A review by nenya_kanadka
Child of a Hidden Sea by A.M. Dellamonica

5.0

This was a whole lot of fun! I got it & the sequel together as ebooks, and had a great time with this twist on portal fantasy. Appreciated the queer characters and especially how many women were in active roles. (I think Dellamonica must have done the "make 50% of your background characters female unless there's a reason not to" thing, because I kept being surprised. But I think that's cool.)

Lots of adventure and SCIENCE! (reminded me a little of Mirabile by Janet Kagan, for the enthusiasm about plants and animals and learning ALL THE THINGS about them). The island-based culture and the floating Fleet-capital were fascinating too.