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A review by wart
Wandering Star by K.M. Penemue
5.0
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This book reads kind of like Firefly meets [b:A Home at the End of the World|2137|A Home at the End of the World|Michael Cunningham|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1442779849s/2137.jpg|1216429] WHICH SOUNDS REALLY WEIRD. but somehow isn't. Sixia and Zane are Jacks - short for "Jacks of all trade. They take what jobs they can get to keep their ship up and running. When their gravity simulator goes, they need a lot of money fast to replace it and take a job without fully considering the ramifications.
That job? Transporting a slave to one of Mars's moons.
Except neither Sixia nor Zane is okay with slavery. And Zane isn't very good at keeping aloof, despite the order from their employer to remain so. And Zane winds up bonding very quickly with Isaias, and even though she keeps reminding him to stay distant, Sixia isn't far behind.
On their way, they get embroiled in a rebellion that's underway on the planet Isaias is bound for, and when they arrive they're set up to be framed. And they have to say good bye to Isaias to boot.
This book was phenomenal. But you're probably wondering about the A Home at the End of the World reference? WELL I'M SO GLAD YOU ASKED. Zane is bisexual. Pansexual? Actually yeah Pansexual. He hits on everybody. Badly, but still. He and Sixia occasionally sleep together. AND Isaias is asexual.
In A Home at the End of the World, I read Bobby as ace and he's so definitely very in love with Jonathan and Clare. Jonathan is gay, but also loves both Clare and Bobby, and Clare loves the two of them. So y'know. Beautiful three person romance with one ace character? Yeah...
(Wandering Star's ending is a bit happier, in my opinion, but I still love A Home at the End of the World)
This book reads kind of like Firefly meets [b:A Home at the End of the World|2137|A Home at the End of the World|Michael Cunningham|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1442779849s/2137.jpg|1216429] WHICH SOUNDS REALLY WEIRD. but somehow isn't. Sixia and Zane are Jacks - short for "Jacks of all trade. They take what jobs they can get to keep their ship up and running. When their gravity simulator goes, they need a lot of money fast to replace it and take a job without fully considering the ramifications.
That job? Transporting a slave to one of Mars's moons.
Except neither Sixia nor Zane is okay with slavery. And Zane isn't very good at keeping aloof, despite the order from their employer to remain so. And Zane winds up bonding very quickly with Isaias, and even though she keeps reminding him to stay distant, Sixia isn't far behind.
On their way, they get embroiled in a rebellion that's underway on the planet Isaias is bound for, and when they arrive they're set up to be framed. And they have to say good bye to Isaias to boot.
This book was phenomenal. But you're probably wondering about the A Home at the End of the World reference? WELL I'M SO GLAD YOU ASKED. Zane is bisexual. Pansexual? Actually yeah Pansexual. He hits on everybody. Badly, but still. He and Sixia occasionally sleep together. AND Isaias is asexual.
In A Home at the End of the World, I read Bobby as ace and he's so definitely very in love with Jonathan and Clare. Jonathan is gay, but also loves both Clare and Bobby, and Clare loves the two of them. So y'know. Beautiful three person romance with one ace character? Yeah...
(Wandering Star's ending is a bit happier, in my opinion, but I still love A Home at the End of the World)