🚀 To the Moon and Back by Eliana Ramage
4⭐️ | Queer lit • Indigenous rep • Messy ambition

This one had so much potential, like Cherokee rep, queer coming of age, NASA dreams, but the execution left me torn. Steph’s journey to become the first Cherokee astronaut is raw, messy, and full of heartbreak… but also a bit chaotic.

She’s ambitious, selfish, and sometimes hard to root for, which I do respect, but I struggled to connect with her. The NASA details? Not always accurate, and that took me out of it as a space nerd. Loved the creativity in structure (POV shifts, journal entries, dating profiles 👏), but the pacing dragged and some characters vanished mid book without closure.

Still, this is a bold, genre bending debut that dives deep into identity, culture, family, and the cost of chasing your dreams. Not perfect, but important.

Worth reading if you like complex characters, emotional journeys, and books that don't tie things up with a neat little bow.

Thank you to NetGalley, Eliana Ramage, and Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster for the eARC of this book.