When I saw this book in the bookstore and read the description, I knew immediately that it would be a mind-blowing read. At the very least, I knew it would be one hell of a mindfuckery to read. I was right.

This book isn't my usual cup of tea. I'm a romance reader first and foremost, but the description caught my attention and the topic of cannibalism seemed interesting enough. It was a little confusing to read, though, some paragraphs were long enough for me to get lost, and the lack of Marcos' name caused me to get confused as to which "he" was speaking at the moment.

Overall, I liked the book. It's realistic enough to happen at some point, which is a rather disturbing fact of its own, but what I found most unsettling was the description of how and in which conditions these humans were bred. Not to even mention that the ending made my jaw drop. 

Taking into consideration that teenagers who were torturing those puppies knew that the virus was nothing but a government scam (and Marcos apparently knew - or at least suspected - the same, considering he let that puppy lick him), it means that some, if not most, of the people in this book are aware of that and consequentially okay with eating humans. With breeding and raising humans for consumption. But that's just the trend, and even in real life, people are inclined to follow influencers and trends, aren't they?

The ending, however, surprised me. Especially that last sentence, that last chapter. Dare I say it even made my stomach twist a little. The revelation that Marcos was only using Jasmine to give him a child to replace Leo was something I feel like I should've seen coming, considering how overcome with grief he was, but he treated Jasmine with such care that I believed he genuinely cared for her. He couldn't get rid of her, he bathed her, and he treated her like a human and not like cattle - I thought he felt bad for her, I thought he might've felt pity for her. But in the end, he was only thinking about his own happiness, about himself because in the end, she was nothing but cattle to him, in a sense. She was bred to be eaten anyway, so really, what difference did it make if he used her for his own selfish gain?

But then Cecilia came into the picture when Marcos called her. I imagined she'd be furious, I imagined she wouldn't help her - but it seemed both she and Marcos shared the same thought. She was just a breeding mare for them to get another child after losing Leo. When Marcos stunned her and dragged her out to slaughter her, she even tried to stop him, saying that Jasmine could've given them more children. It only showed that Jasmine, as a human bred and raised for meat, was nothing more but that in both their eyes - meat. Something to be used.

Thinking about it now, Marocs' actions and the way he treated Jasmine made sense. I think it was mentioned in the book that the females have to be calm and happy in order to bear a healthy child. And that's exactly what he gave her, an unstressful environment for her.

Another thing I noticed (and even found very interesting) is that the author used the term "females" to refer to the humans who were meant for meat and "women" to refer to the humans who weren't. The same went for "males" and "men," if I'm not mistaken, but I'm afraid I didn't pay enough attention to that.