Words cannot describe how good this book was. I actually got physically nauseous from some of the things that occurred! The writing!! Again, Andrew Joseph White just writes in such a way that it makes you feel as though you are being torn apart, reducing you to nothing with how seen you feel. All of the characters were so viscerally real that just couldn't not feel anything, you know? The historical aspects, combined with the fantastical created a world that was fantastical and so close to the reality of the past to make you uncomfortable. I couldn't put it down. I hope I'm making sense. It's incredibly important to me that you read this book. 

This is a book I was incredibly excited to get and then simply...didn't read it. You know how it is. In any case, my excitement was justified because this book is good. 

Riley was such a lively character: she seemed real and her responses to everything that would happen were understandable. The side characters were all developed enough to ensure and interesting story, written in such a way as to let us know as much about them as we would have if we had met them. The love interest was just... electric, I enjoyed her presence on the page and how her relationship with Riley developed. 

I did not expect unions to be such a large part of this YA book, but it very much worked within the context of everything. It was a plot that was given a lot of attention and care to. 

The worldbuilding was good, we weren't revealed everything, just enough to make us understand why and how everything happened. I enjoyed all the commentary of superpowers and how they would impact the real world. It was all vivid: characters we were meant to hate were easy to feel that way towards and vice versa. 

Most of all I enjoyed the dry, humorous writing-style of the author. Although there wasn't really anything entirely unexpected in the plot, the book was funny, which I enjoyed immensely. 

Overall, a great addition to the catalogue of super-themed books, fresh and enjoyable. 

It really felt unnecessary, and the characters felt like imitations of themselves.