Let me begin by saying that the concept is very unique and unusual, making it an interesting and intriguing read and I really didn't expect to like it the way that I did. I absolutely love it when a book changes my opinion of it halfway through and proves me wrong. The characters were also very different to those that I have seen countless numbers of times. It was refreshing to see a difference in characters and to experience a new and unique writing style.

Nona, a girl who was raised in the wild, is present when her guardian kills himself, causing her to become the main suspect in the case of his death. You feel sorry for her from the very start and you see the irony with the way she is treated, which is in the way that she was forced to grow up, like an animal. However, her companion, a bear who she fled with, portrays a more human side, making it an odd and confusing partnership throughout the story.

Along the way, Nona meets two boys, Caius and Jay. I found them to be very clashing characters with their personalities and the way they acted. They seemed to mirror each other unknowingly and both have something, personality or quality wise that the other might wish to have as well.

Throughout, you see how each of the characters has a need to fit in somewhere and that's what makes them fit together so well and makes them seem more real to each other. They are all very relatable in that sense and the way you see each of them at the start has changed by the end.

I thought this book was a weird but interesting read, but at times I was very confused with what was going on. For me that was the only let down, so I would award this book a 4 / 5. Worth the read.

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