A review by bookhoarding
The Inexplicables by Cherie Priest

4.0

This may have been my least favorite character in the Clockwork Century series, but by the end of it I was totally rooting for Rector (which shows what a skilled writer Priest is). Zeke's friend before he ventured beyond the Wall, Rector is haunted by the idea that his information led to Zeke's death, and subsequently his mother's. We meet Rector on a pivotal day, he becomes of age and must leave the only home he's known, an orphanage, and somehow eke out a living with no skills and a meal sap addiction. Choosing the greater of two evils he journeys through the Wall, into the depths of the most toxic city.

I end up being overwhelmed with richness every time I pick up a book in this series. It's rare to be immersed in a setting and band of characters that you feel have been so thoroughly fleshed out.