Okay this was both heartbreaking and powerful. 😭 I don't know how but Nicole Kornher-Stace just knows how to balance aspects of dystopia and elements of a deeply human story. She did it with Firebreak, and did it again here in its prequel. 🥹

Thank you so much to Tachyon Publishing for sending an ARC my way! This, of course, did not affect my overall opinion of the book.