The book had me at: "a semi-organized band of beneficent criminals, wayward assassins, and washed up mercenaries with a penchant for doing the honorable thing." The universe Persephone Station is set in is so rich and layered; that made it easy to understand the grand stakes resulting from every point-of-view character's actions. The characters also were deeper than is the norm for, well, most books, because that is Stina Leicht's gift, to bring us into these characters so we feel what they feel. A thing I particularly enjoyed about this book is that while the disparate points of view characters and their individual problems came together in the climax of this story, they just as easily separated after its resolution, leaving space for many other stories in this universe and again reminding us how vast this universe is. Because it's a space opera I'd be remiss if I didn't say this story gives you plenty of bang! and boom! and all the clever plans you could want.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this eARC.

As a whole I give Persephone Station 4⭐s

Cast Diversity--5⭐

Worldbuilding--4⭐

Plot wrap up--4⭐

Pacing--4⭐

Character Relationships--4⭐

Ending--4⭐

Persephone Station was a fantastic read. Described as a space opera for fans of The Mandalorian and Cowboy Beebop, I agree with that. I'll add in Ghost in the Shell as well.

The cast is a little large but the characters are distinct. Angel, Lou, Enid, Sukyi, Vissia and Kennedy Liu are all very well written, along with every other character.

Like crime families? They're here and Rosie helps handle them all and prevent any all out war.

Assassinations? Yup, it's got 'em. There are AI and they're very believable. The author really did the work to make the AI a solidly believable part of the story.

The pacing got a little weird in some places before me. I didn't feel the rush along with a few of the characters in some part, but the plot was nice.

There were several plot lines that seemed like they were pulling characters in different directions and seeing how they collided was really nice. It kept me hooked.

One thing I wanted was more explanation about certain parts of the world. Revivification is mentioned by Angel and I wanted to have it detailed. It was so interesting and I really wanted to know how it works. Not having it wasn't a huge deal but it was a bit of a let down.

The relationships between the characters were all strong. I wound up attached to all of them. I loved their dynamic.

My only real nitpick was the way the absolute very ending played out. Part of it seemed a little out of nowhere to me but even then I enjoyed it. I'll recommend this to a few people.

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