Thank you NetGalley for providing me the audiobook of this novel

I almost thought this was going to take a turn into the divergent. This is your typical YA but the characters are not fighting the system (yet).

The society is divided into groups based on what ability an individual has. There are those with supernatural strength, those who can read minds, those who can fly, move things with their, become invisible, and are agile. Usually, individuals only have one off these abilities and sometimes some people have two or more of them. Those with abilities different than these are called Ferals and then comes deficients, those with no abilities at all. And our MC is deficient.

There were other resembles to your typical YA, like MC's terrible relationship with his father and brothers, him getting bullied for being different, a friend who has a crush on him.

Well, that is where the resembles to your typical YA seems to end. This novel focuses more on the murders and disappearances and I honestly, appreciate that.

The characters are very loveable and I mean it as a compliment but this feels like a good fanfic. Just what you will need when you don't want to be introduced to new characters but you want to read something similar to what you read but also you don't have the capacity to take a new world in.

All in all, I think this is fun read when you don't want to put too much effort in reading. As this is a YA, the language is rather very easy to focus on for those whose first language isn't English.
The only think that I did dislike about this novel is the romance. I was hoping for a slow burn and I was looking forward to seeing their friendship grow before they became lovers but the ending scene just felt very abrupt and forced. I wish that author would've waited till the second book for them to get together. Other than that, I have no complains.

I await the release of the next book (im)patiently.

This is an own voices author, which I always appreciate even more.
Story - in a world where most people have a particular extra gift (like strength, telepathy, flying), Ale doesn't have any, making him a deficient. This group is generally despised, and Ale is bullied relentlessly at school and hated at home (except by his mother). When his only friend Yalamba goes missing, he finds some supportive new friends at last, and they work tirelessly to try to save her. There are some excellent plot twists in this story, and support from unexpected people.
Thanks for the copy via NetGalley, I am happy to leave a voluntary review.

ARC Reader (Thanks to Netgalley). I was able to get access to this gem via book and audiobook.
The book centers around a world where everyone has powers that make them who they are. Though there is a class of powerless called deficient. The book reminds me of a variation of My Hero Academia meets the Giver.
Of course there are no such thing as superheroes or super villains, though it doesn't mean there aren't corrupted individuals that seek to use their powers for evil.
Everything changes for Ale when his best friend Yalamba disappears after the threats of Ferals happen to appear.
This book has lots of unexpected twists and turns including friendships and the development of different types of relationships.
This is a wonderful start to a series and I'm ready to see what the next stage is for Ale and friends.

The audiobook was actually rather well despite it being done by a single narrator. I'm used to duets or full casts lately, but honestly it was done well. It helps that the narrator was the author himself. The book has a load of potential and if an additional narrator or even narrators were added -- it would have been even better.