Thank you to NetGalley and Tor Books for an eARC of this title.

Alright, this is everything I want in a SciFi novel. First and foremost I adore the fact that the world is queernorm and gender neutral. I mean, space travel is normal and people from different planets is normal, so why wouldn’t gender nuetrality and queerness be normal? It should! And I loved it!

Now, onto the other aspects. I loved the characters Kiem and Jainan are incredible characters. They are both complicated and sweet and also big dumb-dumbs. This was really a “they-just-need-to-talk” scenario, but it was so dang good. I loved how our characters grew over the book and learned more about themselves and each other. I also loved the consent discussion. Without spoilers, I will just say that it is everything I want in books and more books should treat consent this way.

The plot, oh man. I loved the plot. I will say that it is a slow beginning, BUT I loved that the set up was slow and made me desperate to know more about the world and what was happening. The whole murder mystery plot I thought was incredible. I did not guess the culprit or the reasoning so, that’s a win for me. Overall, I thought this book was incredible and I highly recommend it. The relationships are amazing, the characters are so sweet and so fun, and the plot just made me want more. I still want more!