Jay

 Genuinely kept me on the edge of my seat throughout and was hard to put down at times. This was a bit of a side excursion for me while I'm in the middle of Stormlight but I ended up putting a pause on my read of Oathbringer due to how good Skyward is getting. Spensa is a real treat to follow as a main character and the supporting cast were all enjoyable in their different ways. 

I want to be friends with Murderbot so bad.

A really good and unexpected story. Definitely recommend this.
 

A bit of a slow starter but when it finally gets going, it goes. I came away really liking the main characters, particularly Siri and Lightsong. I am looking forward to the sequel whenever that gets released because I definitely want more time with these characters.

“Pride...it's so often an excuse for people to be weak.”

A wonderful beginning to this trilogy. Foundryside drops you into an interesting society with an even more interesting magic system as it's backbone. You navigate that society, Tevanne, with a delightfuly fucked up cast of characters who are all affected by its issues. Loved it!

“Our weakness doesn't make us weak. Our weakness makes us strong. For we had to carry it all these years.”

This book did a lot of heavy lifting to set things up for book five. Due to the amount of balancing, it feels less balanced compared to the others. Still very enjoyable nonetheless. I loved how much focus previous side characters got in this and that did a lot for the pacing.