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A review by jess_mango
Persephone Station by Stina Leicht
4.0
3.5 stars
Persephone Station is an often overlooked planet that has suddenly come to the attention of a large corporation. It turns out that there are natural resources that have only recently been discovered. Rosie owns Monk's Bar in the corporate town. This bar is frequented by criminals and their ilk. Rosie asks Angel, the head of a group of assorted outcasts, mercenaries etc. to do a job for them. This group uncovers secrets about Persephone Station and in turn decide to do what they can to protect the planet from the intentions of the big corporation. Like a lot of other sci-fi & space operas, there are AIs with attitudes and AIs longing to be human.
So, this is a space opera with a large cast of mostly female or gender non-binary characters (yay!). There is also a lot of cultural representation here (yay!). There are themes about protecting indigenous residents. There is so much here that I should love. However, this book didn't quite click with me. There was almost a bit too much going on for me. There were a lot of characters to keep track of and despite the length of the book, I don't feel like I was given enough info to really get to know them. The writing was good, and there was lots of action, I just personally would've loved more character development.
Thank you to the publisher for the review copy!
Persephone Station is an often overlooked planet that has suddenly come to the attention of a large corporation. It turns out that there are natural resources that have only recently been discovered. Rosie owns Monk's Bar in the corporate town. This bar is frequented by criminals and their ilk. Rosie asks Angel, the head of a group of assorted outcasts, mercenaries etc. to do a job for them. This group uncovers secrets about Persephone Station and in turn decide to do what they can to protect the planet from the intentions of the big corporation. Like a lot of other sci-fi & space operas, there are AIs with attitudes and AIs longing to be human.
So, this is a space opera with a large cast of mostly female or gender non-binary characters (yay!). There is also a lot of cultural representation here (yay!). There are themes about protecting indigenous residents. There is so much here that I should love. However, this book didn't quite click with me. There was almost a bit too much going on for me. There were a lot of characters to keep track of and despite the length of the book, I don't feel like I was given enough info to really get to know them. The writing was good, and there was lots of action, I just personally would've loved more character development.
Thank you to the publisher for the review copy!