Sadly had to Dnf this book at 20%, it just isn't for me, I really struggled with the writing style and honestly struggled to follow along with what was going on. I really wanted to like it as I love Cyberpunk sci fi worlds and loved the sound of the premise of the book.

In a futuristic Chicago (Shytown), it's human inhabitants have upgraded themselves with various bits of technology & cybernetic hardware. Cam Sexton traded his eyes for cyberoptics & works as a Looker - where followers subscribe to literally see through his upgraded eyes.

When a ride-along on a police sting goes wrong, Cam finds himself on the run for his life as a contract killer - a weapons-enhanced killer clown named Stabby - is sent after him. Can Cam survive or will his followers get the ultimate front seat to his death?

What I liked/what worked: the plotline & pacing was good, the world vibe was very 'Bladerunner meets Minority Report', & Cam was a fairly likeable protagonist.

What I didn't like/what didn't work: a few instances of 'info dump', the vocabulary took a little getting used to, & the two brief sex scenes added absolutely nothing to the story.

Overall it was entertaining & it looks like there are more planned books in the same world, so I'll probably pick up the next one. If you like cyberpunk dystopian, then give this a whirl. 3.75 stars (rounded up)

My thanks to NetGalley & publisher, BooksGoSocial, for the opportunity to read an ARC.

Thank you Net-Galley and publishers for an e-ARC of this story!

Ultimately, I think this has a really cool premise, but the execution let it down. For a sub-300 page book, this felt like a drag to get into, mostly due to the writing style.

I can tell the author thought up a really interesting world, but the way we are presented to the world was not cohesive. In the middle of a conversation, we would randomly get page(s)-long asides, info-dumps of the different categories of people (which ultimately don't amount to much since we don't meet people from most of the categories) or someone's backstory (people we don't ever even meet! Just like "oh I knew of this guy once"), then go back into the conversation like nothing happened. Several times I had to re-read sections because the MC would be talking to X, suddenly spend two pages thinking about Y person, and I didn't notice we were back to talking to X because we'd go from flashback-conversation-with-Y back to real-conversation-with-X with no warning.

There was also a lot of sci-fi-invented jargon and slang, which while expected, sometimes made for very jarring paragraphs (think "grandpa trying to sound hip with words he just learned yesterday"). This also led to sections of the book randomly rhyming, like the entire first two chapters I noticed so many paragraphs read like couplets? I still can't decide if that was intentional or not.

I should also mention that I found several typos within this book, but hopefully those are corrected in the final version.

Don't get me wrong- overall a very cool idea, I think this could make a neat movie! But in reality I found I wanted to like it more than I think I ultimately did.

This story follows Cam , a looker as he goes through a wild match of cat and mouse organized by the yaks along with a cyberclown named Stabbo;where the winner gets to keep his life.
This was an exciting and interesting read ,I loved the narration and the pacing .the story flowed very naturally and had a lot of twists and turns which made it very hard to put down the book. It was very thrilling to see Cam outsmart people and at times being outsmarted by others.
The world building was so nicely done so it didn’t feel like information overload but a very natural progression .
I really liked the character description ,especially Moxie and Serpentina .the descriptions were so well written that I was able to visualize the characters and the settings.
To sum up,this was a light read .If you love cyberpunk or even if you are new to this genre you will have fun reading this book.

There is so much left to be explored in this world and that makes waiting for the next books really exciting. This was my first book in the cyberpunk genre and I will be reading more of this genre.