For such a short book, I feel like I experienced an epic reading this!

Set in the distant future, we are thrown into the middle of ongoing battle between human populations on Earth and Mars. Overly complex world-building is one of my least favourite things in a book, and this book had the perfect balance of creating an immersive and intriguing world without overwhelming the reader with information. Aside from one (self-aware) info-dump, the world is skilfully crafted.

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The real hero of this book is the relationship between the two main characters. It’s somehow unexpected and yet inevitable at the same time, and gave the story a very moving emotional arc. It was the kind where you can feel yourself being swept up into the emotion of the story, unable to tear yourself away from the book, and it really made this book for me.

The only downside for me is I felt that the emotional peak was reached a little too soon. I felt like the emotional side of the story was complete before the plot was, and so by the end I felt like I was done with the book even though there were still a chapter or so to go. But this is the only reason this book didn’t get 5 stars from me; it’s otherwise an excellent short novel.

Thank you for the author for providing me with a copy for review. All opinions are my own.