Once I started reading this book, I couldn’t put it down. The premise of this book was so intriguing and the execution was even better. I did not expect Ezra, Vera’s creator, to be such a complex character but I really liked how his grief was explored and how Vera dealt with it.

I mostly enjoyed the main character Vera’s exploration of what it means to be human and her internal struggles of feeling like she’s a monster. I was super invested in Vera's story. Sometimes it got a bit repetitive but for a young adult protagonist, I think that is to be expected. 

The ending is what takes this down from being excellent to being just good. I was honestly quite baffled at the last two chapters because they went in the complete opposite direction of what Vera has discovered about herself through the course of the book. Suddenly in the last part of the book, Vera presents this dichotomy between “killing Nazis/violence” and “helping people live.” It’s not clear how she can do one without the other in this situation and it’s never explained further. The ending almost feels incomplete in a sense because we are told that Vera’s emotional journey is finished but it doesn’t feel that way.

Thank you to NetGalley and Inkyard Press for providing me with a digital copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.