Win the Rings

Alright, I think we'll just go straight to the plot right now:

What if the world was not as it seemed?
What if right now, the government is masking a disease which children need to be tested, for a different purpose? Is there a HSK Disease in the first place?
No.
So what does the United States Government have to hide?
Shifters.

Jace is a girl with a mission, she's a warrior through and through and anyone who questions her can have a fist sandwich for lunch. She's a shifter, not the furry kind but a human shifter. This means that she can 'acquire' a persons body and take its form with none the wiser. The Government have created CRACD to contain this anomaly, one problem.
Runners. Those who refuse to take the test and live on the run.
Jace will hunt them out, her target?
Grayson Price.

This book was fascinating, there's loads of suspense and a lot of chase (if that makes sense) I loved Jace's character, she's a badass, a warrior and strong but she has that underlying vulnerability in the sense that she cares for others. Grayson is hilarious, he's such a goof, but has a heart of gold. He's the kind of guy that will run into a building on fire to save people.
SO why does everyone want to kill him?

My criticism of this book is that it went around in circles as bit. Jace chases Grayson, Grayson runs away and evades Jace. Jace is back a CRACD. Grayson screws up and Jace chases Grayson...again.

I mean, it is the first book in the series so I understand why a lot of background stuff has to happen but I felt like a lot of my questions never got answered so, there were moments where i felt confused.

Apart from that, now that i finished it, i feel like the second book will pick up quickly...come to mama book 2!

Like i said, if you get bored with the circular motion of this book, bear with it, i think a good story will be at the end of this!

Stay awesome!

I was kind of surprised at how much I liked this book! I went into it without any expectations and it was pretty well-written and easy to follow for a sci-fi book!

Jace, a 16 year old girl had been taken by the government at age 5 for her abilities to morph into any person by just touch. During her time at the CRACKD government facility, she becomes a hardened warrior determined to escape by any means possible - even if it means capturing other shifters and putting them through the same horrors she went through.

Gray, a 16 year old boy has been on the run from the government since age 5, with his 27 year old sister Nia. Living off the grid as best as possible, his life has always been about hiding and running although he's not sure exactly what he's running from. While trying to help people (to ease his mind about stealing), the government/Jace track him down and the fight of his life begins.

Told by both Jace and Gray, it's a fast-paced book with fully developed characters that I really liked and can't wait to read more about.

"Win the Ring" was an excellent read. Mr. Van Brunt chose a fascinating way to get the reader involved with the two main characters in the story by alternating the chapters for first one character then the the other.
In this storyline I found a world where some humans are able to shape shift to a level so complex as to be able to assume another person's identity from their every thought right to the items in their pockets by using touch. This is a world where the heroine is taken from her family at a very young age to become property of the government with no rights and no citizenship. Where she is made into a weapon because of her shape shifting abilities with no other way out but to fight and live and harden herself and be at the military's whim or to be terminated by a 'kill switch'. This is a world where the hero at the same young age is rescued by a loving sister and they are forced to run and continually look over their shoulders for so many years. Where he has to use his shape shifting abilities to just exist below the radar with his sister while he still keeps a decent character by trying to do the right thing when presented with difficult situations. The author wrote this story in a way that I could not help but feel for these characters and how they had live. This story had so much action. So many plots within plots. I did not want it to end so soon. I will definitely be looking for the next book in this series.

I would like to thank Net Galley, Evernight Publishing, and K.D. Van Brunt for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Win the Rings by K.D. Van Brunt takes us into a world where the United States Government is hiding a special program of the U.S. Army from its citizens. Children are removed from their homes at five years of age, when testing for a deadly HSK disease shows a positive result.

Jace is a product of this program, being raised in the U.S. Army fighting her way through the ranks. She finally earns her graduation putting her in charge of a Special Ops team on the trail of a runner.

I enjoyed reading Win the Rings, and after reading the epilogue hope to see a sequel in the future. I highly recommend Win the Rings by K.D. Van Brunt to anyone who enjoys the science fiction, fantasy, and YA genre.

loved this book and highly recommend it. The characters were unique and the story line gripping. I could not put it down. I loved the characters and the writing. I highly recommend this book