Lane Tanner is the youngest person currently living on the moon - recently arrived, and grieving the loss of her big sister - whose invention and leadership led to Lunar Trust One even existing - Lane throws herself into her work as a lunch lady and ignoring her crush on mean girl V. But the threat of enemy forces makes Lane look up from her work to face her sister’s legacy and save it from being destroyed, along with the help of her friends. 

 

This is a sci-fi book for those that might find others in the genre a little bit too action packed - it’s a nice blend between The Expanse series and Becky Chambers’ Wayfarers series if you ask me. I’m all here for a cosy sci-fi genre if you ask me. The range of diversity and representation in this book was wonderful, particularly for autistic/neurodivergent rep - we see numerous different representation of autism as well as characters triggers, relaxation methods, communication skills, stimming and masking/unmasking. There’s also characters with prothesis’s , disabilities and color. I also loved the poly rep as we see Lane and her boyfriend Andrea be open to dating different people, and look at becoming a ‘hand’ when they find their perfect matches in three other people already in relationships with one another, and more or less becoming a lovely family. 

 

The book is also big on therapy and mental health - even when there is an end of the world crisis going on, therapy appointments are upheld! I loved the inclusion of a sensory bath for those who needed it as well in the doctor’s office. 

 

The only thing I felt was a bit lacking was the military side of things. I think because the book erred on the cosier side of things, the information about who the RC was and why everyone needed to be so scared of them when they seemed to be some kind of militia led by a narcissistic man (what’s new) kind of passed me by. I would have liked more information on the technical sides of Lunar Trust One and how exactly Faraday went to inventing a gravdrive to helping build a base on the moon for hundreds of people but I guess that is her story and this one is Lane’s. 

 

Overall, this was enjoyable and cosy and I loved all the representation. I’m not 100% sure how much it will all stick with me in terms of being super memorable but I’m glad I read it!