Buddy read with ✨Skye✨, Lisa & izzy! ❤

Holy fuck what the fuck.

This is a hard one to review, because I agree with many others that it's so much better to go into this with as few expectations and preconceptions as possible — though the plot is so intricately woven that it may not help you solve the mystery, it'll definitely help you empathize with Aiden's lack of information and struggle to piece the puzzle together.

I will say that it starts off a bit slow, then rapidly picks up pace and tension as the conspiracies and interpersonal tangles start to become clearer, though it wasn't until at least the 80% mark that I felt this book earned a 5-star rating. (It was already a solid 4 stars though!) The premise is tantalizingly appetizing and the successive reveals deliciously satisfying, and while I don't think my emotions could survive rereading this book, it's just fascinating.