Many thanks to NetGalley, Level Best Books and the author for gifting me a digital and physical copy of this wonderful book. All opinions expressed in this review are my own - 5 stars!
Imagine a not-so-distant future, where the government controls everything, even the people. Need to get into high school or college? Need to make sure your children have all the advantages possible? One of the Big 6 Syndicates will give you money for a percentage. But be careful, because if you get to where the syndicate controls 51% of you, they have control and chip you. When a young immigrant woman, a 51%'r, is brutally murdered, NYPD, Inc. Detective Jude O'Keefe and his partner, Crime Marketing Consultant Haylee Navarro, catch the case. They have to crowdfund enough money to investigate the case and Haylee knows this case won't bring in any money. But Jude is determined to find the killer.
This book is unlike anything I've read - and I've read a lot! The premise is so scary because it's so real. Who can afford to send their kid to college now? We have to pay entrance fees to drive into some cities. We're calling to defund the police. One big medical bill can have us reeling. AI has its fingers all over our lives and social media rules. But what sets this book apart from other dystopian books is that it is not only a thriller, but it has plenty of humor, different speech jargon, science that feels real rather than made up, and characters you will love and root for. Once I started reading it, it was tough to put down and I found myself thinking about it in between. Even if this genre isn't something you would normally read, you must read 51%!
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