by Beth Revis
First published 2014
Ella Shepherd lives in a peaceful future world where she uses her mother's technology to enter people's dreams and memories. Her job brings comfort to others by letting them relive happy moments. Then impossible visions begin appearing during her work. She sees her dead father and receives warnings about people she should not trust. The government asks Ella to spy on rebels by accessing their memories and thoughts. She agrees to help stop the traitors. But the rebel leader tells Ella they were lovers, though she has never seen him before. This means someone has tampered with her memories. Ella realizes her gift could destroy the corrupt government or crush the rebellion. She holds the power to prevent a war she never knew existed. Yet if others have invaded her mind, she cannot believe her own thoughts or feelings. Ella must decide who deserves her trust when her memories might be lies.
Genres: science-fiction, dystopia, mystery, thriller
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: mind-control, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Future World
Period: Future
468 pages · Paperback · Scipturient Books