supernova soul is the a sequel of nother book, for that reason I didn't get it at all, and I didn't finished it, this had great potential but I didn't understand anything in the prologue. Thanks Netgalley for this book.

Supernova Soul follows Like the First Moon Landing and shows the story of The Swift from the POV of Hélène and those that were evacuated. Maggie, Hélène’s ex-wife, made her way onto The Swift after Hélène and the crew disappeared. Maggie knows the story, and we learned it as well in the first book, but Hélène and the crew have no idea what happened and now they are struggling to survive.

The core of the book is about the crew trying to find a way to survive and return home. They battle hostile elements and each other to find a way to hang on and hope for rescue. The survivors have never worked together before, barely know each other, and tensions rise quickly when truths are revealed.

We learn more from Hélène about her difficult background and her split from Maggie. When Maggie made the choices she did, Hélène could only see how it affected herself and didn’t think to see any of it from Maggie’s POV. While Hélène is determined and focused to survive and return home, she is forced to look at herself and how her own actions have caused pain to others.

This book is not a romance and there is no romantic interest for Hélène at this time. It’s a survival story and a story of looking at the bigger picture of Hélène’s choice and actions.

I liked seeing the other side of the story and how Hélène and the remaining crew members were fighting with everything they had to survive. We see Maggie again, as well, and get a little more closure on her story, which was rewarding to see. However, I am not sure where this story goes from here. Not everything is tied up or resolved and there is incomplete closure. It certainly feels like there could be more for Hélène and the overall story, but there was no indication of anything further for this series. For the story that was told, I was intrigued, as Metzger tells an interesting tale with a diverse cast in a deep space environment.

Note: I was provided a free copy of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Supernova Soul is a compelling piece of LGBTQ+ fiction. Even as a sequel, the book is easy to pick up and understand as a standalone novel.
As an LGBTQ+ novel, I was quite pleased with the complexity and questions the book raised about identity. The characters, diverse in orientation and opinion, were likable and interesting to explore in regards to their relationships with other survivors. The main character brought forth many questions about identity of herself and others that I appreciated learning and thinking about-- these were topics that I hadn't previously considered, and I commend Metzger immensely for sparking the conversation in a way that seamlessly fit with the main conflict.
Overall, it is clear that Metzger is a strong science fiction writer due to the excellent use of suspense and narrative voice. When confronted with the obstacles the characters faced on the unfamiliar moon, I was legitimately scared of the dangers and possible creatures lurking outside of the airlock. The writing transported the readers straight into the perilous situations.
Overall, I'd sincerely reccomend this book to all lovers of science fiction and LGBTQ+ literature. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and I am sure others will!

Supernova Soul is the awesome follow up to "Like the First Moon Landing". Both are set in space but the setting is almost incidental to an almost cowboy/western style adventure and survival story. This time Hélène LeFebvre star navigator of the Ganymede Logistics Corporation (as well as estranged ex-wife of Maggie McLean, hero of the first book) is our protagonist, even having read and loved this book I'm still not sure if Hélène is a hero or an anti-hero, but either way she is a wonderful character.

As the blurb outlines, the survivors of 'The Swift' find themselves stranded on an unknown moon, desperately trying to survive in a toxic atmosphere and rig up a super-powered communications array to make contact with anyone who could possible rescue them. With the eight survivors crammed into one small escape pod, tensions inevitably begin to rise and almost reach boiling point when pilot Zoë gets Hélène to talk about the breakdown of her marriage to Maggie. If you've read "Like the First Moon Landing" (and I cannot recommend it enough) you'll know that their relationship broke down when Maggie left the armed forces because she couldn't tick a box saying that she was either male or female. For Hélène, this would have not only meant throwing out all of the plans they had made, but also threatened to knock down the walls she had constructed around her own identity: black woman, lesbian, navigator - but could she be a lesbian if the person she was married to was questioning if they were a woman or a man? For Hélène the emergency landing and isolation on the moon leads to a physical, mental and emotional struggle to survive. There are shades of old-school horror stories too, with hideous monsters appearing after nightfall and the ordeal slowly sending some of the survivors mad - all masterfully handled by Metzger.

Traditionally sci-fi was a way to reflect societal issues through a seemingly distant lens (I'm a huge fan of the Alien series with all the post-Colonial, Conradian references). In this book and "Like the First Moon Landing" Metzger has carried on that fine tradition, raising well crafted and pointed questions about how we as a society deal with race, gender identity and sexual orientation.

As a bonus, the ship that Hélène and the others were evacuated from in the escape pods is The Swift (named for Jonathan, the satirist I hope), after it goes missing the press nickname it The Mary Celeste but best of all...its official callsign is EU-404! (In internet terms 404 means not found and this is exactly the sort of geekery I adore.)

This is very much a searching for your self/identity but in space with all the sci fi elements thrown in. It was a fairly quick read (in one setting). Outside of the sci fi elements, the plot kept me going which is why it felt like it was a quick and easy read because I wanted to know more.

3.50 Stars. This was a good read. This is the second book in the Roche Limit series by Metzger. I thought both books were compelling and good sci-fi reads. Technically, you could read this book without reading the first. It’s a complete story and you are introduced to mostly new characters. However, there is a mystery of what happened to a certain spaceship so you do need to read both books to really understand it. The first book, Like the First Moon Landing, came out only three months ago so the story was fresh in my mind and I could see how the characters and their storylines all intertwined. Reading both books really is the best way to truly enjoy the main plot.

This series is a story about a ghost spaceship and what happened to make it become this way. The first book was about finding that ship and unraveling the mystery behind it. This book is about what happened to some of the missing people from that spaceship. The first book gave me a bit of a The Martian, Aliens (the military aspect of it) and the movie Passengers feel. This second book was more like The Martian on steroids. Anyway, if you like the feel of those sci-fi stories chances would be higher that you would enjoy this series.

I was really happy about how divers this series was. The main characters in both books are WOC, and you have a good mix of sexualities and genders. From lesbian, bi, asexual, trans, intersex, and genderqueer, this was diversity in space.

While book one had a light romance, this book doesn’t. This book once again is a character study this time dealing with biases in and out of the LGBTQ+ community and facing the truth about oneself. It was nice to see the main character grow and understand how painful her actions were.
While this was a story about people, there is plenty of action too. These people have to deal with an environment trying to kill them and the possibility of an alien type monster that wants to finish them off. Can they survive long enough to be saved? This book was gripping and I found myself on the edge of my seat which is always fun.

Both books are what I would call short novels. They are quick reads that fly by even faster because of the writing and subject matter. Once you pick up this book you won’t want to put it down until you are finished. I don’t know if this is the last book in the series. I could see it going either way. Almost all of the big storylines are wrapped up, but I would be tempted to find out what happens to the characters now. If you are looking for a good and diverse sci-fi read, give this series a chance. I would suggest starting at book one Like the First Moon Landing, first.

If you'll excuse the pun, this book is out of this world. I've always been incredibly fascinated with books set in space or focusing on space travel. I also appreciate both mental and physical survival stories, this is both. The writing is compelling, it had me crying only 10% of the way through the book and I was on the edge of my seat a few times. In some ways this is comparable to The Martian, but less technical and more focused on human struggle than scientific details. The events are believable without the reader getting bogged down in the minutia of survival and the cast of characters is unique and varied. Supernova Soul does a good job of fleshing out the side characters while keeping the book short, but more than that it does an impressive job of questioning the treatment of trans and intersex people both in and out of the LGBTQ community. The driving themes of this book are not just surviving an unknown moon long enough to be rescued but easing the reader along the path to a better understanding of how trans and intersex people can struggle.