First off, the cover is the best. It’s got that sleek🐈‍⬛, futuristic aesthetic that makes me wanna frame it. 📖✨

The story—this is basically Ready Player One🥽 if it wasn’t about gaming🎮 but instead about casually LIVING inside a digital📱 world. Like, imagine leaving your physical body behind and just fully existing in an online utopia. Sounds cool. But also terrifying.😱

🧠💥 Tao-Yi’s journey is personal but also something that many others in that world 🌍 can relate to, especially with how she grapples with her Malaysian heritage, her relationship with her mother, and whether physical 🧍🏽 existence even matters anymore.

I would describe this as a casual sci-fi that’s less about explosions 💥 and more about FEELINGS and BRAIN 🧠 MELTING THOUGHTS.

Thanks Netgalley for the ARC ☺️❤️‍🔥🐸

A beautifully written book that attacks numerous themes and evokes so many emotions. The novel is immersive and the world building is multidimensional. I was hugely impressed and quietly terrified (in a good way) by this debut novel.

I was so intrigued by the premise of this book and it did not disappoint. This is the type of story that leaves you thinking long after you’ve finished the last page. A thought-provoking and sometimes scary tale of how technology may eventually become our world. I did find it difficult to adapt the futuristic language in the beginning and I think some elements could be explained more to help with the world building but in some ways it added to the feeling of alienation from the world of the characters in the book. Highly recommend!