Review of the Forsaken

 The Forsaken by Lisa M. Stasse on Goodreads.com
The Forsaken by Lisa M. Stasse on Amazon.com

I received this book for free through the Goodreads.com First Reads program.

Alenna Shawcross is mandated to a correctional facility for a crime she has not committed--yet. She is sent to the Wheel, a prison island, more or less. She must determine which faction on the island garners her allegiance and then she has to prove herself to those people.

It seems to me this book is an odd pairing of The Hunger Games and The Lord of the Flies. While I was encouraged by the storyline to keep reading, there were still places that gave me pause. The characters could have been more fleshed out. In fact I think that's my entire problem with the book, the plot is amazing but I needed something more from the main characters.

3/5