I read The Pill by Meg Elison when it was nominated for the Hugo Award a while back - it was one of the best stories I have read in years and it still haunts me to this day. I read her novel Number One Fan a few years ago, but it was too rapey and unrealistic for me to fully enjoy. But when I saw her new book by Ms. Elison on NetGalley, I eagerly requested an eARC in exchange for an honest review because of the description - Foundling Fathers sounded like a spiritual sequel to Clone High, a delightfully weird cartoon that I loved many years ago.
In this book, we quickly learn that Franklin, Jefferson, Adams, and Washington were cloned somehow in a near future and raised as brothers on an isolated island and were taught that it was still the 1700s. The plot kicks off when Franklin finds someone’s cell phone in the bathroom.
I really enjoyed this book, but my only complaints felt like it was too short - it felt like it could’ve been the first third of a much longer book, and I felt the ending was too abrupt. But I really enjoyed the style and the characterization. A fun read for our bisesquicentennial!