This is another one that was on my TBR list for so long I’ve forgotten where I was recommended it, which is a shame because I don’t want to read more of their recs.

It’s YA, which isn’t my vibe 95% of the time, and more than that, the writing is just…not great? It’s either trying to be 3rd person omniscient or 3rd person limited but with mid-scene changes in POV and ouch.

Second, there’s a hell of a lot of telling and very little showing on characterization, which leaves the whole book feeling surface-level. Nobody has much interiority. I don’t care about Fever, she could fall off a cliff and I would be bored.

Theeeee most interesting part of the book was how he updated or adapted London locations for the far future.