Not an ARC review! This was absolutely fantastic to me. It was sold to me as a queer sci-fi hamlet retelling, but what really drew me in was the way this story was told; through interviews, recordings, essays and more. I loved the way it build tension; making use of the claustrophobic atmosphere of the labs.

This one is *weird*, and I loved every weird second as we follow:
- Hayden, who has been researching ways to immortality
- Horatio, the lab’s Operating System/AI, who has a (very intimate) neurological link with Hayden
- and Felicia, Hayden’s ex-girlfriend (it’s complicated)
As they try and survive the lab’s lockdown, with likely a murderer in their midst, and Hayden’s father’s dying wish: to be avenged.

This won’t be for everyone, but it’s one of my top books this year!