What a trip! It's been quite a while since I've read or watched anything X-Men related and this was a great reentry, reminding me how much fun these characters can be.

A young adult mutant is coming into her powers. A vaguely French and very arrogant super-soldier/thief is coming to grips with loss of power and identity. Sentient tech is continuing to evolve. And they're all converging at the Xavier Institute in this adventurous and touching heist story with themes of second chances, found families, self-discovery, and the choices that define us.

Both fast-paced and thoughtful, this is well-written superhero fun.

Topics, tropes and themes: loss, change, second chances, grief and mourning, found family and friendship, identity, self-discovery, self-acceptance, cloning, nanotech, sentience, LGBTQ, art heist, psychometry, telepathy, culture, communication
Content notes: death of a parent, fantasy violence and healing

My thanks to NetGalley and Aconyte for a digital ARC.