Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for an advanced copy in exchange for my honest review!

Holy sh/t. I really feel like this should be considered a sci-fi classic. The plot reminds me of a mix of Westworld and Snowpiercer in the very best ways. Persephone is one of the Settlers, people who serve the Citizens until they are 18 years old and graduate, and become Citizens themselves. But Persephone slowly started to discover that the reality of life on the Arca is not what the Citizen's promised. I don't want to talk about the plot too much for fear of spoiling it, but it's wonderfully done. The pacing is great, and the suspense builds and builds. The ending literally made me put my phone done for a minute because I did not expect it in the slightest. Had a "holy sh/t?!" moment just like I did with the ending of Bioshock Infinite. (No those two endings aren't the same in the slightest, they just both left me reeling.) The art style is just okay. It's interesting, but it's not really anything to write home about. I was also baffled that it flipped from full color to black and white; crowd scenes get a little confusing after the switch. I honestly loved this novel a lot, I also think it would make an excellent television show!