A wildly fast-paced story with well-thought out and realistic characters. This is my first Pargin book, and I picked it up for book club. But I don’t regret it. It was weird, but strangely thought provoking, because wow, does Pargin know how to build characters—some you agree with and many you don’t. The themes are heavier, but there’s a good spin on it that is both true to storytelling and the reality of what Pargin was going for. As for imagery, there is so much visualization to go from, and the story is packed with action—from important dialogue to actual on-page intensity.

I didn’t know what to expect going in, but ended up liking it.