I received this ARC through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review!

Ive read this book a few times now and I still like it, I'm looking forward to reading more from this author

Selah is reunited with her father - and one would think that the questions can be solved, finally - but it seems that the troubles just start here. Glade Rishon has some knowledge, but not all of it. Bodhi, Selah' s love, is detached. And some answers may be found only in the Mountain - the place full of pain and memories.

This is the best YA fantasy (I would even say steampunk, a bit at least) I have ever read in the genre of Christian literature. First - it is truly YA. The questions are YA, the feelings are YA, the isecurities and loyalties are YA. And it is not easy to write the way that one is transported back into the beautiful, insecure period of youth! Hands down, Ms Calhoun.
The adults are not omnipowered, too, as they would like to look like - and we are not, really. Good point.
Also the action is fine (sure, there are some logical loopholes, but the spirit and the drive can make for this).
I also give the girl power present here. Some right dose of good side of feminism can not hurt anybody.

I am still not educated enough about the complex spiritual message this book wants to show me - but the third volume waits, hopefully with the answers.

I have been well entertained with this novel and I also went down and thought about some aspect - and both of it is a good stuff for the lover of books.
Read this.

Bonnie Calhoun continues her young adult dystopian series set in a world where life is very different 150 years from now. Most of the population lives in the ruins of American cities destroyed by a nuclear holocaust.
In Lightning, Selah Rishon thinks her problems are over when she finds her birth father, but her special abilities continue to increase–and no one is exactly like her. She is part Lander, part human. Selah is the “novarium”–someone who plays a major role in an unfolding prophecy.
Both Bohdi Locke, the Lander who is her romantic interest, and her newfound father Glade seem to have no time for her. Who will tell her how to handle her abilities and visions? Can she rescue her family from their imprisonment? What about the Third Protocol of Landers that will complete her transformation?
Although the book is interesting, the faith element is non-existent. The book covers for this series are dramatic, and the second book is much better then the first. Lightning has more action and less romance than Thunder.
However, one should read the first book before reading this one; otherwise the reader will find it challenging to understand the backstory. Calhoun has also written two novellas in this series, Tremors and Aftershock. Her characters are believable and flawed, reinforcing the realism of the story.
Calhoun creates a credible futuristic world with a strong heroine, which should appeal to fans of Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games and Lisa Bergren’s Remnants series.