Some Desperate Glory

This is listed as an adult book but reads much more like a YA. It's very plot/dialog heavy and doesn't have especially complex characters (though there is some amount of character development, primarily for the protagonist). The primary antagonist is very much a “kitchen sink” villain (they do everything bad you can think of, and more besides), which adds to the YA feel. It does have some exciting plot twists and is a pretty easy read in general, although it probably could have been trimmed a bit. Overall it was a fun read but it's not really something that I'm going to remember by next year.

There is some very minimal romance in the book. It kind of feels like it was forced in to check a box since it's otherwise irrelevant to the plot and takes up all of two pages. Probably would have been better to just leave it out at that point.

Comments on the ending:
The ending was portrayed as fairly positive/upbeat, like yay we saved the entirety of the station. But wait, the 14 billion humans of Earth are still dead in this timeline. Isn't that, like, pretty sad still? Are we really supposed to believe that the omnipotent "Wisdom" couldn't think of a single way to avoid that? It seems like only two things were even tried. That aspect wouldn't bother me as much if the ending was given as more of a negative one, but it's very chipper and lighthearted.