Ruby is 17 years old and has already been promised to an older man in her cult, Fireseed, since she was just a child. On the night when she is to consummate that promise, she grabs her little brother and goes on the run. She ends up at a school for orphaned teens in the middle of nowhere and thinks that finally she and her brother are safe. As you can imagine, things rarely go according to plan, and Ruby is no different.

The world building in this book was done very well, the characters were likeable, and the plot was interesting and kept me engaged until the very end. This was the second book in the Fireseed series but could be read as a standalone and easily followed.

Recommended.

4/5 stars.