A review by souponthebarby
Gods of Risk by James S.A. Corey

4.0

Reading this put me back into the world of The Expanse more than [b:The Butcher of Anderson Station|11570653|The Butcher of Anderson Station (Expanse, #0.5)|James S.A. Corey|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1316999513s/11570653.jpg|16511459] did, and I think it's because it included one of the my favorite characters from my readthroughs of the novels in the series so far. I won't reveal exactly who it is, but this character had a voice that I could hear so cleanly and crisply in my head that the instant I saw their name, it all came back to me. They aren't the main focus of the story, but this really does further their story line in a way that isn't just some cheap side story. This is worth a read, and it really builds out more of Mars in a way I hadn't expected to read.

This makes it a lot easier to have sympathy for every side in this fight for the solar system. I think that, honestly, this is what these stories are about. There are bad folks and bad organizations out there, but that doesn't necessarily mean that [i]everyone[/i] is terrible. There's a line about fear and what it looks like that's in this story that I think perfectly encapsulates this, and I think this brings the belters, the martians, and the earthers together in the same umbrella.

This is once again a great read, and it's amazing how much this universe can suck me in every time I go back to it.