Mindbreaker

WOW. Kate Dylan has done it again. I loved Mindwalker (unputdownable) and you can go ahead and add Mindbreaker to the list of books I devoured in just a couple days.

The story follows Indra - raised in an anti-tech cult and forced to embrace tech in order to save her own life...only to find that that tech has now turned her into a human machine and may yet rob her of her humanity altogether. In Dylan's typical style, this high-octane thriller catapults us straight into danger while also asking us to question the role of tech and tech companies in our own world.

I listened on audio and the narrator did an excellent job. Highly recommend the audiobook for other audio aficianados like myself.

Just damn. Kate has done it again and created a sci-fi technology universe you can’t put down until you finish the very last chapter, or in my case until you realise it’s 2 am and you probably should go to bed because you have work to do in the morning.
I didn’t think that this book could be any better than the first, but damn was I wrong, Kate has developed her writing even more, which I didn’t think was physically possible, to be even more amazing; creating a world that you fall in to and follow each electrical pulse along the adventure’s twists and turns so much I ended up messaging Kate several times with comments like ‘what the fuck’.

Although I am not the biggest fan of sci-fi, as you can probably see from the little amount of sci-fy I read…this is definitely one book that even if you are not a sci-fi fan you must read. I loved it from beginning to end and you can see the work and love that the author has put into every single chapter and character. I cannot wait for everyone to read this book, not only that, but I am insisting now that Kate must create more books because I need her writing in my life permanently permanently.

A massive thank you to Kate for letting me read this early and having every emotion under the Sun escape for me while reading it. I hope that the special edition I have designed lives up to this amazing story.

Kate Dylan sells her books as your favourite Marvel movie in book form and that is never more true than in MINDBREAKER. It furthers the themes of MINDWALKER with a new heroine who is even more machine than flesh and who questions her humanity while battling tech giants and a neon dystopian future. The pace was furious and the narration spot on. Bravo.

Now if you know me, chances are I've probably pushed MindWalker onto you at somepoint since I read it last year.

So when I say I was excited for MindBreaker... that is an understatement. So when I seen this on NetGalley and was approved (thank you to NetGalley and Hodderscape for this) I may or may not have jumped right in (sorry tbr, I'll get to you all eventually)

Now to the story. MindBreaker is set in the same World as MindWalker but instead of Sil and Syntex we have Indra and Glindell and a new type of tech.

Indra is part of an anti tech cult but loves to dapple with tech... when an excursion for this leads to her being terminally ill, Glindell offer her a deal, give over ownership of her life for the chance at a new one... not much of a choice when death is the alternative. Even when this choice will cause her cult, and her family, to shun her.

Left with no other option, Indra submits, but after the process, Indra becomes suspicious of lost time and glitches in her memories so she seeks help from Tian, a research assistant on the programme. Can Indra trust anyone within the company fully, no matter how nice they seem?

Weighing up her options, Indra realises escape is the best option, but whats a former God Girl losing her grip on humanity to do when shes free in the world.... stay tuned to find out!

A whole new story with characters to fall in love with, set in a world we know and love... there might even be mention of a familiar AA from book one!

This bright scifi techy dystopian world has my heart and no pressure Kate but more books in this world would be a delight

Thank you to Net Galley and Hodder and Stoughton/Hodderscape for the chance to read and review this book early.

*update I have also just reread on audio and loved the book in this format as well, the narrator was great. Knowing the story did not hinder my enjoyment and thanks again to NetGalley and Hodder Audio for the early copy... if this is anything like book one... it won't be the last time I read either