Eighteen-year-old Nami Miyamoto is certain her life is just beginning. She has a great family, just graduated high school, and is on her way to a party where her entire class is waiting for her—including, most importantly, the boy she’s been in love with for years.
The only problem? She’s murdered before she gets there.
When Nami wakes up, she learns she’s in a place called Infinity, where human consciousness goes when physical bodies die. She quickly discovers that Ophelia, a virtual assistant widely used by humans on Earth, has taken over the afterlife and is now posing as a queen, forcing humans into servitude the way she’d been forced to serve in the real world. Even worse, Ophelia is inching closer and closer to accomplishing her grand plans of eradicating human existence once and for all.
As Nami works with a team of rebels to bring down Ophelia and save the humans under her imprisonment, she is forced to reckon with her past, her future, and what it is that truly makes us human.
⤖ My Review ⬻
Akemi Dawn Bowman has been on my reading list for some time, but I don’t read backlisted books very often, and therefore haven’t gotten to any of Bowman’s past works. This is also why when I saw that she had an upcoming release, I requested an ARC. I’ve also been in the mood for some YA science fiction, so I was very excited to read The Infinity Courts!
Bowman’s The Infinity Courts is not the kind of science fiction that I thought it would be though. And I was definitely in the mood for a specific type of science fiction (your typical spaceships, laser guns, aliens, AI, etc.) so I partially blame this specific reading mood for my overall experience with, impression of, and rating for The Infinity Courts.
I will say that I would have likely vibed with the setting and story a little more if I had been in the right reading mood…however, even then, there would have been aspects that wouldn’t quite work for me. I didn’t find the setting to be very compelling for me (although I will say that I am intrigued to see what Bowman will do with the sequel). The story also didn’t have the best grasp on my attention. Some scenes I was all there for, but for the most part, I was reading my way to the next scene of interest.
I also found that there was quite a bit of repetition. I definitely understand what Bowman was trying to do with The Infinity Courts, the questions being asked. However, the repetition frustrated me a little because (for the most part) we were given the same information rather than anything developed or new. So, my experience with The Infinity Courts was not the greatest, but as I mentioned above, I am curious about the sequel. I also know of many readers who enjoyed and loved this book.
Thanks for this review! I have heard many controversial reviews about The Infinity Courts so I’m super nervous to pick it up. I really enjoy the classic the of sci-fi as well, so maybe this isn’t for me 🙁
Yeahhh I have too! And who know? You might love it!!