The premise of death dates has always been interesting to me - this new book stood out to me because it has a similar premise to my own dystopian fiction novel! But what I love is how two authors can take a similar idea and create entirely different stories.

Trista Lundquist explores a world where science has allowed people to uncover their "year of death." The main character Lai has a YOD of 18, which is significantly shorter than the others in her community. Her skepticism and curiosity grows as she turns 18 and notices some suspicious things in her town.

There was a twist about halfway through that was super intriguing!! I got goosebumps! My only critique would be the bigger doses of world building and descriptions that made some parts feel slower, but the plot picked up as the story went on.

This book is like The Giver x The Measure...Or if I'm gonna be annoying (lol) I could use When Death Is Coming as a comp title because I do think if you enjoyed mine, you'd like seeing another author's interpretation of this idea!

Very excited to continue reading this series. Thank you to the author for the ARC in exchange for a review!