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I much enjoyed "Black Tides of Heaven". Too many books to read!

Don't know the actual reading dates. Much enjoyed it.

This is a really fun book. Like "Six wakes" this is an outside of the usual box take on a mystery novel. Six Wakes has a subtext (the ethics of human cloning) that made it a Hugo contender.

Station Eternity may have less going on thematically, but it is zanier, and a lot of fun to read.

(I don't do *** ratings.)

(My perspective: I have read everything novel length by Stina Leicht from Cold Iron on.)

This book is completely independent from Persephone Station, but is part of the same universe. Leicht continues to write feminist commentary on the current US of A (when the libertarian capitalists turn out to be the bad guys, you shouldn't feel surprised), although nicely wrapped up in an enjoyable adventure. Leicht seems to be commenting particularly on community and family in ways that push back at US Conservative narratives.

The main character is delightfully imperfect. The story is space opera. If you liked the Ann Leckie *Ancilliary..." novels you might like this.

There's some interesting speculation about AI persons. Not surprisingly it appears that AI have choices about gender, but it's not clear whether they have any non-human gender choices. (More reasonable than it appears, given how AIs in Loki's Ring come to be.)

One minor grumble: a "hard banking turn" makes no sense where there's neither atmosphere nor gravity. Generally however the science feels good, a sciency space opera. Give it a read!

(date finished is a random guess. Read shortly after publication)