The Stardust Grail

I wanted to like more because I really enjoyed the author's first book, The Deep Sky but this one just didn't really work for me. The premise was solid but the worldbuilding was a bit a mess and the characters felt a little flat. It also doesn't help that I've been rereading the Expanse series and that series does many of the same elements - interstellar gate travel, mysterious builders, a badass former solider - better in every way.

Best sci Fi story I've read on years! Now I need the movie!!

I read and enjoyed Yume Kitasei's debut novel The Deep Sky and this story confirms her as a science fiction author who writes a compelling tale. This is a thrilling anti-colonial space heist to save an alien civilization. One blurb which I thought summed it up nicely by the Author Veronica Roth "Come … for Indiana Jones-style outer space heist adventure, stay for the sensitively drawn characters and thoughtful exploration of other forms of life far beyond our own"

Charming book. It does a good job of providing an alien perspective that feels both approachable and very...alien. There were some major plot holes, and the main character is a little too good at everything, but I ultimately loved the characters and wanted to see how everything worked out.

A sci-fi story that thrives in the gray areas of morality, friendship, and the reality of ever changing history.

I really enjoyed this read. The different cultures and worlds felt established and unique. The pacing was great, the stakes are appropriately high, and there's a real emotional depth lying underneath all the action. Big themes of the self vs. the whole, historical blind spots, and whether there are ever truly good guys and bad guys.

Had a hard time identifying with the main character and the plot moved rather slowly.

There was so much I wanted for this book. There is a lot going on and I would have liked the whole story to have been stretched out over 3 books.

There was so much more I wanted to know. The story was phenomenal but it was rushed!!

The premise really is epic and imagination of this author is earth shattering! Is there a book 2???

thank you @netgalley for my gifted copy 4 stars