It’s been a bit since I’ve read a complete female led sci-fi story. I really enjoyed this world building the author took in this book, I sensed part the way through this would be a series and look forward to the next one.

The lead character is fun and frustrating and just interesting to read. The book itself has a lot of technical reference peppered throughout the story, which for me added to the telling.

I look forward to book 2!

Thanks NetGalley for the ARC.

This! Was! Amazing!
Old school Sci fi adventures! Crew to love! Mystery and mayhem! I ADORED this. And I will be buying every book in the series when it comes out.
Daisy is a regular human, woken up from cryo too early to fix a damaged spaceship. She soon feels like something is not quite right with the AI systems on board, and harbours racist thoughts to anyone that's not wholly human.
During her adventure on board the Vali, you are left wondering if her actions are due to paranoia from some bad choices she made, or if she's actually right and something horrible is happening right next to her...
Or is there a third option?!

What I loved was that the protag is set up to be possibly unreliable. Is she paranoid? Is she right? What the actual heck is going on?!
It's addictive reading and I didn't stop until I read the very last page... Just when the answers start coming and you think you know what's happening... It ends! Ugh! I need the next installment. It doesn't feel serialised though, this book was a nice size, and feels decently novel sized.
The author should be commended. I love sci-fi, but the genre has been weakened lately with a flood of self published first attempts and its amazing to find a true great, unless you read real old school sci-fi (which is fine, but is very male oriented, male protagonists, male audience). I'd compare this to the Expanse series, something else that is voraciously read by me.
Its so nice to read a female protag too. Cannot stop gushing about this book.
If you enjoy sci-fi, go for it, read it!
Highly highly recommended.

I loved this book! It was so exciting from start to finish.
Daisy and the rest of the crew of the Váli space vessel have been awakened early from cryo-sleep in the midst of some drama on their ship. There's fire, there's damage, there's a really peculiar AI supercomputer running things, and even after things seem to have settled, Daisy slowly starts to become uneasy.
I enjoyed this story immensely and could easily picture it as a movie. Sure, there have been other stories or films involving AI beings that have minds of their own, but there is so much more to the story here: things are definitely not how they appear.
My only snag is that I felt too much information was left to be revealed toward the end. So while it was still incredibly interesting, I simply felt it was quite a lot to take in, in such a short section. But I don't wish to deduct a star for that.
It was really good writing, and a really good story. The characters were well developed and you were able to sympathise with them. I'd love to read the follow-up parts to see where it all goes.