How to Safely Store Your Magical Artifacts after Saving the World by Tina Connolly
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/how-...
Breath catching story told in list form.

or Song For a Star-Whale’s Ghost by Devin Miller
www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...
A lovely piece featuring space whales.

I've been running Star Wars and goodness it's a brilliant system.

I mean, I read so much inappropriate content as a fourteen year old. 😆
(Not intentionally, but I was a feral child set loose in a library.)

Okay, after reading your reviews I see where you are coming from. But I interpreted things differently in Mira's Last Dance, and I thought that Bujold was very intentional about how tricky the entire situation is.

But back to the original question, it's always a good time to (re)read Murderbot.

I don't recall consent issues, but I might have missed something.

I'm currently on a Bujold kick and the Penric and Desdemona novella series are really, really good. The first book is Penric's Demon.

Did you know she wrote prayers? They are so good. I used one of them for a while in my evening prayer.
janeaustensworld.com/2017/07/19/e...

I'm glad you liked it but also I couldn't finish it, I was so bored.