I found this story interesting. It is not the best book I’ve ever read, but it is definitely a fun read! I cared about the characters and appreciated how casually diverse this book is. Scavenge The Stars features people who have a variety of sexualities, menstrual cycles, people of color, strong women, and trans people. I especially loved how the MAIN MALE character was bisexual because I don’t see that very often.

The story could be slightly slow paced at times, but not enough for me to stop reading. My biggest problem with this book was how confusing the transmission of Ash Fever was. If you could catch the fever from someone who has it, then everyone in this book would be dead. Cayo spends so much time with his sister, who has the fever and never catches it. He would hold her hand and kiss her forehead and still miraculously didn't catch it. So that means one can probably only contract it from interacting with counterfeit money. If that is the case, it is strange that no one in the crew including Amaya caught Ash Fever. I understand that some people get lucky and don’t get sick even if they were exposed to something that could make them ill. However, I found it highly improbable that Amaya or one of the crew members never caught it after handling it almost every day.

Even though I liked all of the characters in this book, I didn't like Amaya and Cayo as love interests. Their “romantic” interactions read as curiosity and infatuation with one another rather than a genuine romantic connection. I interpreted their dynamic this way because Amaya and Cayo are so different (not in an opposites attract way) and continually push and pull from one another that it keeps them interested, but they are not actually compatible.