I purchased this book back in September of 2023. I read through the first half very quickly but dropped it for months after coming to the second half. 

I was very excited to read this book, although i found the pacing fast and the descriptions shallow at some points with the writing simplifying itself down to “he went and did this, then he went and did that”, i did genuinely enjoy this book. It is not very long, and i found the first half captivating enough to keep me entertained. My main gripe is with the second half of the book. 

Spoilers from this point onwards : 

It felt as if the story took a “gross out” turn with the humanization and impregnation of Jasmine, after spending the first half of the novel stating how inhuman and dumbed down the heads are, it did feel a lot like the author needed more text to fill up her book rather than actually providing anything new. The not so twist ending of Marcos taking the child as his own with Cecelia was expected, but I definitely did not expect him to slaughter Jasmine after establishing their relationship. His attempts to humanize her even in the moments they share which could resemble love are futile of course because she does not have the same capacity to feel as humans do, but i felt like there should have been more emphasis on the lack of real connection to her. There are some points that emphasis Jasmine not really knowing what shes doing whether its dancing or hugging, but the book never makes a point of Marcos not feeling the love he wants, you know? Jasmine was nothing but a vessel for Marcos’s wants, and while his slaughtering of her is not necessarily bad, I wish there was more proof throughout the novel that she was never going to live up to his wife.