We’re in Ambrose’s head the entire book, so silent, surly Kodiak was an enigma to us both, and that made it hard for me to get really excited about their romance. Though if I gotta be on this spaceship of crazy to hang out with him, uh…I politely decline. Why is there dried blood near one of the electrical panels? Why does the OS seem reluctant to let him talk to his CEO mother back on Earth? And is Kodiak-the broody, sullen astronaut from rival country, Dimokratía-everything he says he is?Īmbrose at the start was a little too immature for my taste-like, dude, you’ve got a hundred pending repairs to the only thing that is keeping you from the cold fingers of space stop mooning over the hot dude across the ship and buckle down!!-but once we got deeper into the mysteries and he and Kodiak started uncovering just wtf was going on, we caught a vibe. Sure, he remembers the time leading up to the launch of the Endeavor, the moments he found out his intrepid astronaut sister was still alive and sending a distress signal from their colony on Titan, but the rest is a bit of a blur.Īnd other things aren’t adding up. “The ship is in need of repair.” That’s what Ambrose hears when he’s awoken by his ship’s Operating System (OS) with no memory of how he actually got on the ship. Plus, placing them at the window to quickly convey this is a space book and the way it feels kind of pulled in and almost claustrophobic – I have zero notes. I love the intensity in the shared look between Ambrose and Kodiak and the way they’re reflected in the window.

The drawing for this cover is really lovely. Relationship Status: Watching From A Distance Bonus Factors: Tricksy AI, Genetics, Space Travel

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