Akiva Reads

by Xiran Jay Zhao

Whew, that was.... A Lot!!! Maximally chaotic bisexuals piloting giant robots to fight aliens; somewhat gory.

A little explainy about Feelings and Feminism, but not annoyingly so, and I appreciated the way the explanations were used to keep the plot thundering ahead at breakneck pace. The ending was absolutely bananas; I don't even know that it needs the second book, honestly, just leave us with that.

From the time the gods were mentioned as having a space station (a light circling overhead) I was certain that they were manipulating the people on the ground, but I thought they were making hunduns, so the twist still got me.