This was phenomenal. This was the kind of book that inspires readers to believe that not only is anything possible, but that even the most average person can achieve incredible things as long as they have something to believe in. It’s a fictional story that lets readers take a step back to think about everything they have ever believed in without distracting from the actual plot or characters. It was INCREDIBLE.

The formatting here is a little difficult to get into at first, but I promise that once you’re hooked on the story that there is no going back. It slowly brings you in and then it doesn’t let go until long after you’ve finished and you literally have no choice but to move on and think about something else.

I’m not the biggest fan of science fiction, but thankfully there are a lot of layers to this story so there was still a lot for me to enjoy and to be completely honest I even found myself enjoying the sci fi aspects of it.

So anyway I guess I should stop with the general praising of this book and start talking about some details.
Despite the fact that the formatting makes this book a little difficult to get into, once you’re hooked on the story I think it makes the entire thing just so much fun. It’s pretty unique to have the entire story told through these interviews and documents and I think that it was incredibly well done.
The characters are the next best thing about this book. They are so human. There was never a point in the story where I doubted any of the characters motives or questioned their choices. I honestly loved them so much, I was just as involved with the characters individual wants as I was with the actual plot of this story. Speaking of, the plot was incredible. Super fast paced and revealed I a way that lets the readers discover things with the characters rather than having large sections of info dumping. This helped me find the characters super relatable and human.

But even with all of these great things, I still haven’t even touched on the true gem of this book, and to be completely honest I don’t know how much I can discuss without giving to much away…but I need to try and talk about how incredible AIDEN is. AIDEN is the best asset to this story, it has readers question humanity and emotions. AIDEN is so great to this story because it makes you think about values and morals without giving any clear indication of what you SHOULD think about it. It lets readers reflect on their preconceived notions of what is right vs what is wrong, and there were several times while reading this book that I honestly was speechless over the things that happened just because of how much they made me question everything! I think that is all I can really say about AIDEN without giving to much away about what it is, what happens because of it, or any specific instances that will make your jaw drop (because believe me there are a lot of those moments in this book).

I think that if you’re considering reading this book it is worth giving a shot. Like I previously mentioned I’m not a huge sci-fi fan but I can safely say that this was one of the best books I’ve read this year. I had high expectations because of the hype, which promptly fell apart once I started it because I thought the formatting would be uncomfortable for me, but thankfully it all worked out for the best because this book was truly incredible.