Hammajang Luck - SFBA Book Club

368 pages

English language

Published Jan. 14, 2025 by Harper Voyager.

ISBN:: 978-1-3996-1679-9

(1 review)

Edie is done with crime. Eight years behind bars changes a person—costs them too much time with too many of the people who need them most.

And it’s all Angel’s fault. She sold Edie out in what should have been the greatest moment of their lives. Instead, Edie was shipped off to the icy prison planet spinning far below the soaring skybridges and neon catacombs of Kepler space station—of home—to spend the best part of a decade alone.

But then a chance for early parole appears out of nowhere and Edie steps into the pallid sunlight to find none other than Angel waiting—and she has an offer.

One last job. One last deal. One last target. The trillionaire tech god they failed to bring down last time. There’s just one thing Edie needs to do—trust Angel again—which also happens to be the last thing Edie wants to do. What could …

Edie is done with crime. Eight years behind bars changes a person—costs them too much time with too many of the people who need them most.

And it’s all Angel’s fault. She sold Edie out in what should have been the greatest moment of their lives. Instead, Edie was shipped off to the icy prison planet spinning far below the soaring skybridges and neon catacombs of Kepler space station—of home—to spend the best part of a decade alone.

But then a chance for early parole appears out of nowhere and Edie steps into the pallid sunlight to find none other than Angel waiting—and she has an offer.

One last job. One last deal. One last target. The trillionaire tech god they failed to bring down last time. There’s just one thing Edie needs to do—trust Angel again—which also happens to be the last thing Edie wants to do. What could possibly go all hammajang about this plan?

3 editions

Flauschbuch reviewed Hammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto

Needed more

4 stars

I was looking forward to reading this one as the cover blurb sounded like a story I'd enjoy but ultimately, it was a bit of a letdown. There are some things I liked: the general setting, the characters, the scam artists' scams, the poker game, the queerness, and the Hawaiian culture. The heist itself I found less compelling, mostly it was obviously unbelievable to me that it would be successful and they would be able to walk away from a heist like that. Later in the book there's a plotline that makes it even more unbelievable. Maybe heists work better on the screen than in a book in general. There should have been more world-building, it's rather superficial and the setting has remarkably little influence on the heist. The ending felt a bit rushed and way too smooth, considering all the things that happen in the book.

An okay read …

I was looking forward to reading this one as the cover blurb sounded like a story I'd enjoy but ultimately, it was a bit of a letdown. There are some things I liked: the general setting, the characters, the scam artists' scams, the poker game, the queerness, and the Hawaiian culture. The heist itself I found less compelling, mostly it was obviously unbelievable to me that it would be successful and they would be able to walk away from a heist like that. Later in the book there's a plotline that makes it even more unbelievable. Maybe heists work better on the screen than in a book in general. There should have been more world-building, it's rather superficial and the setting has remarkably little influence on the heist. The ending felt a bit rushed and way too smooth, considering all the things that happen in the book.

An okay read but don't expect too much.

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