In a small town on the coast of California, everyone over the age of fourteen suddenly disappears, setting up a battle between the remaining town residents and the students from a local private school, as well as those who have "The Power" and are able to perform supernatural feats and those who do not.
This is a book where I’m not 100% sure how I feel about it. I think I liked it but some parts made me wonder. The concept was really, really cool. One day everyone over the age of 15 suddenly disappears. Pretty cool right? A whole town full of teenagers and kids. I liked how everyone started taking on a role and there was suddenly all these cliques. It was really cool. What did bother me was that it took forever for people to realize that there’s babies around that need to be taken care of. That part, I feel was a little unrealistic.
The characters were all really good I found. I liked Astrid. She was a really good female heroine. She was really smart and brave, which was a relief. Sam was also really likeable too. Quinn was annoying and stupid, but that’s how the author portrayed him. The others were pretty cool too. Even the bullies had some cool development going on. I especially liked how not everyone had super powers. It made things interesting.
In the end, the plot was good, the characters were good and the writing was good. There was just something a little off for me which is why it isn’t getting full stars. Maybe it’s because it was good but it didn’t blow me away. I’m holding out hope for the next book though.
