What attracted me to this book was the UFO on the cover. I love an alien story set on Earth and most of the mystery parts were enjoyable and scratched the brain a bit. But I think the book toots its own horn by basically copying the plot of the game mentioned throughout. Having literally just finished playing it myself, left me a little underwhelmed with the concept.

I didn’t particularly care for Denver as a character, I appreciate the non-binary representation but we are in xyr head and it’s way too overshadowed by all the buzz words, I think one reviewer said it was just checking all the boxes and I completely agree with that. It came off unauthentic and took me out of the story.

There are plenty other characters but no attachment can be made since it’s narrated by Denver only. I liked the ending and the idea of continuing pie reviews around the country but overall it was an average read.

Thank you to Angry Robot and Netgalley for the review copy.

Out August 13th

Title: Key Lime Sky
Author: Al Hess
Genre: Science Fiction, Queer Romance
Rating: 3/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️