The Ones We're Meant To Find by Joan He | ARC Review

“None of us live without consequence. Our personal preferences are not truly 

personal. One person’s needs will deny another’s. Our privileges can harm 

ourselves and others.” 

Review :

 

An apocalyptic future tests the bonds of love between sisters. 

 

In this future world, climate change and other disasters have brought people 

together from different countries into eco-cities that levitate above their regions. 

 

Sixteen-year-old Kasey Mizuhara disassociates herself from people, 

moving through the world like an alien or ghost, observing her human 

companions. She prefers the cool comfort of logic, and the only one she loves 

and looks to for direction is Celia, her older sister. 

 

Celia Mizuhara, on the other hand, loves too much, continually pushing 

boundaries and breaking rules. Yet the sisters admire each other for their 

complementary strengths. As the world crumbles around them due to human-

made disasters, Kasey strives to uncover the mystery surrounding Cee’s 

disappearance while Cee survives, marooned on an island and driven to 

search for Kasey through her wavering memories. 

 

While the science-fiction setting often does not feel fully realized enough to 

anchor readers in this world where the residents of the floating eco-cities carry out most of their nonessential activities in holographic mode, the story is a 

compelling exploration of humanity and its tendency toward selfishness and 

self-destruction. 

 

The pacing is maddeningly slow at first, but midway through, the action 

accelerates, racing to a breathless end. Readers who puzzle through this world 

will find a curious struggle that may answer the question of whether humanity is 

worth saving. 

 

The book is an intriguing foray into a devastating future—and yet one where 

hope abides.