Wish the book had been as good as its synopsis!

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This has to be one of the most unique concepts for a book that I’ve ever read. Just like the main character, readers get dropped in the middle of the action with zero clue as to what’s going on. We’re left to learn along with Aiden as he travels through his various hosts, slowly piecing together what’s happening to him and the truth behind Evelyn’s tragic death.

Sadly, I liked this more in theory than in execution (spoiler alert ahead!🚨). My biggest gripe was that the supernatural premise was never satisfactorily explained. Is it magic? Purgatory? An alternate/future reality? I had my assumptions going in, but we never got a real answer other than that it’s a sort of prison. But in what kind of world does this prison exist?! It gave me the impression that the author had this idea that he thought was really cool, but he couldn’t figure out how to logically establish it…so he just didn’t and hoped we’d be too caught up in how cool it was to notice. I was left wanting more in a not good way.

It definitely kept me engaged and on the edge of my seat. I just need my fantasy, more than any other genre, to establish a strong setting and build a world that feels real and credible within its own parameters. Without that here, the fantastical elements felt unfortunately unearned.