I absolutely fell in love with this story. It was enthralling. I never wanted to put the book down or stop reading and it was so hard not having the time to just binge this all at once, because I definitely could have. I was absorbed from page one and just devoured it.

My one main issue was the writing. I really didn't love her writing style. It's very dialogue heavy and pretty minimal, and I felt like this book would have benefitted from something more. A little more time spent in the characters' heads, or the present time period, or just dealing with everything. The world could have been opened up more. I don't really know, but it did feel a little bit lacking to me and kept this book from being an absolute favorite.

I loved the ending. It's dark and it hurts and it's the perfect conclusion to this story. Obviously I don't want to talk about specifics and spoilers, but it left such a bitter taste in my mouth. Butler definitely doesn't pull her punches and I love her for it.

Highly recommend. I loved this and I'm really excited to read more from Octavia Butler in the future.