quick thoughts:

• The plot captivated me from the very first chapter.
• It kept me on my toes. I could never pinpoint which direction the story was going to take, and it ended up shocking me! which is always a bonus (and hard to do)
• .... though the plot twists didn't really pack the punch they could of if i had any kind of emotional investment in the characters.
• Lake & Taren were flat protagonists. They never felt like real, fleshed-out people with emotions & motivations beyond what we were told.
• Same with the secondary characters. Willow & Ransom had no personality.
• It was intriguing though and kept me reading. I sped through it pretty quickly, despite preferring a descriptive writing style over a fast-moving plotline.
• I could not tell you what a single character looked like.
• The virtual reality setting was done perfectly, in the sense that I did question what was real and what wasn’t and was slightly confused at all moments.
• definitely recommend to fans of [b:Warcross|41014903|Warcross (Warcross, #1)|Marie Lu|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1533058119l/41014903._SY75_.jpg|49634052] and [b:Dreamfall|40644309|Dreamfall (Dreamfall #1)|Amy Plum|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1529959806l/40644309._SY75_.jpg|46757540]

➸ Trigger warnings for

grief depiction, death of a mother, sister & brother recounted, murder, explosion recounted, fire, death by a fall (op), spaceship crash recounted, war themes, nuclear warfare discussed and animal death mentioned

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◯ Review copy provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

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