REVIEW for Easy Prey by Catherine Lo

Thank you to the publisher Amulet Books for sending me an electronic copy of this book to read and review.

TITLE:                  Easy Prey

AUTHOR:            Catherine Lo

GENRE:               YA (social theme)

RATING:              3.5 stars

Where to start?

I had a hard time rating this book because at times it felt like a 4 star and others a 3 star.  I decided on 3.5 stars because this book lacked depth.

While there are 3 main characters throughout the book, you don't get a chance to discover who they really are.  Considering the topic of the book, I would have loved more backstory on Jenna and while we do get a bit of an idea what Mouse's life is like at home, we don't know who he is.  Drew is probably the least fleshed out character, which makes all 3 of these characters kind of formulaic.

The writing is good in that it doesn't deviate from where it is going.  I like that Lo writes straightforward prose, not too many boring details about things that don't matter.

There is a surprise ending to this book, which, to be honest, I figured out about halfway to the end and its kind of clever, if not a tad unrealistic.

This is not a bad read, but I have no idea the who, where, why, how of these characters, so it was very difficult for me to like or even be invested in their story.