A review by heyheyrenay
A Passage of Stars by Alis A. Rasmussen, Kate Elliott

3.0

This was pretty fun! It's a deeply political book, from characterization to plot, with a robot pal! I would definitely slide this under the planetary romance subgenre, because 80% of the cool stuff happens planet-side (but that other 20% is super cool/important, and aptly, some of the most incisive political commentary happens there). It definitely earns the romance element, per the adventure definition, because it goes zero to 60 "young person leaves home and joins sprawling events beyond their ken".

(I mean, there's making out, too, and Lily's romance is important to her development, but it's only one part in a larger whole that seems like it will be important later.)

Full review: http://ladybusiness.dreamwidth.org/2016/09/06/robot-pals-and-revolution-a-passage-of-stars-by-kate-elliott.html