Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for granting me free access to the advanced digital copy of this book.

The world is on the brink of utter destruction. Despite the climate activists' best efforts, the atmosphere has turned toxic, destroying plant life, animals, and most of humanity too.

The few survivors live in domes protected from the lethal smog, serving Tempestas and Genrich, the world's last two great companies. They both have plans for mankind's future, but their visions are very different - and an uneasy collaboration between them is about to end, with desperate consequences.

Momenticon is a quirky, almost hallucinogenic dystopian novel. The MC have been brought together by unseen forces to help find Paradise. But why? Throught this eccentric book the characters are each developed as moody, thoughtful, heartfelt and adventurous. Each one has their own appeal. Throughout the book is a weaving of Alice in Wonderland that adds to its whimsical appeal. The only downside, I had no idea we were in for at minimum a sequel. I highly recommend for dystopian fans and those who love elaborate imagery.

Thank you so much to @netgalley and @hachettebooks for sending me on this wonderful journey!

I liked the author's earlier work, but this seems to be convoluted for the sake of being convoluted, There are megacorporations running and ruining the world, improbable holdouts and survivors, loads of reality-altering drugs, several murders, a romance, and some good characters, but there was just too much horse-trading instead of actual plot.

No one told me this was an Alice in Wonderland thing.

I feel like this would have been a good thing to put in its blurb, as Alice in Wonderland media can attract, or divide, even the most dedicated fantasy fans. I, for instance, thoroughly do not like the Lewis Carroll classic, and therefore couldn't enjoy this once I made the connection. Some people like weird and creepy for the sake of weird and creepy. I ain't one of them. Even though this made an attempt to do something different, make its own way built around the original tale—it was wasted on me.

Hard pass from me—next time, please include the retelling note in the blurb, not just hints of it.

The Earth is ruined and Fogg sits in a museum of art that no one has ever visited. Things are about to change though at the year year mark, when Fogg finds a pill that takes him into a painting. This book certainly falls into the category of “what the heck did I just read?” The plot is a bit meandering at times and in all honestly, I feel that’s part of the point. Like Alice in Wonderland and like art itself, things don’t always have to make perfect sense. This book won’t work for everyone, if I had been in a different mood it might not have worked for me. It is interesting though, and one that I would recommend going into just to enjoy the ride.

Note: arc provided by the publisher via netgalley in exchange for honest review

I selected Momenticon because of its post-apocalyptic science fiction plot within an Alice in Wonderland setting. I chose it even though I had been disappointed by Alice books before. I didn’t have to worry. The world-building is fantastic here!

In a future horrifically ruined Earth, two insanely rich families scrap over what little is left. Lord Vain is a traditionally royal noblesse oblige type trying, at least on paper, to save humanity and its works of art. His son and heir is, of course, evil personified. Lord Sine, by contrast, is trying to evolve beyond the Earth’s issues by creating the ultimate gene-manipulated human. However, his creations continually go insane. His solution is to bring artists in to create imaginary worlds for the creations’ amusement. The worlds are accessed by swallowing a pill called a Momenticon. The most successful world so far is based on Alice in Wonderland. There are clear parallels between the imaginary world’s chess board of white and red pieces and the two warring families. But which family is the “good” one?

Three years later, an art museum remains open and unused on a derelict Earth. Only a single curator remains tending to its collection. One day a visitor arrives. Who she is and why either of them are in the museum is the main plot of the book.

Just when you decide that all the good plots have been written before, along comes something brilliantly different like Momenticon. If you enjoy science fiction, post-apocalyptical fiction, Alice in Wonderland, or just want to read something new, don’t miss this book! 5 stars and a favorite!

Thanks to Mobius and NetGalley for a digital review copy of the book.