It took me quite a while to build up the courage to pick this book up. I think had seen it all over Booktok and had heard many people...

In this world where there are two types of people, silvers and reds, and where there has been a war raging for ages, we meet our main character, Mare. She is a red who lives in the stilts and has been looking for a job so that she will not get drafted like her older brothers and her father into the endless war. Right now though, Mare picks pockets to help get her family money while her younger sister sews. Her sister ends up getting Mare a job in the palace as a cleaner. On h