![]() Betrothed to Maxon KiBanu and hoping to simply survive her circumstances, Joy dreams of escaping poverty so that she can explore the world, draw all of her imaginings, and tell stories. Pampered, attractive, and passionate about music, Felix planet hops to perform on stage. They share their thoughts and failures and triumphs with one another. Still, Joy is Felix’s “best friend, moral compass, judge, and jury” (11). However, in the case of Joy Abara and Felix Hamdi, a pairing is unlikely since he’s of royal blood and in line for the throne while she is dreadfully poor, living on the most impoverished plant in their system: Hali. Because those who are paired come to know each other’s thoughts so intimately, they often marry. Maru’s top scientists created the mind pairing idea as a solution. The Kindred program was created after The Second Chaos, a revolution in which the poor rose up demanding that their voices be heard by the rich. ![]() Her two protagonists-as is everyone else in the Monchuri system-have been linked with since birth. Alechia Dow writes an intriguing speculative story with her novel The Kindred. ![]()
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