<blockquote><b><i>"I realize neither of us is the good twin. Not anymore. We never were. Tila is simply my other half. Not my better half. Not my worse half."</i></b></blockquote> Actual rating: 3.5 stars I really liked the premise of this book and enjoyed the story overall. The mystery is intriguing and I found myself wanting to know more, but I thought some things were resolved too quickly and the plot twists, although interesting, were a bit predictable (I guessed some almost right before it happened). I did like how the author mashed the past and present and how to every few Taema's present chapters, we would have Tila's recounting of the past and how it would correlate with what Taema was living and dropping little clues about the Hearth and how they got to where they were. It was also a good way to develop the twins personalities and how different their POVs were on the same subject. There's also a lot of diversity (we have a bisexual main character, yay!) and I enjoyed how in this society, the color of skin and sexuality is not important at all - you can be what you want to be, as long as you're a good citizen. The world building was also interesting and I can't wait to know a little more in book 2 since it seems the author will explore more on the Zeal drug and other aspects of this society. It was a good, enjoyable book, although sometimes slow going, but nothing extraordinary.