Staff Pick
😍 Loved it
Writing Style: 😍 Loved it
Plot: 😍 Loved it
Characters: 😍 Loved it
Pacing: 😍 Loved it
Emotional Impact: 😍 Loved it
When I grabbed this pair of novellas (A Psalm for the Wild Built and Prayer for the Crown Shy - combined into a single volume) off the shelf, I wasn't sure what I was in for and could not have been prepared for the book that would rock my world. A story of Sibling Dex and their journey to find what they need to be fulfilled and their unwitting encounter with Splendid Speckled Mosscap, the robots chosen representative to check in on humanity and their travels together. I wasn't expecting a radically hopeful take on what a future could look like where we put people first and decide to save the planet. And having had a glimpse of that world, I have revisited it no less than a dozen times and I revisit every time I need to remind myself that the future isn't set and that radical hope is resistance.