Review: The Artful

Title: The Artful (Shadows of the City #1)

Author: Wilbert Stanton

Genre: Young Adult, Sci-Fi

Published: May 27, 2014

I received this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Set in the future where a virus killed a good portion of New York and made it painful to go into the sun Dodge and Twist would steal medicine from those in power to give it to those in need. They did it for the fame.

The first fifty pages I had the song "Consider Yourself" from the musical Oliver Twist stuck in my head. Eventually I got over that.

Dodge was a sexist and didn't have charm or humor to counteract it. Any time a female crossed his path all he would talk about was sex. Twist was a follower who spent the book trying to prove he wasn't while gut reacting to events.

I found the end frustrating. After everything the characters had gone through nothing was actually accomplished. There wasn't even any character growth. In fact all the characters were worse off than they had been at the beginning of the story.

Overall I gave this book 2 stars out of 5.