Jaclyn

Impeccably detailed but couldn't capture enough emotional depth to take this from good to great.

A dark, erotic fairytale. It's not perfect, but the whimsy/tragedy themes are addictive.

Supremely exacting and academic, which is both a compliment and a curse in this case.

Such a creative, dense, and interior dystopian tale. Loved it.

There is a lot of good in this book toward the end, but it's built upon a premise of human subjugation, power complexes, and attempted sympathy mongering for a handful of border patrol personnel while the writer was actually working for years in the profession. Was the inside look worth it? This book, taken as a whole, would suggest no.