An incredible follow up to A Psalm for the Wild-Built. Like, I’m writing this three weeks after I read it and while I don’t remember as much about it, I can still talk about all the things I loved about it.

For starters, Dex and Mosscap. They both grow so much in this book. Thinking back to the first book, they have a lot of conversations about what it means to be human and to need things, but they really expand on those conversations and take it in directions the first book didn’t go. And they’re beautiful, lovely conversations that are inherently very relatable.

Secondly, the world building. I loved the world building. We find out little nuggets more about the world. In particular, pebs. The system of currency is a stroke of genius and every week I have found myself wishing that we could switch to pebs. (I’m sure that Becky Chambers didn’t invent the idea of a customer-based currency like pebs, but I’m still giving her credit here because this book deserves it.)

Thirdly, the side characters. There’s so many interesting people Dex and Mosscap meet. Leroy such a sweetheart and I love Dex’s family. And now I’ve forgotten the name of the person they meet in that town they get to that doesn’t like robots, but they were great too.

Lastly, Em Grosland does a fantastic job narrating this. I read the first book with my eyeballs but I’m so glad I listened to this one. He really adds so much to this book by how he tells it. There’s several parts where I laughed out loud because the narration was so spot on and perfect. If you have the option of listening to this book, DO IT.

Y’all. I love this series so freaking much.