A review by accidentallyinspace
The First Sister by Linden A. Lewis

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

Really solid speculative fiction story that really surprised me with a lot of intelligent character decisions and subverted tropes. The main twist of the story is decently easy to spot a mile off, but that doesn't matter; the rest of the world building and intrigue is more than enough to keep everything interesting. I love the idea that despite being 100 years technologically advanced and "run by scientists", the icarii faction still has serious and glaring issues. I feel like it would have been easy to throw to "scientists are automatically smart and perfect at running things" and that didn't happen here. I will be picking up the next book for sure. 
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