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madscientistcat's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
zosfia's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
redhairedashreads's review against another edition
4.0
4 stars - It was really good
This was a fascinating and very unique world! Felicia Davin has done a wonderful job creating an interesting world and pairing it with wonderful characters. This is a future Earth with a group of people called Runners who can use the Nowhere to travel all over the world and into space almost instantly. This book does a great job at setting up this world, explaining the Nowhere, and the experiments going on in Facility 17 involving the Nowhere.
Emil and Kit were wonderful characters. Kit is a Runner who is tasked with bringing Emil to Facility 17 but during the jump they are knocked off course and thrown into another realm. This starts the events that lead to the truth about what Facility 17 is actually doing with their experiments. Kit was a wonderful character who had very strong barriers around his heart. I loved seeing Kit learn to trust Emil and open up to his adoptive parents.
Emil is a botanist for Facility 17 and quickly realizes after the failed jump that more is going on at the facility than what his team is being told. Emil is an extremely protective man who is always trying to take care of his team, and Kit. From the very beginning, Emil is constantly trying to take care of Kit and look after him, which is so sweet and wonderful. I loved seeing this protective man fall for Kit.
The best part of this book was how much queer representation was present. This is a future world where we know for sure queer people are accepted without any prejudices at all. That’s not to say this world doesn’t have its own prejudices though, because there is prejudice against Runners. Overall, this was a very complex and fascinating world. I loved these two characters and look forward to seeing what happens next in the Nowhere.
Trigger Warnings: accidental high from plant; emotional manipulation by foster parents; kidnapping; starvation; experimentation on humans (with and without consent); prejudice;
moux's review against another edition
4.0
I loved this! The world building was right up my alley - mysterious and interesting!
My only complaint is when all the crew were introduced all at once - it was a lot to take in and hard to keep track of who was who, what they looked like and what their personalities were.
Otherwise! I loved them all and am keen to read the next book!
My only complaint is when all the crew were introduced all at once - it was a lot to take in and hard to keep track of who was who, what they looked like and what their personalities were.
Otherwise! I loved them all and am keen to read the next book!
cleo_reads's review against another edition
4.5
4.5 stars. Near future, dystopian m/m romance. The world building is excellent. The romance is very compelling. I was completely caught up in the story. There were a couple plot holes but I didn’t really care.
nelsonseye's review against another edition
3.0
While I didn't like it as much as [b:Thornfruit|38488075|Thornfruit (The Gardener's Hand, #1)|Felicia Davin|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1518398847l/38488075._SX50_.jpg|60125606], Edge of Nowhere was still a decent read. Emil's team were very likable, and the hockey soccer game was a riot. Kit was also sympathetic, and I liked his found family. I also think the "mystery" and the resolution (next steps) worked well. There were a few moments/concepts of the world that I found confusing/unclear.
eemms's review against another edition
3.0
solid 3 stars. I liked the main romance and the SF setting (near future, cool premise around essentially teleportation), but toward the middle about 10 new characters got introduced which I found really hard to keep track of and it took some of the enjoyment out of it for me.
wordnerdy's review against another edition
4.0
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I was in the mood for something outer spacey, and this super cute queer romance fit the bill for sure. Our one hero is Kit, who has a rare teleportation ability and a mysterious background and an adorable found family! Our other hero is Emil, a large botany nerd who runs a crew on a space station doing weird experiments with the stuff Kit teleports through! Also, there are some cats! Pretty much everyone in this book is queer (Emil is definitely bi and I had the vague impression Kit was as well), the romance is cute, the adventures are fun, there is maybe a little too much made-up science about teleportation but it becomes relevant to the plot so whatever. This is the first of a trilogy and I am immediately starting book two. A-.
I was in the mood for something outer spacey, and this super cute queer romance fit the bill for sure. Our one hero is Kit, who has a rare teleportation ability and a mysterious background and an adorable found family! Our other hero is Emil, a large botany nerd who runs a crew on a space station doing weird experiments with the stuff Kit teleports through! Also, there are some cats! Pretty much everyone in this book is queer (Emil is definitely bi and I had the vague impression Kit was as well), the romance is cute, the adventures are fun, there is maybe a little too much made-up science about teleportation but it becomes relevant to the plot so whatever. This is the first of a trilogy and I am immediately starting book two. A-.