New Take on Post-Apocalyptic

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I rounded up my rating from 4.5 to 5 stars. This story would have made a perfect Black Mirror episode. I think the creepiest part of this story is that at it’s core it’s a direction we’re going in. The world is facing increasingly disastrous natural disasters because of generations of pollution and abusing the planet. There are minimal solutions like sky cities but they came too late and they’re going to fail. That’s the setting of this story, but the main story is about two sisters. Cee woke up naked with no memory on an abandoned island and for three years she has been trying to cross the sea to find her sister Kay. With only a bot (U-me is an awesome character) and minimal supplies she works to rebuild a boat. The second perspective is Kasey who is missing her sister who disappeared a few months prior and is now presumed dead. Kasey doesn’t really understand people well but she does understand science, but she has been forbidden from engaging in science due to a felony she committed as a child. This book headed in the direction I expected but didn’t pass all the sights I was expecting. It was a beautiful blend of science fiction, fantasy, and dystopian young adult fiction.