The thing is, the back of the book has an excerpt from the book. One of the characters makes a remark about maybe being immortal...as they're sentenced to death. ...but I did mark this book as unreadable, as I gave up halfway through.
Also, that cover. It's all cool like. I'm a sucker for a good cover.
An amazon summary, "In the city of Eldra, people are ruled by ancient prophecies. For centuries, the high council has stayed in power by virtue of the prophecies of the elder seers. After the last infallible prophecy came to pass, growing unrest led to murders and an eventual rebellion that raged for more than a decade. In the present day, Cassa, the orphaned daughter of rebels, is determined to fight back against the high council, which governs Eldra from behind the walls of the citadel. Her only allies are no-nonsense Alys, easygoing Evander, and perpetually underestimated Newt. Cassa struggles to come to terms with the legacy of rebellion her dead parents have left her, and the fear that she may be inadequate to shoulder the burden. But by the time Cassa and her friends uncover the mystery of the final infallible prophecy, it may be too late to save the city—or themselves." AMAZON LINK OF JUSTICE
Alright, so this story has five rotating narrators. It sets itself up as interesting as the city is controlled by prophecies. The high council catches people and they're never seen again. ...seems really Minority Report, right? Right.
The story unfolds where four of the narrators have been captured by the council and are being sentenced to death. They're stuck in jail, and they slowly start to show different abilities and strengths as they start to escape. Then, on their way out of escaping the prison, they run into a man. He tells them a bunch of basically impossible things and sends them on their way.
They escape, they talk a lot about their parents and the efforts of the rebellion. But, I was tapped out. All of them thought about themselves as if they were a subject matter in school to be evaluated and they had to write a report. When they started talking about their sexuality in clinical terms in an off handed manner, that's when I put the book down. I'm all for diversity, and having a broad spectrum of characters, representation is legitimately great, but, it's kind of awful when they feel like dull, lifeless cardboard cutouts of something that could be good.
I wish the characters had been more realistic, because the rest of the story seemed like it was going to be interesting.
Happy reading!
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