 couldn't put this book down. I loved every page of it and I'll tell you why in just a second. Okay the quick description of this book the title diabolic refers to a genetically engineered humanoid that is created to act as a bodyguard for a specific person that is mentally and emotionally bonded to a specific person and their only goal in life is to protect that person. This takes place in the distant distant future untold thousands of years in the future when the human race has settled and overtaken countless star systems all over the galaxy. It's a future dark ages time. The the ruling family has maintained control by conducting all-out war against education and science. All of the space faring technology and genetic technology and everything that they use to travel their empire and control their empire is in decline and falling apart. Because nobody is left who knows how anything's anything works or can rebuild anything so it really is a dark ages. The empire is in its heyday but it's going to fall soon and everybody knows it and that's the setting of this book. From the description in the the dust jacket here which I'll let you read you can pause that and read it while I'm talking. I got the impression that the diabolic that had been created for this little girl named Sidonia was going to be kidnapped with the kidnappers thinking that the diabolic was Sidonia. That is not at all what happened. I was surprised at every turn by this book. I never knew where it was going to go and I loved everywhere it went. This author S.J. Kincaid pulled no punches. She held nothing back. She considered nothing sacred. These characters are not her precious babies. There is nothing about this that could be called a Mary Sue story. I would say that if you enjoyed the Hunger Games you will enjoy this. I would also say that if you hated the Hunger Games you would also enjoy this because it's so much more than that. It's like great YA fiction combined with Game of Thrones or with Dune. The galaxy spanning decadent royal empire was very reminiscent of the complexities of the royal families of Dune. I just can't recommend this enough. I do want to add that I learned about this book from another YouTuber called One Minute Books. She is a librarian who reviews exclusively children's books and because her area is so different than mine she always comes up with books that I've not seen or heard of and every once in a while she'll review a really nice YA piece of fiction like this and I've learned about a number of books through her so give her a look and get this book. Please remember to press that like button. It helps my videos get seen and then subscribe so you can come back next time. I do science fiction book TV and movie reviews all the time and please consider becoming a patron. There's a link in the description below.