I would like to thank the publisher, Netgalley, and the author for the ARC of this book. I read an advanced copy of this book, so the final edition of the book might be slightly different. All thoughts and opinions are my own, as always.

I ended up really enjoying reading this book, and it's been great to see that I still enjoy Roth's writing, even if we've both grown a lot since Divergent. It was interesting to see her blend this sci-fi setting of a broken world with Antigone, and I really liked how it ended up working together. I hadn't been too familiar with Antigone before reading this, but after reading a summary after finishing this novella, I only appreciated how Roth used the source material even more.

Since Arch-Conspirator is a novella, it's overall quite a quick read, and I can see that being an issue for some in this specific instance. The world is such a fascinating one, but we don't actually get the chance to fully explore it. There was a lot to fit in to these 128 pages, and that meant a lot of the further world explanation had to be skipped over in order to keep the story moving and developing. While I didn't necessarily mind not fully diving into the world, I do think this book could've easily been full-length as well. I would've loved to see more about how the world got this way, and more of it's politics and inner-workings. I also feel like it would've given us more space and time to truly connect to the characters, especially Antigone, her sister, and her betrothed, which would've made the final ending even more hard-hitting.

Overall, I quite enjoyed this quick retelling of Antigone, and I quite liked the futuristic spin that Roth added to it! It's made me excited to dive into more of her more recent releases.