Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️½
I have been looking forward to reading this book for some time now and while I'm not incredibly disappointed by it, I thought it was going to be better.
In Saintstone nothing about you is secret, or at least thats what society is taught to believe. From the second you're born every achievement, significant moment, job prospect, and failure are immortalized on your skin. Honorable marks let people know that you are trustworthy and that you should be remembered. Shameful marks announce that you are a traitor and should not be remembered once you die. After Leora's father dies she finds comfort in the fact that his skin tells a wonderful story. Until she witnesses a public marking, which hasn't happened for many centuries and a crow is marked on a man. The crow signifies to those who decide your fate after you die that you under no circumstances should be remembered. This incident brings memories flooding back to Leora who remembers a brief moment in her childhood where her father was marked with the same exact crow. But she never saw it again after that incident. And it wasn't there when she visited his skin book in the museum before it was to be judged. Leora knows it must be a mistake but before she can do anything about it, the horrifying secret gets out, jeopardizing her fathers legacy and the rest of Leora's life.
It's really hard for me to say what I liked and disliked without writing a spoiler filled review (which I don't like doing) but I will still continue to try to convey my thoughts.
Everything about this book could've been incredible. The plot concept is amazing and I've never seen anything like it before and it was written decently well, but there were some things I didn't like about it too. For one, I didn't like the incredible build up to an extremely predictable moment. I knew from the beginning of the story what was going to happen with that story arc. However, there was a plot twist that did make this predictable thing more enjoyable for me, but the build up was unnecessary. Another thing that I didn't particularly like were some of the choices made my the main character. I feel like she handled multiple situations wrong and it made her seem shallow, even thought I don't think her character was meant to be written in such a way.
The ending of this book intrigued me and I will definitely read the next book in the series (it might be a duology but I think it's a series, if someone knows let me know) to see what happens.
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