This Space Opera book has been floating around in the back of my TBR for quite some time.
The TITLE- just draws one in. It is so audacious, and I certainly found myself wanting to tell everyone about what I was reading...all the time, just for the reaction.
Billed as a Disco Space Opera, and published in 2021, I honestly can say this lives up to the billing and I wish I'd read it in 2021.
This is the book that I wished was Becky Chambers very popular Long way to a Small Angry planent was. Nothing particularly wrong with Chamber's novel, but it was far too coxy for me.
You Sexy Thing however... has the action I was craving, along with the found family, unusual aliens, interesting food, and an all around good time with a quite satisfying ending.
Without any Spoilers- Niko, a retired Space warrior has been establishing a cozy little resturaunt with her former soldiers in a station at the edge of the known universe. She's fairly settled, but she still has a plan to rescue someone important to her, it's just taken a lot longer than she expected.
Readers join up with this rag tag crew on the eve of a fancy critic review evening where the main dish is going to center upon the rare and precious vegetable- the eggplant.
DO things go as planned? Well- if they did it wouldn't be very interesting. Instead of dining at an out of the way station, Niko and the crew embark on a trip across the galaxy on a VERY FAST SHIP that seems to have some opinions. There is skullduggery, magic, some treachery and trickery, as well as heart break, and new beginnings.
LOVED THIS ONE.
MAYBE my Favorite Space Opera of the year, which is saying something as I've been dabbling in the Space Opera quite a bit.
I did listen tot he audiobook. Narrated by Vivianne Leheny it was fantastic. Given the amount of alien beings on board, Leheny certainly had the opportunity to really go all out with various voices and dramatic effects. The narration did use some special voices, and effects, but really just enough sprinkled in there to remind me, the listener that some of our characters really had tentacles, or were oracles, rather than being cheesy or too over the top.
I am now a SOLID FAN of Cat Rambo. Already pulled book two from the library.
May Rambo provide us with more Disco Operas in the future!
First Published : 2021
Pages: 400
Available as an Audio Book : YES (10 hr 22 min)
Trigger Warnings: Death, violence, war, torture, Captivity, trauma, mental health, body horror (this is not a full list, read responsibly)
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