Disclaimer: I received an e-ARC from the authors.

This story examines the life on an alien planet first rebelling against human occupation and then dealing with the fallout of the economic destruction humans left behind. It is told through multiple perspectives (but mainly, we follow Invidia and Clyra, two shroompeople trying to find their way in this scary and strange new world) and I found that really interesting as it offers us two different perspectives as we get to know this strange world and dive deep into the horrors its occupants experience. 
I really enjoyed Invidia’s storyline, their experience of survivor’s guilt, dissociation, attempts to flee from it through using their hallucinatory drug and yet, unable to give up despite it all were really interesting to read. It was a bit confusing at times, but for me it added to my immersion as it meant I really had to allow the horror of this experience to envelop me to understand Invidia’s state of mind. I also enjoyed Clyra’s story, their attempts to keep their group going even though they themself are struggling with the scars human medical experimentation left on them was heartbreaking to read. 
I also really liked that while the two main characters used they/them pronouns, not all shroompeople did, making this not just an alien-nonbinary-race story, but featuring actual nonbinary characters (a lot of the shroompeople do use they/them pronouns, but I did notice that there are some that do not, which made me happy to read!). This is not to say that alien-nonbinary-race is a bad concept in sci-fi, because it isn’t, but I do enjoy sci-fi with trans characters a lot.
As a fan of horror and gore, I also really found myself intrigued by the depictions of injury and the body horror that comes along with being severely injured, but unable to rest and recover in any meaningful way at the site where the injury took place. It made for a gruesome read at points and so while it is mentioned in the trigger warnings included in the book, I just wanted to mention that there is a lot of graphic depictions of injury and body horror stemming from that and it might be tough to deal with for some readers.
Another aspect I found myself really adoring was the depictions of the landscape, its former glory as well as the horror that was left behind and what it could become again. The story really flourishes in its descriptions of the flora, fauna and creatures inhabiting this planet
All in all, this is an incredible sci-fi (cozy) horror, dealing with some tough topics in a beautifully written way and with fascinating characters and a really interesting world to explore.

TW: body horror (insect infestation), chronic pain, colonization, corpses, decay, environmental destruction, depression, explosion/bombing, injury, gore, grief, medical experimentation, ptsd, survivors guilt, trauma surrounding death