A review by wart
Prosperity by Alexis Hall

5.0

Alexis Hall, I love your brain!

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[I received a free ARC of this book via NetGalley. This fact has no bearing on my review.]

Mebbe the occasional gutter rat looking up and being able to stag a star or two to teach him how to dream. Prosperity page 210.

Oh. My. GOD.

This book.

This book is amazing.

It’s a steampunky adventure centered around Piccadilly, a card sharp who literally falls into a whole new world when, after being shot by the crime lord with no conscience - Milord - tumbles down and finds himself on the Shadowless - an aethership captained by the genderless Byron Kae. Piccadilly finds himself surrounded by a colorful cast of characters - Miss Grey, the woman haunted by tentacle monsters from beyond time, Ruben the ex-preacher who looks for the good in everyone, and the aforementioned Milord.

Are you a fan of Firefly? Because there’s kind of a Firefly feel to this ragtag group. But as much as I love Firefly, I’d rather see a tv show of this. Seriously. This book is beautiful. Wonderful world building, wonderful characters, just all around a great read.