A review by sjmyers
The Shutouts by Gabrielle Korn

4.0

This is a great sequel to Yours for The Taking. I was excited to go back into this dystopian world destroyed by climate change. The Shutouts is told through dual timelines that explore the events leading up to the creation of the Inside and what the people who are shutout experience.

We follow Kelly in 2041 and learn her story through letters as she is desperately driving across country to get back to her daughter. We switch to 2078 to follow Ava and her daughter Brook who have just escaped the Inside wondering how they will survive in the changed world, Max who has escaped a cult and Orchid who is searching for her lost love. I loved so many things about this book: the dynamic between the characters, focus on queer narratives, the government conspiracy of hiding science, the fight to survive and found families. Some happenings in the book caught me off guard while others made me think” Yep, that is exactly what would happen.” I don’t think you have to read Yours for the Taking to enjoy this book but I highly recommend it.

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC of this book.