So far being a YA genre book, it has a bit of swearing in it, in fact the first three words are ‘Fuck. Vagina. Shit.’ which is a bit explicit, however I do not believe this takes away from the story. Some would actually argue that the swearing is necessary. I didn’t care either way being a full grown adult who uses those words, however I can see how a parent wouldn’t like for their teenager to read it. After the words we are immediately introduced to Theo the main character and Phoe (Pronounced Fee) his maybe imaginary friend.

I felt lost in the beginning of the book as I wasn’t aware of all the details surrounding Oasis (where they live). The author Zales quickly remedies this by having Phoe and Theo interact and fill in the gaps of what the reader is missing.

My Favorite this about this book was the seemingly nonstop action, I’m surprised how much Theo did in a single day and I was never bored when reading which is always a good thing. My least favorite thing was actually the character Phoe. She just annoyed me, I’m not sure how Theo put up with her all the time, my annoyance didn’t deter me from the book at all. The ending was a little lackluster but the small twist at the end I really didn’t see coming, so congrats to Zales for keeping that a well kept twist.

Overall this book was great and I cannot wait to read the second installment Limbo. ( )

Disclosure: I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review

When I first started reading this book, my immediate thought was, "oh great, another post-apocalyptic world book". I was wrong.

This was a fantastic, engaging, suspenseful read. I dived into it very quickly and could not stop reading it until the end. I finished it in less than 2 hours because I could not put it down.

The plot is full of twists and turns, the characters are very well developed, and the story line is unique. I do not want to give away spoilers in this book so I won't go into much detail. Suffice it to say, I can't wait to read book 2. ( )

2.5 Stars

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I need to admit that I have a soft spot for Dystopian YA stories, and I haven't yet been able to decide exactly why. I heard this book was being compared to the Divergent series, and even though that series wasn't all gold that blinks, I felt like I had to read this book as well. But, as it turned out. The covers are the only things that are alike.

Meet Theo, your not-so-strong male protagonist, who's not so quiet and docile any more since he's been hearing voices in his head. Or basically one voice, Phoe, who is showing him all kind of things that are being censored by the Elders and there's mind control too.

One of the many weird and confusing things in this novel was that people under 40 where not considered adults and where left mostly to guard themselves. While I understand this works for 20somethings I doubt very much this is useful for eight-year-olds. I was disappointed because I felt many of the things in the novel were not explained and sometimes downright confusing. I didn't like it as much as I'd hoped, and I'm not sure yet whether or not I will continue with the second book in this series.

Oasis is the first book in The Last Humans series.

Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for providing me with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review! ( )