A review by malus23
The Harbors of the Sun by Martha Wells

5.0

So, so satisfying. Trying to say more but I keep deleting it because it's hard to not be spoiling. Book is so new I don't want to say much yet. Just...all the feels.

**re-read**

Spoiler

So many little things that make this wonderful - seeing Moon so much more confident in the others (the way he never has that moment of "will they come looking for me?" in this one - he knows if they survived, they'll search forever, which is a huge step for him); Pearl and Malachite being just the thing each other need sometimes to balance each other out; the progression of Stone and Moon treating Consolation's kethel as progressively more like a real person as they adjust to him and his non-puppet status (the kethal, our kethel, Kethal); all the little ways in which various characters have to face up to their fears or anger, sometimes succeeding, sometimes failing; the way at the end everyone sits down and talks through their feelings together to keep their relationships in good repair. The plot related action is a lot of fun too, but the way all the little moments flesh everyone out into real, complicated people is the big key to everything. Oh, and <3 Stone and Rorra!