Meet Johnny Gomez, a space broom, the space station’s most hopeless janitor. His life is pathetic, until he picks up a piece of forgotten trash during a particularly nasty job, which dangerously puts him in the way of all sorts of baddies who want it. Aided by a pair of smugglers, Johnny goes on the ride of his life…will he survive, or become space trash himself?

I thought the premise of this was promising and did think the world building was interesting, but the overall execution fell flat for me. The humour wasn’t really to my taste, in that guy-writing-scifi-for-guys way, and some of the conversations or plot points made me roll my eyes. While the world building and characters were descriptive, they lacked depth, though this novel is quite short so I wasn’t expecting anything more beyond a space adventure. And in that it delivered: if you want a sardonic romp across another universe then this is for you. If you’re looking for compelling prose, then perhaps look elsewhere.

Thank you to Netgalley and Angry Robot for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

this was a good book! I liked how it was lighthearted and entertaining!! It was fun and it kept me engaged while reading. I liked the way htis book flowed, and it was just good!


Thank you to NetGalley, to the author, and to the publisher for this complimentary ARC in exchange for my honest review!!!

Enjoyable space adventure romp. Johnny Gomez is down on his luck, down on himself and in a dead end job. His boss hates him so Johnny gets the jobs others just love, not! But who knew cleaning out the bowls of a space station would lead to so much expectation, trouble and bodily damage as Johnny, by accident, finds an item worth a lot, to a lot of very dangerous people. Johnny’s fortune or Johnny’s demise? Two very real possibilities. Johnny needs some friends, and they may be closer than he knows. Thank you to Angry Robot and NetGalley for the ARC. The views expressed are all mine, freely given.

Gaaahh this is SO. GOOD. I can't believ I finished this in less than a week!

We follow Gomez, a Space Broom. A cleaner on Kilgore.. until gets himself involved in some serious mess completely by accident, of course.

This was full of action and I LOVED the sci-fi in this! Rodriguez has created a whole world and bought ao much life to it. I thoroughly enjoyed this and am looking forward to the next!

Thank you Netgalley and Angry Robot for the ARC!