Since my days of writing cohesive reviews are behind me, I've decided on a bullet-point format. TL; DR: really good book! Stina Leicht is becoming an auto-read for me. See book = must read!

- all cast are women or non-binary characters, and the book is very diverse in other aspects as well
- they're not all young either, there are a lot of 40-50 year olds kicking some real ass; mature women are often underrepresented in scifi, which I found very refreshing
- there is a good amount of action (although the setup does take a while at first)
- a lot of characters, but when you get used to it and remember who's who, you get attached to them and their distinct personalities and quirks
- a cat on a spaceship! And he curses at everyone with his smart collar! If that's not spice on a story, I don't know what is
- there are some very interesting alien life forms and concepts
- artificial life forms, sentient AI and anything you might want to know about them - the world building is very deep when it comes to this topic
- this is set in the same universe as Persephone Station! I was very excited about that, because I adore it when authors take the time and effort to build entire worlds of their own.
- there is contagion involved, and in a post-covid world, you relate weirdly and the situations read a lot more tensely than I would imagine they would have some 5 years ago. In my opinion, this added strongly to the story
- it's something very minor to a scifi plot, and you might not even notice it, but the people in this universe seem to ONLY eat vegetarian meals. I don't think I've ever seen that in any other book. It's very interesting as a stylistic choice, and I love what the author's is (probably) trying to say by doing this.
- this is not story related, but it's hilarious how much I enjoyed it. In the acknowledgements, the author explains how a book is written and gets on your shelf. Really, a lot more authors should do this, cause before becoming a book blogger, honestly? I also never knew.

Pick this up! I definitely loved it.

I thank the publisher for giving me a free copy of the ebook in exchange to my honest review. This has not affected my opinion.

GASP SQUEEL HOLY MOTHAAAAA this was amazing. I loved Stina Leicht's first novel but this one... I was not prepared for. Queerness, diversity. YAY.