Somebody on my Facebook group recommended this book a few weeks ago and I grabbed it. The cover sold me. Her magenta handgun and the “what ever” expression made me snort.

Brown did a great job with the hook on this one. Clearly Alice Long is not your average orphan. She’s got a secret and a careful reader will know what it is long before Alice does. Not that she’s an unreliable narrator or anything. She’s just more concerned with other things. Like staying alive in a universe that appears to want her dead. Like wondering if she’s actually alive to begin with. Sure, there are some tropes in here that I think get overdone, but Brown executes them with aplomb.

I’m looking forward to the sequel but in the meantime, why not grab a sample and see what you think?

About the reviewer:

Nathan Lowell has been writing science fiction and fantasy most of his life. He started publishing in 2007 and has no intention of stopping any time soon.

Learn more about Nathan Lowell and his works at http://nathanlowell.com

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