A review by bibliorow
Guardian by Alex London, C. Alexander London

4.0

I first read Proxy years ago, when I was assigned it for a college class, and I’ve always wanted to read the sequel, but I just never got around to it until now. I didn’t reread Proxy ahead of this, so my memories of what happened in the first book aren’t all super clear, but I felt like I remembered enough of what happened to comfortably read this book. I loved this book far more than the first one, and the only reason I’m not giving it 5 stars is because I feel like I do need to reread Proxy and this one right after to connect some things I was missing. I really enjoyed this dystopian world of what happens when a futuristic capitalist society collapses, what happens when absolute power corrupts absolutely, and I really loved Liam and Syd’s relationship. I loved Liam’s unwavering devotion to Syd. But what I loved most of all was the writing, and it makes me eager to read more of Alex London’s books faster. I’ve had Black Wings Beating on my list for a while now, but now I feel motivated to move it up a little higher. There was something about this that I just really was invested in, and now I want to reread Proxy to see if I’ll bump my rating up to 5 stars.