THIS BOOK WAS AMAZING. OH MY GOD I AM IN LOVE WITH THIS BOOK I ADORED EVERYTHING ABOUT IT. 
 Oh, I suppose I should write a more coherent and thought out review, bereft of all caps and vague non-descriptors of excellence. 
 Myfanwy (pronounced Miff-any) Thomas awakes next to a series of bodies with no memories a note in her pocket from her former self vaguely explaining how she can to be in this position. She is part of a dangerous and secret organization of supernaturally powered individuals deep within the government of Britain and not only that, is part of the presiding group that runs that organization known as the Chequey (pronounced Sheh-kay). And someone within that high up group has betrayed her. From there Myfanwy must follow the research conducted by her former self to figure out how she can maintain her position within the Chequey along with not reveal her lack of memories to whoever it was betrayed her and prevent future plots against Britain. 
 As incoherently mentioned above, I loved pretty much everything about this book. The amnesia plot was handled particularly well, allowing for tension in regards to who betrayed Myfanwy and what powers they hold within the Chequey. In other novels where amnesia is a central plot device, most of the efforts of our main character involve regaining his or her memory. This is not the case with Myfanwy. She does not consider herself the same person as the one she previously was before waking up surrounded by bodies. She has no real desire to step back into the life and personality of her former self, instead moving forward trying to define her own identity within her past self's particularly strange occupation. Whether or not she discovers who betrayed her is entirely based up her own detective skills along with explanations her past self left in case such an event was to occur. This was a very innovative take on the amnesia plot device and I greatly appreciated it. 
 Myfanwy herself was also wonderful. There was a flip of convention in regards to her helpless state. One would expect that the post amnesia Myfanwy would be weak and helpless, not having the experiences that former Myfanwy had, and that is true to a point. Her intellectual knowledge of the situation is very small starting off. She does not know what is happening and is often confused about proceedings given her lack of experience with it. But she is considerably more of an active presence in regards to her powers (by the way, she has supernatural powers) than former Myfanwy. Because of the amnesia, she has no build in insecurities and fears unlike her predecessor and is much more engaged in preventing her helpless state when it comes to what she can physically do. 
 I could gush on and on about what all I loved about this book but really I don't have much criticism to bring against it. It automatically has entered into the echelon of my all time favorite books and I eagerly await book two in FEBRUARY UGH WHY IS IT SO FAR AWAY IT'S ONLY JULY RIGHT NOW. ::flops over in pain::