The story advances quickly and keeps the reader invested in discovering Trouble’s past and wondering about his future. I also like how Trouble grew as a character and how his self-identity developed. I liked that the crew came to accept and protect Trouble and defended him even when he gave them a reason to question their loyalty. One theme was what it means to belong to a family and the definition of “home,” and I appreciated how the author handled it. I’d never read anything by the author before, and even though science fiction isn’t my usual genre of choice, I enjoyed this story a lot. I requested this eARC because I wanted a book for a reading challenge with a non-human main character. But when a member of the StarLeague government arrives aboard the ship, answers about Trouble’s past are revealed, and no one is safe. Captain Astra agrees to transport it to the next space station, and the members of Hindsight start to grow attached to Trouble. The crew discovers it in a human form named Trouble. This MG science fiction story begins with a shapeshifter with no memory of its past that sneaks aboard a spacecraft, convinced it’s running from something but with no idea what that could be. Thank you to Edelweiss+ and the publisher for an eARC of this book. Safety, freedom, and home are at stake, and not just for Trouble. But when a young StarLeague cadet shows up to capture Trouble, things get complicated, especially when Trouble reveals a shapeshifter form that none of them could have expected. When Trouble is discovered, the captain decides to be nice-instead of tossing them out an airlock, she'll drop Trouble off at the next space station.Īs the ship travels, Trouble uses the time to figure out how to be a good human boy, and starts to feel safe. So when the government-the StarLeague-shows up, Trouble figures it's time to flee.Ĭhanging from blob of goo form, to adorable puppy form, to human boy form, Trouble stows away on the Hindsight, a ship crewed by the best navigators and engineers in the galaxy, led by the fearsome Captain Astra.

Trouble knows two things: they are a shapeshifter, and they are running from something-but they don't know what. An outer-space adventure about a troublesome little shape-shifter on the run from the law.

Winterling by sarah prineas