I was very interested in this book because of the exciting blurb even though I've grown to be a bit cautious towards indie authors. I know they deserve a chance and all, but I've just had so many bad reading experiences that I try to rely on my gut feeling whether to give it a go or not. I'm glad that turned out to be a good decision in this case.
The Heartland is a very unique setting. The author throws the reader right into the story which I always love. It takes a while to get used to but it feels more authentic if there isn't too much explaining done. It feels more like real events rather than staged ones that need to be explained to me. Still, all the special vocabulary and things that existed in this world made the reading progress quite slow at the beginning.
But once I got the hang of it, I really enjoyed this book. The topic is actually very common, the rich exploiting the poor, keeping them in the dark about basically everything, only handing them scraps of the good stuff to have them hope for more. In the Heartlands, they grow corn. But not the corn that we know, it's a futuristic, highly aggressive type of corn. The land is wrecked by terrible pollen blizzards, drought and tumor diseases. Its people live a short and harsh life with little medical care
And still, this is the only world that Cael and his family and friends know. Cael is the captain of a scavenger crew that tries to find scraps and pieces of anything out there to sell it in the market. Cael is an interesting character. I can't say that I could identify with him but he wasn't unlikable either. I guess he was being a typical boy that's growing into a man. He needed to find his role in this brutal world. Decide whether he wants to live by the rules or go out there to make a difference. He behaves like an ass multiple times and still I understood his reasons most of the times.
Especially interesting was Cael's relationship to his father Arthur. He basically thinks his father is a loser and I couldn't understand why his father never had an open conversation with him up until almost the end of the book. Speaking of which, the last quarter of this novel is breath-taking. A wild and crazy ride of multiple POVs which were almost too much for me.
I can't wait to read more about Cael and his friends Rico and Lane, about Pop and Mer and his big love Gwennie. I'm very glad that I have the next two books waiting already on my Kindle so I'll keep you informed about this trilogy.
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