Cascade Failure

This story is carried by its characters. The plot is pretty interesting, which augments the enjoyability, but the focus is entirely on the main crew. Their chemistry and interactions are quite good. There's a lot of found family trope elements, and if that is your jam, you're going to adore this book.

I was intending to give this a full 5/5 ranking, but after about the 60% mark is when I started binge reading it, and I have to say--this isn't a book that stands up well to rapid binge reading. A lot of the dialogue is funny, but it's "quippy one-liners" funny and after hours of solid reading, it began to grate on me more than amuse me. The book started to feel a bit like an action blockbuster movie made by Marvel. There was a little too much repetition on certain things--key phrases and memories, like flashbacks in a show. A few spots that reminded us, unnecessarily, of character traits that had been long since established and really required no further reminders.

These things don't break the book though--just bring it down from what could have been high marks to a satisfactory passing grade instead. The stories are still very good, and you will still get attached to the characters, and for someone who enjoys a character driven story, that's all I need.