I wasn't sure I wanted to read more about the AI from the first novel. The emotional kick from that story was something I wanted to keep and relish.

It turns out I was craving more Becky Chambers stories, and couldn't keep away. It was better than I thought, with a more forceful story driving the plot. Even though the secondary plot chapters revealed that the character Pepper would survive, I still was tense about how it would turn out. That's saying something as this book is more about characters than it's about plot.

I was happy I read it, after all.