Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC copy I’m exchange for a review. 

I was so looking forward to this one. Dystopian novels are usually right up my alley, but Harrow just didn’t deliver. From what I’ve seen from rave reviews, the writing style for this one is similar to her other novels. However, the style seemed clunky and nothing seemed to connect. If I’m being honest, if this is how her earlier works are, I’m surprised she won the Pulitzer in 2001.

Book 1 was a hot mess. Random scene changes with so many characters and nothing seemed to connect. Book 2 was getting better, the plot seemed to be tying together but the characters were insufferable. 

Also, what’s a dystopian novel without science? From the bit I read, there was little science and little mention of how America plunged in this dystopia. It was all theory. 

She’s obviously a well beloved author, but she’s not for me.