“[A] spectacular performance…Chilton’s voice is chameleon-like…[and] Chilton’s ability to fully embody each character makes listeners feel as though they are right there in the moment with Skye and her crew—as surprised by each new revelation as they are.”

“[In] the rhythmic, riffing, incantatory prose…we get lost in a world that Ajalon renders with precision and lyricism that elude her main character.”

“Though the novel is deftly plotted and full of well-rounded, interesting characters, the desperate anger of Skye and Pieces’ relationship is meant to be abrasive, giving the book a jagged edge.”

“A visceral narrative of artists of color, Jamika Ajalon’s debut novel bursts forth with visionary aim.”

“Too real to be sci-fi, with a gritty imagination, Skye Papers merges race and class, queerness and anarchy, all while keeping a Philip K. Dick–ensian eye on the entities with the power to monitor and control our freedoms.”

“Skye Papers is a story of becoming—part love story, part artistic path, part surveillance-state dystopia—from a wholly unique and necessary new voice.”

“Skye Papers is not only one of the most addictive reads of this year, it’s a must reread to unlock the living labyrinths of loving madly, performing badly, and surviving oneself while daring to risk everything to experience a creative life beyond the fringes of expectation and limitation.”