I very rarely pick up a Sci-fi book but this one was presented to me as Sci-fi for people who don't like Sci-fi, and they weren't wrong! I found myself completely gripped from the first page and I could not put it down! The ideas presented by the author in this book are incredibly well thought out and brilliantly original.

Lea has created a remarkable monster in these reeb-creatures and I can already imagine it making a fantastic movie. The writing is fast-paced enough that I always wanted to keep reading, but also thorough enough that I understood what was happening, which isn't always the case with science heavy stories.

The epilogue spins the whole narrative around which absolutely blew me away, and the bonus short story included at the end is the stuff of nightmares for me. The book ends with enough resolved that I felt satisfied, but with enough left open that I am left hugely looking forward to the next instalment, of which I'm told there'll be two.

Overall this was a solid read. Great writing, characters I could invest in, a future I could envision, and downright terrifying alien creatures. An absolute banger of a page-turner. Loved it!