This one is the sequel to Finna and I actually read it back at the beginning of April. My memory of it has gotten quite foggy but I actually liked it a great deal more than I did Finna. While the setting is the same and several of the side characters are the same, the main characters are completely different.
Defekt is about Derek. From the beginning, it's clear that Derek is an odd ball. He works 18 hour shifts at the LitenVarld and lives in a tricked out packing container that sits in the back of the parking lot. He's bizarrely naive and loyal to the store. He doesn't seem to know how to interact with his coworkers. All of his mannerisms are practiced in front of a mirror.
If it seems like he might not be entirely human, then you are definitely on the right track. In the last book we learned that LitenVarlds (basically Ikea) create thin places in the barriers between alternate universes. In this book, we learn that these thin places cause the occasional object to mutate and become sentient. This causes obvious problems, so once there are enough mutated objects in a store a special team is sent to destroy them. Derek's store has a mutated object problem and Derek is tapped to help the removal team. However, when the team arrives, Derek notices that they all look like him.
It really felt like Cipri found the groove with this story. While, you don't really have to read Finna first, it would probably be a good idea. The world building in Finna helps to understand what is going on in Defekt.
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