Book review: Baby X by Kira Peikoff

4⭐
Genre ~ science fiction, speculative thriller
Publication date ~ March 5, 2024
Est Page Count ~ 324 (53 chapters +e)
Audio length ~ 10 hours 10 minutes
Narrators ~ Jennifer Jill Araya, Imani Jade Powers, Abigail Reno
POV ~ multiple 3rd
Featuring ~ 4 parts, futuristicness, mentions of abortion, domestic abuse

My review:

Ember is a bio security guard and meets the love of her life, Trace, when she’s hired to protect his DNA.

Quinn is a surrogate who agrees to carry a baby for a man named, Robert, who she met at Trace’s concert.

Lily is a young journalist who is looking for the next big story. Turns out her mother has a big secret that she’s hoping to uncover to help her get ahead in her career. She never could have imagined the affects of that secret.

I don’t typically read science fiction, but figured I’d give it a go and I’m glad I did as I was really engaged throughout. All storylines came together nicely. I started to get an inkling at one point of what the twist would be and it turned out I was right, but that didn’t bother me and I’m so excited that I was duped! I can see why this was nominated for a GR choice award.

Hope this is not what the future for our children looks like. Also, I don’t think I want to ever try 3D printed food.

Narration notes:
Yahoo for 3 especially since all POV’s were women!! They all did fine.

Purchase link:  https://amzn.to/4o078uO

Add to your never ending TBR  ~ goodreads

I’d love to hear your thoughts if you’ve read it.

Book blurb:

When any biological matter can be used to create life, stolen celebrity DNA sells to the highest bidder—or the craziest stalker—in this propulsive thriller.

With a vivid imagining of the future, _Gattaca _meets Black Mirror in Kira Peikoff’s Baby X.

In the near-future United States, where advanced technology can create eggs or sperm from any person’s cells, celebrities face the alarming potential of meeting biological children they never conceived. Famous singer Trace Thorne is tired of being targeted by the Vault, a black market site devoted to stealing DNA. Sick of paying ransom money for his own cell matter, he hires bio-security guard Ember Ryan to ensure his biological safety.

Ember will do anything she can to protect her clients. She knows all the Vault’s tricks—discarded tissues, used straws, lipstick tubes—and has prevented countless DNA thefts. Working for Thorne, her focus becomes split when she begins to fall for him, but she knows she hasn’t let anything slip—love or not, his DNA is safe. But then she and Thorne are confronted by a pregnant woman, Quinn, who claims that Thorne is the father of her baby, and all bets are off.

Brilliantly plotted and terrifyingly prescient, Baby X is an unpredictable and relentless speculative thriller perfect for fans of Blake Crouch and John Marrs.

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