K. Ancrum really knows how to suck me in with these amazing friend groups and tough to crack people turned lovers and I’m here 👏🏼 for 👏🏼 it 👏🏼. 

One thing about me, I do not care about space books and science fiction, so before I started this book, I was a little hesitant. Let me just say, that feeling very quickly went away as we started learning about Ryann and her family, friends, and hidden power to make outcasts join her little gang of misfits. Once stone faced Alexandria got thrown into the mix, it was game over for me.

Again, I fully recognize this is a fully self-indulgent 5 star review, but honestly the legitimate giddiness I felt when we got to revisit The Wicker King lovers in all their poly-am glory was unmatched and the fact that there were small nods to that book throughout warmed my heart. Like the toy factory making a reappearance? We love to see it.

That being said, I will once again own up to my biases. Was this book perfect? No. Did I think that the decisions and desires to go to space for various characters made sense? Absolutely not. Would I still read this book again in a heartbeat because I adore every single one of the characters in this universe with my whole heart and the literal last page made me cry? Yes to all of that. Read this for a good time and some great characters.