First off, I'm really enjoying this story.

The main complaint I have is that it feels like a book 2 in a series and that i missed a book involving the divorce ritual. It would be nice to see the dynamic Natalie has with her family before the choice to be a meat girl. But maybe that can be a prequel or flash back.

A minor nitpick is the Dolcett Districts. I like the idea of them and makes the world not feel like a perfect utopia. They feel like the kind place some of Eficient's stories take place. It's just that people naming places after him feels overdone. I've read so many stories where the town/county/country is named after him somehow and it takes me out the story a bit when it happens.

For the stuff I like. The world building is great, to the point where I wouldn't be too disappointed if the "Natalie changes her mind" theories turn out to be true. I like the characters, Stephanie and Natalie feel like real people and not just tools for wank bait. I like the back and forth between them and am interested in how the dynamic goes when Dad gets home.

I kinda hope the girls from the mall show back up, it felt like the younger one wanted to do the same thing but was too scared.

Since their is "how it could end" theories I will offer I few I thought up while thinking about the story:
1 - Natalie gets roasted.
- The obvious outcome.
2 - Both Natalie and Stephanie get roasted.
- Stephanie gets inspired by her daughter and decides to live out her fantasy.
- Could be at the same time or afterwords.
3 - Stephanie gets roasted.
- For some reason Natalie doesn't go through with it and her mother takes her place.
4 - Someone else gets roasted.
- The least likely I think.

I think 1 and 2 are the most likely but 3 and 4 could be possible. I admit I would prefer 1 or 2, because that's why I come to this site. But 3 or 4 could also make for a great ending and lead to the further adventures of Natalie.

Their is a few things I noticed that could just be world building but could also be foreshadowing:
- Stephanie's plan to be snuff not happening because of getting pregnant.
- Natalie favourite band and wanting to take her mom a concert.
- The girls from the mall.
- Stephanie having problems getting pregnant.
- Michael and Carina being set up by Stephanie.

To go more into the end theories, The pregnancy drops could lead either into theory 1 with Stephanie getting pregnant before the big event, but, could also lead into theory 3 or 4 with Natalie getting pregnant from either her Dad or Peter and someone else (maybe Stephanie) filling in. Also Michael and Carina could lead to some variation of theory 2 with Stephanie getting roasted at the same time as Natalie or in a epilogue chapter at the end.

Overall I'm really enjoying the story and am interested to see where it goes. The fact that you said the ending is "far away" and we have about a month to go means that there are a lot of situations and hijinks that Natalie can get involved in to look forward too before the main event.