Remember the 2016 film Passengers, co-starring Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt? In which a space colonist's cryo-sleep pod malfunctions and he wakes up a century too early on a spaceship? It was such a great premise that, unfortunately, the movie did not live up to. Goddess in the Machine is like the reverse, in which a girl wakes up centuries too late and discovers that all of her family and friends are gone. If that doesn't cause a mental breakdown, she is also the only hope for continued survival of the remaining descendants of those early colonists. In an over-saturated YA market, Lora Beth Johnson's Goddess in the Machine stands out for its unique concept and execution. The amount of world-building, the character dynamics, and even the pidgin slang used by the people of the future were all well thought out and constructed. I also appreciate that, in such a high-stakes novel, the romance took a backseat to the plot and did not stall or divert the storyline. Overall, this was a fun read and one I highly recommend fans of YA science fiction.