Malia seems to be your typical hard-headed heroine. Shes so set into her ways as a henchman for her cult-like society, called the Malana, that she never realizes the big picture of what the Malana stand for until theres a wrench thrown into her world, AKA Aidan, which is a typical idea in a TeenLit novel. She finds herself inexplicably drawn to Aidan right off the bat as she begins to run into him everywhere she goes. It is obvious that Aidan is following Malia, but her lust for him makes her blind to his obvious stalker-like tendencies. Theyre round about, yet flirtatious, banter gets almost tiresome as you read. Bowens will take many pages to describe a run-in with her prowler, simply describing Malias physical reactions to his presence. I found myself thinking Yes, we know u think hes hot, but& Ask him something meaningful please. As you read, Bowens introduces pieces of information that she never explains fully. Theres a huge society that the Malana control and a complicated back story to the protagonist that she barely glazes over in the book. She touches on names and events in Malias past that seem too out of place to fit into the story at hand. She simply hints and implies at pieces of information, but she doesnt seem to pull it off as well as someone like Melissa Marr (author of the Wicked Lovely series). It almost feels like she bit off more than she could chew. I couldnt connect with Malia very well and Im somewhat disappointed that theres a sequel coming soon, but the reader in me is intrigued because the last 50 pages or so finally drew me into her world a little. I'm hoping that the sequel will shed some light on all the dark, confusing spots in Chrysalis.