These Burning Stars

Not a perfect debut novel, but a solid and intriguing space opera, full of cruel, coward and calculating characters, even though one important part felt deja vu (a powerful family controls the production of the substance that enables space travel...). All in all, it was an enjoyable read.

Some may have seen it coming, but I did not. Thoroughly satisfying. Bloody and violent, but elegant. Sexy and sapphic. Swashbuckling duels and interstellar battles. Genocide, its coverup, its exposure.

What else could you ask for in a scifi adventure? 10/10, can't wait for the sequel.