This isn’t really a review, more of a reading update as I’m struggling with this one. This is my first time reading anything by Martha Wells so I don’t have a comparison to her other works

I feel like on paper this has everything to make a great book and I’m enjoying the writing style and the concept

I am ok with convoluted plot lines, I actually quite enjoy them (Gideon the Ninth and The Ruin of Kings) but I feel like in this instance it isn’t always working out

I’m not 100% connecting with the characters either, I just don’t seem to care all that much

This is a stand-alone and from what I’ve read so far I think it would’ve benefited greatly from being a duology at least