In Conform by Ariel Sullivan, twenty-seven-year-old Emeline lives as a “Minor Defect” in a dystopian society ruled by the Illum, where she spends her days cataloging and destroying relics of the past. When she is unexpectedly chosen as a Mate for Collin, an elite member of the Illum, Emeline is thrust into a world of lavish ceremonies, strict expectations, and deadly stakes. Torn between Collin’s guarded kindness and her unexpected pull toward Hal, a rebel leader, she finds herself caught in a dangerous web of secrets, loyalty, and defiance.

As Emeline discovers a growing underground resistance and the brutal mechanisms the Illum use to control minds and bodies, Ariel Sullivan forces her heroine to choose between safety through conformity or risking everything for freedom. Emeline must navigate betrayal, power, and her own identity to decide whether to submit to an oppressive order or fight to reclaim her voice and destiny¹.