I really enjoyed this book. A clever mash up of science fiction and fantasy. The book starts with its foot on the gas pedal and never hits the brakes. I look forward to reading the next one. ( )

felt like there should have been a third book

This was a good/fun book in the way a buddy action movie can be. But in the same way, car chases and explosions galore, melodramatic emotional scenes, it wasn't a "good" book. Solid "summer read" for sure, though. ( )

3,6 stars

I went into this book expecting it to be scifi, so it took me a while to adjust to it actually being fantasy in space. It's not a bad thing for a book to be, it's just not what I was looking for. The magic system was okay, even though it was a little ill defined.

The character tropes were a little too glaring, but I appreciate the attempt at character growth. I don't really get the point of Boots' losses. Too much pandering to shock value. The other characters were okay, but none really struck me as relatable or particularly memorable. Well, with the exception of Mother, I did enjoy her character.

All in all, this was good fun, if nothing really original or special. I'll probably end up reading the sequel, bu I'm not in any rush to get to it. ( )

Gave up at about 57% of the way through. I don't know if it's because I was going through this book in between bouts of both the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and the Expanse series, but this just came off as...childish.

WAY too much "as you know, Bob" dialogue (pro tip: if, as an author, you find yourself writing, "as you know" or "as you're well aware" or "you'll remember" and then following it up with a fact that everyone in the story knows, but the reader doesn't, you're doing it wrong).

And the action, and the dialogue, and the magic, and the characters...to me, this felt more like a very light YA novel.

Just didn't work for me. I'll be skipping the follow up novel.