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This Mortal Coil by Emily Suvada
2.0

2.5 stars. This book was a great concept wrapped in unfortunate YA tropes. I would still recommend this book for teens wanting to try out some sci-fi, dystopian fic and/or a medical thriller for the first time as the plot is a great introduction to these genres, but the WHOLLY UNNECESSARY LOVE TRIANGLE made me irrationally mad, thus my own enjoyment was reduced.

I thought the Twist™️ wasn’t bad, and was a not-detrimental way to continue the story beyond 1 book. There’s mixed feelings about it here, but in all honesty the love triangle (such as it was, Dax brought absolutely nothing to this story) eclipsed everything in terms of negative emotions.

Not sure if I’ll continue with this series, but I think I’m leaning towards just letting this lie here.