You know the saying never judge a book by its cover. Well I kind of judged this book when it first started because it didn’t seem that interesting within the first chapter into the second. I wasn’t really sure what the story was going to be about since the cover is black with some white butterflies and yellowish branches towards the tops and fuchsia colored shadow of flowers. It really catches you off guard when Daisy starts to talk about the feelings that she felt when she spent time with Edmond. Those feeling crossed both of their minds since eventually their cousin relationship becomes more of a romantic relationship. Many will feel grossed out with the fact that they are blood cousins but let’s be honest I think we have seen worst, not saying I approve of it just saying that worst has been seen. To Daisy’s bad luck, a war starts to breakout in England and Piper and she are separated from Isaac, Edmond and Osbert. While being separated Daisy always dreamed of being with Edmond and that they would have a conversation. Things were fine at Reston Bridge until day the Mayor McEnvoy and Joe were shot and killed, something caused it to break out there. Frankie rushed to get Piper, Daisy, Mrs. McEnvoy and Alby to take them to a safe place. Daisy would have Edmond in her mind regardless of the situation they were going through. Once at the safe place, they got to talk to the soldier and got to become close to Baz after they had known him from when they would milk the cows. Daisy felt the trust in him and shared her plans of escaping to find the boys but in reality her main reason was Edmond. The day came when things were starting to become shacky and Baz told Daisy, he even had a backpack ready for them with necessities for their travel. Daisy knew that it was going to be a difficult journey because she was a city girl not from the country. Luckily the night they had to leave Reston Bridge, she took a compass that belonged to Mayor McEnvoy and she had previously obtained a map to locate Gateshead, therefore which was of some help to their advantage. The journey was tiresome, scary, they lacked sleep, they had unpleasant beds, they experienced hunger and not to mention the feeling of feeling dirty from not changing clothes or taking baths. Daisy learned the significance of feeling hungry and the urge to eat when food was limited. She learned the way of life living in the outdoors or should we say in the wild because they would eat anything that was edible in the outdoors. Even though Daisy wasn’t used to this kind of life she faced it bravely and focused on reaching her destination. After days of long walks they reached their destination and right of the bat Daisy knew things didn’t seem right and feared the worst but she confronted her fears and went to find out. What she was devastating, to see all those dead bodies of adults and children, but she got to see that the boys weren’t part of the dead. Daisy and Piper returned to the house that wasn’t that far away and decided to hide out in the barn until things cooled down. Then one day, her life changed when the phone rang and she answered, she was returned back to New York to reunite with her father. Then six years later, she decides to return to England with her cousins, now that the war had ended and slowly things were returning to some normality. Daisy decides that she is meant to live there and her life is where she is now.
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