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β€œβ„Œπ”¬π”΄ 𝔑𝔬 𝔭𝔒𝔬𝔭𝔩𝔒 𝔩𝔬𝔳𝔒, β„‘ 𝔴𝔬𝔫𝔑𝔒𝔯, 𝔨𝔫𝔬𝔴𝔦𝔫𝔀 𝔱π”₯π”žπ”± 𝔒𝔳𝔒𝔯𝔢 π”ͺ𝔬π”ͺ𝔒𝔫𝔱 𝔦𝔰 𝔰𝔬 π”­π”―π”’π” π”žπ”―π”¦π”¬π”²π”°, 𝔱π”₯π”žπ”± π”žπ”± π”žπ”«π”Ά 𝔰𝔒𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔑, 𝔦𝔱 𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔑 π”žπ”©π”© π”ͺ𝔒𝔩𝔱 𝔩𝔦𝔨𝔒 𝔰𝔫𝔬𝔴, 𝔬𝔯 𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔫 𝔱𝔬 π”žπ”°π”₯?”

Published: 04/03/25
Genre: Dystopian, sci-fi, YA, romance
Page count: 384
Format read: 🎧
Other books read by this author: π“π‘πž 𝐖𝐨π₯𝐟 & 𝐭𝐑𝐞 π–π¨π¨ππ¬π¦πšπ§, π‹πšππ² πŒπšπœπ›πžπ­π‘

A sapphic romance between a taxidermist & a cyborg in a bleak dystopian world. I loved the backstory to this so much; the concept of a company using debt to take over a population serves as both a terrifying vision of the future & a scathing indictment of capitalism. I also loved the concept of the Lamb’s Gauntlet & the way everything is live-streamed to the citizens to keep them both in line with the knowledge that they could be next, & utterly hooked on the drama unfolding before them. Where this fell down for me a little was the main characters. I didn’t think there was as much depth to them as there could have been & I would have liked more build up to their romance. I’ve seen a lot of people complaining about the ending, however this was one of my favourite parts & worked so well with the concept & tone of the novel.