Such an incredibly fun read. This has been on my list for a while, and I’m happy to have finally gotten around to it. Locke is delightfully smug, and I really enjoyed both the moments where his plans paid off and the moments they didn’t.

It does have some of the sort of absentminded sexism you expect from many male authors. Pseudo-egalitarian world but many ramifications of sexism still exist. Nothing too overt, but women clearly don’t have as much plot importance as men overall. Far from the worst I’ve seen so I was largely able to overlook it… but I shouldn’t have to!

My favorite part of the book was perhaps when Locke tried multiple times to get fancy clothing from the Meraggio. Absolutely hilarious