(Clarification first: this is not a sequel to [b:Angry Planet|22733729|The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)|Becky Chambers|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1405532474l/22733729.SY75.jpg|42270825]. There’s a connection, but it’s tenuous at best. Don’t expect any of the same characters or situations.)

And, with that out of the way, squee again! Not at first — I was slow to catch feelings for these characters — but catch them I did, and it all just kept getting better and better up to the very end. In this book, Chambers speaks to the Broken Ones: those of us with physical and/or psychic trauma, different, weird, hurting. And she writes about grit, compassion, caring, finding one’s tribe, one’s purpose, one’s self. There’s a whole lotta love in these books, and okay it can be a little thick at times, but right now I’m A-OK with that.