Woodward absolutely nailed a young and lost Rogue, already feeling lonely and heartbroken in a world she can never touch. You just want to hug her; even though that would probably kill you. The poor girl can't catch a break so it's almost a relief when she says "Screw it" and bolts out of town with the handsome and mysterious stranger. The set up is pretty standard romance novel fair; guy with hidden secrets and girl with hidden secrets meet up, fall in love, and their secrets inspire wacky hijinks. Typical but certainly not boring or sappy. Rogue was always a warmhearted woman in the comics and it shows through in this novel with how she wants to get close to her fellow fugitive help him with his "I'm an alien being hunted by my own kind" problem.

So many feelings on this book . Rogue is of my favorite characters from x-men . I think you need to approach this book as Rogue from another universe that isn’t from the comics at all. If you are expecting this to be like the comics I say prepared to be disappointed and go to another book . This book is a about another Rogue who is a runaway after she puts Cody in a coma. She then meets James aka Touch and it’s a road trip. I thought Touch’s story was more interesting than Rogue. Overall it was okay , just not what I was expecting.

After reading a few pages, I realized I was not interested in this book at all.