There are some mentions of politics and some suspicious characters but overall, this book is about the drama. Sometimes that can be fun, but in this case, it made the first half of the book feel a little slow. The plot centers mostly around: the drama of the Valg, Leo being stuck between her desire to not get married and her desire to help her family, and the angst between Leo and her ex, Elliot. The world building is done pretty well, without horribly heavy exposition, but it can feel like a lot to take in at first, and that’s with me having already read the spin-off novel that takes place in the same universe. The world she built is unique and interesting, the premise being that 200 years in the future the Earth is inhabitable due to an ice age and all of humanity orbits it on various spaceships that represent countries. But that doesn’t mean her setting is lackluster. Alexa Donne’s writing style is simple and easy to get into, her books read like a contemporary despite being sci-fi.
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