A review by amandamarie
The Highest Frontier by Joan Slonczewski

4.0

I really wanted to love this, and there was a lot to like, but in the end there was something missing for me. Joan Slonczewski has been my favorite author since I was 14, so the thought of a new book from her was thrilling! I've read that this is only the first book in a cycle, so hopefully once I've read the rest of the books the story will really gel. The world building, as is expected, is absolute brilliant, but not so dense that lay people such as myself can't understand what's going on. The writing is good, but I found the characters really grating. I think if there was more time spent on the alien invaders I would have found the story more compelling. Ultra was fascinating! If you could give a book 3.5 stars on this site I would, but I went for the higher rating until I've read the next books.