First published 2012
Rhine and Gabriel break free from the mansion only to stumble into fresh peril. Their escape leads them straight to a sinister carnival where a ringmistress collects young women like specimens. Rhine discovers the woman's dark intentions just as circumstances shift once more. She and Gabriel push forward through a landscape as bleak as the prison they abandoned a year earlier. The world around them reflects Rhine's own dread and despair. They set their sights on Manhattan, where Rhine's twin brother Rowan waits. The journey stretches long and treacherous ahead of them. In this reality, women die at twenty and men at twenty-five, making every moment count. Rhine's father-in-law Vaughn pursues them relentlessly, willing to use any method to drag Rhine back to captivity. Now Rhine faces an agonizing choice about whether liberation justifies its cost, especially when she stands to lose more than ever before.
Genres: dystopia, romance, fantasy, young-adult
Vibes: dark, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Manhattan, New York
Period: 20th-century, 21st-century
341 pages · Hardcover · Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Content warnings: death, violence