The rep in this made me super happy. Alice is biromantic asexual (though there's a section where she wonders if she's grey-a), and that was so, so good to see. As a bi demi, I hold every type of ace rep close to my heart and Kann did a great job here.

I would even call this a 'teaching book'. Slide it towards someone whose mind you want to expand or try to indirectly teach about asexuality. Because I know conversations can be hard for people.

The friends in here are amazing. Alice's sorta-triad with her bestie and her fiance. Alice's own blooming friendship with Takumi, and that transition to something romantic. It's all well played.

I feel in love with this right away. I mean, an all women crew of pirates? I'm there.

And then it kept blindsiding me with how perfect it was. Not just women pirates, a lesbian ones. Sciencey ones. WOC. A first mate heads taller than any one else who runs a book club and DnD game. Jokes and situations that are so about today it was like "on snap" and "yes" and "let me take photos of all these panels cuz people have *got* to see this".

I finished this in 40 min. And then requested all the other volumes in my library system.

There's just so much about this that's awesome.

This was an incredible read. Easy to access, full of stories that make me really feel the times. I feel like I kept bringing up what I was reading to everyone I meet. Sometimes more than once depending on what part of the book I was currently on. Definitely a book to read and then discuss with people.