Wild Spaces by S. L. Coney

Wild Spaces can be described as a coming of age story crossed with Cthulu. Which is kind of deeply disturbing on one level, but on another level is kind of awesome.

An intimate look at both childhood and childhood trauma and the gradual unpacking and understanding of same, Wild Spaces lulls you into a sense of “oh yes, I know where this is going even if it’s going to lead me down a path that is not my favorite, I still know the turns” before taking a hard turn off the path and into the woods. Suitable for early teens (some of the trauma may disturb more sensitive readers) and up.

I adored this probably beyond all reason.

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System Collapse by Martha Wells

The 8th (!) in the Murderbot series, System Collapse follows Murderbot on her quest to keep the stupid humans from doing stupid things. They are somewhat successful, in that nobody dies.

One of the things that I love about this series is Wells’ complete cynicism re: capitalism and how big companies treat their workers. Another thing I truly love is Murderbot's reluctant affection for the people who insist on hanging out with them and caring about them. (The audacity!)

Hard sci-fi but still with a trace of hand-waving the science, it’s definitely worth picking up.

I received a free copy from NetGalley for my unbiased opinion.

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