Review: Alone (The Girl in the Box #1) by Robert J Crane

2 stars for Alone (The Girl in the Box Book 1) by Robert J. Crane.

Alone is an entertaining and decently well written Young Adult sci-fic fantasy, but it lacks originality and is too predictable. The story starts out promising but frizzles out along the way as the female lead character traps herself in circles, running between the Directorate and what used to be home.

Though I finish reading the entire book, I am not sure if I like the ending, which seems a compilation of sorts, yet lacking the grasp in understanding of the construction. There is potential for improvement in subsequent books in the series, so I may strive on. Perhaps..

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Publication date: 16 Apr 2012

*** Favourite quote ***

Most people are trapped in their towns, or their jobs, or their way of life.
We go through life in our little boxes until we find ourselves in the
last one, buried in the ground.”

~ Alone
Robert J. Crane

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Sienna Nealon was a 17 year-old girl who had been held prisoner in her own house by her mother for twelve years. Then one day her mother vanished, and Sienna woke up to find two strange men in her home. On the run, unsure of who to turn to and discovering she possesses mysterious powers, Sienna finds herself pursued by a shadowy agency known as the Directorate and hunted by a vicious, bloodthirsty psychopath named Wolfe, each of which is determined to capture her for their own purposes...

*Blurb from Goodreads*

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