Elusion (Elusion, #1)

by Cheryl Klam and Claudia Gabel

[violetpeanut]

There were parts of this that I really liked. I loved the technology and the descriptions of it. I liked that there were some "adventure" aspects to the story. I liked that I never completely knew where things were going to go. I had an idea but never figured it all out.

But, there were more things that didn't really do it for me. The world-building is severely lacking. We know that the air is contaminated most of the time and they need masks to breathe outdoors, but it's never really explained how this came to be. I don't know that we even find out how far into the future this is (or maybe I just missed that). I had a lot of questions about the world in general and I think it could have been fleshed out a lot more.

I also never really connected with any of the characters. The main character doesn't seem to have a brain sometimes and some of her decisions regarding her relationships didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. The two male characters, Patrick and Josh never really seemed three-dimensional to me. I didn't really hate any of the characters, but neither did I love them. I would have liked to have a stronger reaction to them, one way or the other.

Overall, this was a fun read and I would recommend it to fans of the genre but it didn't blow me away and would not me on any of my "must-read" lists.