanovich

Nice job of world building: first, Katelyn's quiet town in Haven, where she leads a typical teenager life, and second, the outside world, which has been sealed off for 700 years. She has always had a gift for finding things and thus escapes to help save a drone soldier named Rune. Katelyn find herself in the middle of a war, with evil commanders, who discover she has two skills and is declared a Runestone, to be manipulated to gain superiority. Too slow at the beginning, and a little too show more much of Katelyn's personal moral and romantic discovery, but the building suspense kept me interested. show less

4.5 stars
This book is what I'd call a hidden jem! It doesn't seem to be very mainstream and I think it's a self-pub. But I really enjoyed it, and when I was done I found myself really wanting more of these characters, and more of this world! The world the author built was pretty unique and imaginative, which is really hard to find nowadays. It was almost like an Alice in Wonderland but completely different in content. I loved the depth and detail that the author goes into. The relationships show more (both platonic and romantic) between characters were sweet, and heart-wrenching. I will definitely be looking forward to the next books as I hear this will be a trilogy! Yay! show less

Usually I don't bother to review the books I read, however, I stumbled upon this one by chance and downloaded it to my Kindle on a whim. I struggled to give the book an appropriate rating. I thoroughly enjoyed the story. The world-building is excellent, however, the book as a whole is in desperate need of professional editing. I found the formatting, spelling, and grammatical errors a huge distraction. Additionally, the main character could use a great deal of development as well. That said, show more I would still love to see more from this author. show less

This is a story of Katelyn Kesteral, a 17 year old girl who has a gift of finding anything she wants - even a 700-year hidden exit from her country of Haven. What she finds in the Outside leads her to believe that maybe there's no place like home.

Good story, Katelyn's character is well-developed and is refreshingly free of vampires, zombies and redundant sex scenes. Hope there are other books - both set in the past and continuing the story - there were too many questions at the end. I'd show more recommend to anyone interested in Young Adult Fantasy. show less