Don't let the innocent cover fool you; this book is about zombies and slavery.

Revelation is the first book in the new Poppet Cycle series, and it has some of the most unique dystopian world-building I've seen. The working class was defeated after an attempted revolution, and to prevent another rebellion, workers were replaced with reanimated corpses. Ellie is the heiress to the company that produces these "poppets," and so she sees no harm in the treatment of these robotic zombie-type creatures.
This book is much more thought-provoking than I expected. Court case briefings between each chapter really paint the world as horrific and there are certain scenes that reminded me a lot of Neal Shusterman's Unwind in that they made me sick to my stomach.
The world itself carried the book for me. The middle felt a bit slow and I didn't particularly love any of the characters, but the concepts present in the story kept me hooked.
If you're looking for a new kind of zombie story or a dystopian world that borders on horror, this book is for you.

3.5/5
Thanks to Netgalley for the free e-ARC!