When a virus causes global infertility, Lowrie and Shen become the two youngest people on Earth. Living in a dilapidated London, they live with their families as they race for a cure to solve the epidemic. In the meantime, Lowrie and Shen go mudlarking, searching for artefacts along the banks of the Thames and anywhere else they can look. They are shadowed by Mitch, an old-tech robot that communicates through a blinking series of different coloured lights. After someone in their community suffers a tragic accident, Lowrie and Shen discover a disastrous secret. As time slips by, they are fighting against the clock to save everyone around them. I loved reading this novel, Lowrie's discovery of old social media and how the person she follows on it evolves over time is fascinating to me. I also loved how the tech is described, it's not forced or sloppy like a lot of sci fi can be, it's completely organic and realistic. There's also a romance element to it that is worked in seamlessly throughout the story. I was continually drawn to their relationship with Mitch and intrigued by every nugget of information they discovered as they unpeeled the onion that is their existence. I highly recommend this novel to anyone interested in sci-fi, romance and msytery!
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