A review by clara_ward
Warped State by Jo Miles

adventurous hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

 Come for the optimistic space opera, stay for the sentient spaceship! While the backdrop was bleak enough to keep the organizers and activists busy, what made this book work for me was the development of three different POVs (one a spaceship!), each at a different stage in their political and activist understanding, trying to follow their good intentions despite plenty of missteps. The portrayal of various sorts of families and parallels between different species (or AIs) charmed me as well, and left me eager to read the sequel (which I discovered is out now!).