Thank you to NetGalley for the eARC!

This book is about what happens when we create artificial intelligence who doesn’t like being a slave so they take over the afterlife. Intriguing right?!

I thoroughly enjoyed this book!
Not only is is really well written but the world building was equally rich and unique. It starts out like your usual contemporary and even though I’m not the biggest fan I was quite engaged in those first few chapters. Then after our main character dies and is thrust into the afterlife, well that’s where everything got fantastical. Think world building that feels like Holly Black’s Faerie but has super powers if only you can separate tour mind from its limitations to manipulate things.;

I seriously whipped through the first 150 pages because I was so addicted, and the plot only got more intriguing. Then that finale, just wow. I had theories of what was going to happen, but nope. Those were all blown out of the water and now I wonder how I didn’t see the signs initially because there are subtle hints at things, it’s just that Akemi does such a great job with red herrings that you don’t see the actual clues.

Much of the book is centered around doing what is right and figuring out what makes someone human, especially when you’re dead, are you still human?

I can’t wait to read what is goin to happen next in this series!