There's a lot going on in this book, and it's fantastic at unpacking the construction of race for a YA audience. I loved Jane as a narrator, and especially her evolving understanding of Kate as a character--it starts off like very "I'm not like other girls, and I don't like this pretty girl who is like all the other girls!" but then it goes past that in a way that's really great.

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I guess I was a little thrown by the kind of steampunk walled city situation? I thought this was going to be more like... straightforward zombie fighting, I guess? But it was interesting for sure.

Also this seems to be setting up for a series? The ending definitely leaves some things hanging.

Also it's great to have bi and ace characters in a historical YA fiction, even if they don't use those exact labels!