I am really surprised how much I enjoyed this book! The book wasn't what I was expecting at all but I am totally fine with that. It was an easy 5 stars for me
This book has multiple POVs, love love LOVE! I really thought that Dan's POV was particularly heartbreaking, and he ended up being one of my favourite characters after despising him at the start. I also thought the side characters were strongly developed, particularly Pale and Colleen for instance.
I really enjoyed the two plots running side-by-side with the twins, their mother and the uncertainty of paternity, along with the other plot of the government's agenda in the library and the books. It was only slightly convoluted at the ending which got me a bit confused. Usually dystopian style books aren't my kind of books, but this was such an interesting proposal that the transmission of germs and disease is through books and paper. This isn't my typical genre but it was very suspenseful and kept me hooked.
Also worth mentioning: after some more research I realised that this story had already been adapted into a Welsh film by the author, so I think I will have to give that a watch to see how they compare.
5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Thank you to NetGalley, Fflur Dafydd and Hodder & Stoughton for sending me this digital review copy.