Recommend Me is a weekly meme featured by Kate at The Neverending Shelf, in which participants will pick one of their all time favorite reads to share. This could be a book that you read yesterday or years ago.

To play along, grab a favorite read and tell us about it. You can include your thoughts about the novel, its summary, your favorite memory related to the novel... the possibilities are limitless.

This week my pick is The Compound by S.A Bodeen

Eli and his family have lived in the underground Compound for six years. The world they knew is gone, and they've become accustomed to their new life. Accustomed, but not happy.

For Eli, not amount of luxury can stifle the dull routine of living in the same place. with only his two sisters, only his father and mother, doing the same thing day after day after day.

As problems with their carefully planned existence threaten to destroy their sanctuary - and their sanity - Eli can't help but wonder if he's rather take his chances outside. Eli's father built the Compound to keep them safe. But are they safe - or sorry?  (GoodReads)

Thoughts/Mini Review

Want to read a gripping novel that will leave knots in your stomach and leave you with that pesky question....WHY WOULD SOMEONE DO THIS........

I actually read The Compound last year and it was on my top ten of YA novels, you can read my full review here. Getting into the mind of Eli was like a riding the Mean Streak at Cedar Point a slow- but steady climb and then a drop so fast it takes the wind out of you-The Compound is laced with shocking revelations, on the edge of your seat moments and gross situations that make you go eewwww.

Recommended for anyone who loves to gasp at shocking situations.......