This was a DNF for me at 20%. I lost interest because the narrative kept jumping around in a rather jarring way. I'm not sure if this is a product of this being an early draft, but a lot of the paragraphs ran together in my copy. This sometimes made it difficult to know who was speaking. Additionally, there were a lot of really random page breaks that didn't make sense.

I did like the characters, and I thought the world building had a lot of potential; however, I read spoilers that there was a graphic scene, and I did not wish to continue. I would highly recommend that the publisher include a warning if there is a graphic depiction of sexual assault.

Deities, why do I have to wait for the second book!?? Why must you hate me!?
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A young girl who is known to be a troublemaker, along with her not so friendly 'doctor' mother moves to a new town where creatures lived that she didn't know existed in real life. She meets some interesting people who happens to know other interesting creatures and she finds herself tangled in their lives that may or may not cause danger to her own life. How will she overcome those dangerous situations? What explanations she
will give to her overbearing mother for being in these situations? Read yourself to find out.
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This book is everything a Fantasy reader would love. Mythical creatures and their stories, a normal but sarcastic and stubborn protagonist who is fearless; a dash of romance sprinkled along the story; funny and cruel characters that makes the plot very engaging. The writing style would keep you hooked to the book and you would not want to wait to read what happens next.
Overall, it is a great read👍.
Also, pay close attention to the name of the chapters, it may increase your vocabulary on phobias ;)
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McKenna's writing style is the standout feature of Remnants of Atonement. It's quirky and well-paced, although at times jumped too quickly between scenes for my liking. Kilco is a likeable and realistic portrayal of a teenager and her mother is even better. A solid YA novel. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC.

The main character of this book is Kilco, a spunky 16 year old female. Her mother is a doctor in the town they live in, a very good doctor who has a very bad attitude. However, when royalty comes calling her to be the leading physician in the kingdom everything changes for the doctor and Kilco. McKenna has created a really interesting world with some very diverse and intriguing types of people and creatures in it. I recommend this to anyone looking for an enjoyable read that comes with a side of quirkiness.Id like to thank Netgalley for a copy of this ARC!

I received this e-ARC from netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Remnants of Atonement follows main character Kilco. Kilco is the trouble-making daughter of a well renowned doctor. Kilco follows her mom to assist with medicine for the royal family. In doing so, she is faced with new faces and new chaos.

I enjoyed this book but at times I felt like it was doing too much. I appreciate the male-male romance. There were times were there were love triangles that felt like they were not fully flushed out. The last 20% of the book felt like it was thrown on there to make the book longer. I would've appreciated a split for the sequel earlier in the book.
I did really enjoy the character development. I also enjoyed all the various tension and magic.

I will probably not be continuing on with this series unfortunately.

I received a eArc of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Kilco and her tough as nails mother, Dr Kira, live in the city of Bethany. Kilco is bored of the humdrum life she leads. When her mother receives a request to become the royal physician in one of the neighbouring kingdom's war camps, she is desperate for her mother to let her come along. Kilco soon finds more adventure than she bargained for when an injured patient is brought to the infirmary. Kilco has to stay quarantined with Ilya , and the two soon become fast friends. Their relationship begins to change as Ilya heals and is preparing to leave the infirmary. Kilco is approached by a stranger who offers her a way to keep Ilya by her side forever. This sets off a series of events that will turn their lives upside down.

What I liked about this book

The chapter titles - the chapters are all named after different fears. This was really interesting as hadn't heard of some of them before.
The world - its filled with unusual creatures and magic.
Pierous and Dr Kira are definitely my favorite characters. Dr Kira is very abrasive but also cares alot about Kilco and her patients. Pierous adds a comedic factor to the story.
What I didn't like

For the first few chapters the story seemed to move along in jumps. It was quite disorientating and i kept thinking I'd missed a bit, but this does even out and the story continues at a more steady pace.
I did enjoy reading Remnants of Atonement. After finishing, I was left with a lot of questions, but as this book is the beginning of a series I am sure my questions will be answered in the upcoming continuations.

I really enjoyed this book! I thought it was a very easy and breezy read. I quite enjoyed the setting and characters that entranced it's audience. I am looking forward to getting a physical copy in October!

Thank you Netgalley and the publishers for letting me read this book. I enjoyed this book, the plot, characters and writing were good and kept me interested, 3.5 stars

First of All this book is amazing I really like it. I love the sass right away of the characters and the world building seems like Australia. It sticks to one persons Point of view. The daughter of Doctor Kira who is raising her daughter Kilco to be a Doctor. ( family line thing) The time period I get since this is a fictional world is around women suffrage time in England/Australia, The character of Kilco is clearly established right away also how fearless she is and strong-minded like her mother.
Each Page has a different diagonsise fear of certain medical conditions which is really interesting and then it trys to correlate in some way. There is very fast character building throughout the whole book. I can also clearly visualize the characters attitudes and looks.
I get a feeling of the OmuHimba Tribes of Africa in part of the character description merged with aborigines of Australia. In relation to the Ilvajuro tribes which are sworn to protect the Ascotians for a secret debt. There is also some strong egos the Ascotians have against these Ivajuro ( race of warriors also ) because there are superstitions of the outsider. I also get a feeling of colonism I don't know if it was meant to be read that way but It sure felt like it.

This amazing book was given to me by net galley in exchange for an honest review.

So I gave up on reading this one just over halfway through.
I did not like Kilco at all. She is rude and makes an effort very early on to describe how she's "plain" and "not like other girls". I like her relationship with her mother, with how they're more like friends than a parent/daughter dynamic, but even her mother is very rude to people, which is where Kilco gets it from. She also has a bunch of friends, but only really wants to be friends with them so she can date them? That's not a cool attitude either.
The world was multifaceted, however very little was said in description of the different races and the world itself--leaving me rather lost in a world that probably could have captured my interest.
I struggled to read about a world I barely understood, and characters that I absolutely hated.
And then there's a literal rape scene about 50% of the way through and that's when I decided to give up.

I requested this book because of the interesting plot and beautiful cover. It’s a fascinating read with a quite annoying main character, Kilco. Even that it’s a young adult book, it does contains elements and emotions which aren’t typical for this genre. I liked that the chapters were named after different phobias. G. P. McKenna writing style is absolutely outstanding and makes this read more enjoyable.

I did not enjoy this book. The main character wasn't very likeable. The plot was a bit disjointed.

The spelling errors didn't bother me as much as the misuse of some words. Clearly some editing is needed.

I was given an ARC. I am leaving my honest review.

Thank you to NetGalley and Andraharts Publications for providing me an ARC of this book.

This is a fantasy young adult book told in a contemporary voice. It's a story from the perspective of Kilco, a teenage girl from the land of Bethany who finds her life boring and lonely, so she can't help but get into trouble at every opportunity. When her mother, Doctor Kira, is offered a job at a military outpost in the Kingdom of Ascot, she goes along and is initially underwhelmed by her new life there. Then she makes a couple of friends who open the doors to all of the mysterious and magical occurrences in this new land, and she goes along for a wild and crazy ride she never thought possible.

I really enjoyed this book. The author's style of writing is rich and imaginative. The story builds in an organic but highly fantastical manner. The character development is engrossing and unique. I think this is a great start to a series and I am looking forward to reading the next installments.

The genre of this book is YA, so don't be put off by characters acting like, well, teenagers. If you're not a teen, or find teens and their motivations and actions annoying, then this is not a book you'll enjoy. If you like fantasy and are open to an unexpected journey told by a character with growing pains and realistic faults, then you'll probably enjoy this book like I did.

I really wanted to like this book. And what some of the other reviewers have commented didn't bother me as much, like the main character being annoying. She's an insecure girl with a lot of issues that manifest in pushing people away when she feels that they are getting close to leaving her. It's very typical of many teenagers who don't yet have the emotional maturity to handle complex relationships.

What bothered me was the numerous errors in the book. It really needs a good edit before it is published. Not only are there grammatical errors, but in many instances, the wrong word was used. Moreover, the writing style is quite disjointed and just needs polishing.

Additionally, there's a triggering part about halfway through the book that was quite graphic, which really put me off for a YA book.

Remnants of Atonement is a rare mix of contemporary ya and fantasy ya. In fact, if I had to describe it in one word it would be rare.

There are very few typical typical YA tropes in this book, but it sets everything up so you think there is going to be.
Introduction to Pogue? Obviously he's going to be the love interest. Nope.
Okay, Ilya is? Nope again.

The medical scenes in particular are very fun and spooky realistic. I like that Kilco is competent at what she does, and Doctor Kira just absolutely steals each and every scene.

Kilco IS annoying, but she's supposed to be. The other characters find her annoying too, and it ties back to another rare but enjoyable factor - Kilco and Ilya feel like authentic teenagers. They feel 15 and 16 years old. They talk and interact with each other like they are 15/16. So if you find 16 year old girls annoying in real life, you won't like reading from Kilco's perspective because she is a very voicy narrator. She's a very Scarlett O'hara, you will either love her or hate her type character, but one thing I think most readers will agree on is will that, annoying as she can be, she's also consistently very funny. The whole book is very funny. It blends drama with comedy perfectly, but I think younger readers (13-18 age category) will LOVE Kilco, but older readers will probably find her a bit much. Ilya is a doll though, and Pogue is a loveable Himbo.

The final point I'm going to touch on is Doctor Kira and Lady Ilana, another rare aspect to this book. Ilya and Kilco's mothers are fully fledged and developed characters who are more than just mothers. Doctor Kira in particular is one of not only the best female characters I've read in a long time, but one of the best characters. Full stop. Both Kira and Ilana are very authentic as their children's mothers. Very believe in their personalities and reactions.

Over all, an enjoyable read and way to waste several hours

I really wish I could have liked this book but it did not work for me. I found the main character to be annoying and I just could not stand her at all. The story progresses fine but I just don’t find myself looking forward to the rest of the series. The fact that these characters are about 15-16 is clearly evident and I found my nerves wearing thin. The only person I actually liked in this book was her mother. Overall this book was just not for me preference wise and maybe it was meant for someone else.

I asked for this book only because the main character and I share the same surname, but I'm so glad I did. G.P Mckenna is an incredible writer. She has an ability to dive right down deep into the psyche of a teenage girl, and more than that one who is deeply traumatized, but does it with a sense of humor and sensitivity that is rarely found.

Remnants of atonement is similar in structure to novels such as the great Gatsby, Sherlock Holmes and Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory, in that the main character (Kilco) narrates the story, but is not the protagonist, and that gives an odd, disorientating feeling of the whole world very much being alive for she is not the center of it. The world building itself if well done, a true gothic atmosphere with heavy symbolism and eeiry imagery.
The character development is world class. The two main characters of Ilya and Kilco are only friends, but somehow manage to have more chemistry between them than most romance stories. Should be noted that there is LGBTQ+ themes in this story, but they are not front and center but naturally weaved into the story. They're not there for the sake of being there, there is actually plot relevance to them. The final note that is worth calling out is Kilco's mother, Doctor Kira, is an almost perfect female character. When people say they want strong female characters in books, this is what they are talking about. I want to be Doctor Kira when I grow up.

Over all, a brilliant start to a series.

Thanks to Andraharts Publications for providing a digital ARC of Remnants of Atonement in exchange for an honest review.

This was such a mixed bag of a read for me. The highlight was definitely G.P McKenna's writing. Her voice was absolutely perfect. I also really loved how every chapter was named after a phobia and how this book both plays into and subverts tropes and expectations. For whatever reason I just couldn't get into the plot. The last 3 quarters or so just felt like things happening for the sake of things happening and couldn't hold my attention. This is the kind of book where your enjoyment is dependent entirely on you and your preferences so please don't stop yourself from reading this because of anything I said because I genuinely found nothing wrong with this book, it just wasn't for me.

I probably won't be finishing the series, but if G. P. McKenna ever publishes anything in another genre (I think she'd be incredible in contemporary but I love her writing so much I'd give it a go in any other setting) I'll probably be lining up to read it.

Enjoyable in parts,mostly the scene setting of another world,and how things work there.
Slow to go anywhere for the first quarter of the book I thought.
I found the main character quite annoying,and that never helps with a book.
Her mother however I loved.
Entertaining as it was for a few hours,I don't think I'll be rushing for the second book