I was so so excited for this book, but it just really fell flat for me. The selling point for me on this book is mentioned in the summary on the back of the book. The concept of Leandro's consciousness being placed into a drone was what initially drew me to this book. This idea encompassed maybe 1/3 of the whole book. 

There are topics mentioned here that are extremely important. Higuera frames immigration and racism in a way that young people who may be first encountering this topic will understand. 

I was not emotionally attached to any of the characters and the world was quite dark and depressing and dealt with heavy things like death and banishment which I thought was a bit over confident in emotional readiness for a book meant for tweens. 

2.75 stars