A Pale Light in the Black

How have I never heard of this book before??? People are seriously sleeping on an incredible sci-fi story.

A Pale Light in the Black is an absolutely wonderful character-driven LGBTQIA+ story featuring one of the best and most believable found families I've ever read about. Wagers writes fantastic character development and never info dumps. I would recommend this book to fans of the Wayfarers series by Becky Chambers, especially fans like me who wanted a bit more of a plot in The Long Way To A Small, Angry Planet.

The only criticism I have is that I would have liked to have more time experiencing the Big Game, the final puzzle team event, with the crew during the Boarding Games. I ended up liking the Games way more than I expected, and I was disappointed to miss out on that event in the final Games. The team works so well together and their dynamic really shines when shown on the page.

I love Jenks and Max with all my heart, and their friendship makes me so happy. It had such a realistic and natural progression. I cannot wait for the next book to be able to read more about these girls and the rest of the crew of Zuma's Ghost.