In the pursuit of creating a strong female main character, the author has constructed someone so unbelievable that it makes the novel difficult to read. During a chase scene, Brooke is constantly crashing and getting injured, yet has absolutely no trouble operating a car on icy roads at 150 mph. Then, on top of that, is able to visiously fight 3 people to the death without collapsing on little food and water with the injuries she's already obtained. This is just one example of how unbelievable these characters are. She's not even a fully constructed character, as her only personality trait is trying to save her sister. That's fine, but it makes her a very one dimensional, boring character. The plot armor given to Brooke's character dissolves any tension that could be built because you know that nothing that happens to her will have any effect. 

Typically, you can have a lot of aspects to explore with a post apocalyptic world that can make a story interesting. However, most of the book is spent in a multi-chapter car chase that allows for no exploration of anything past unbelievable car crashes and failed attempts to stop the slaverunners. The writing became incredibly repetitive, using the same cliches over and over until they finally get to the arena about more than halfway into the book. Phrases are constantly recycled, making each chapter sound the exact same as the last. For example, a phrase along the lines of "Brooke pressed the gas pedals and watched the speedometer go from 90...100...110...120....130....140...150" was used constantly. At one point, I was rolling my eyes at how often phrases were reused without any alteration. 

Like many other dystopian novels riding the coattails of The Hunger Games or other popular dystopian books, the author fails to add any of the depth that makes The Hunger Games so interesting. The world, characters, and story are base-level with little to draw the reader into wanting to know more. 

If you want a basic dystopian book to read, you probably won't dislike this. But if you're looking for a deeper story, you won't really find it here.