I really enjoyed the relationships between the characters. It focuses mostly on two young siblings and their dog, from all of their perspectives (but mostly the dog's). They all have such a pure love for each other that feels so present throughout the book. I loved all their personalities. I'm not usually a big fan of animals playing such a large role in books and especially reading from their POV, but I really enjoyed it here.

I also quite liked the adventure they went on. James goes scavenging while his little sister Piper stays home, but one day his prosthetic leg is taken from him and it throws everything into chaos. It was really nice to see a disabled protagonist in a dystopic story and it was handled really well. I really enjoyed seeing all the characters' creativity and problem solving as they went about tracking down his leg and exploring more of the world.

My biggest issue was some of the writing. It felt like this book needed another pass of edits. There were some tense switching issues between past and present, especially towards the beginning of the book that I found kind of distracting. There were also a number of awkward fragments. I like a good fragment when it works with the flow of the story, but most of these didn't. And there were lots of gerunds. Gerunds aren't bad, but there were so many it was a little overhwelming. All of these felt like they eased up throughout the book and the writing flowed more naturally as it went along.

This book is only 68 pages and I initially worried the length would be a problem, but it works so well if you enjoy novellas/short stories. It feels like the perfect length to tell the story.

I don't know if I'll continue reading the series because honestly it depends a lot on if I even notice when a new one is released (I'm terrible at keeping up with what's being published), but I feel like there's a good chance I will. There were a lot of questions about the world left up in the air and I'm feeling like I'd enjoy some more answers. The questions posed were interesting enough to pique my curiosity.

I'd definitely recommend picking this up. It was a sweet and fun middle grade that's well worth the hour spent reading.

*Received an ARC in exchange for an honest review*