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This review will be pretty short and sweet because the title essentially says it all. Stranger Things TV show is filled with nostalgia for a millenial like me, and they doubled down by having a comic where the kids team up with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

I enjoyed the TMNT cartoon back in the 90's and that is really where all my knowledge of the characters comes from. As far as I can tell, they had a decent use of the characters from TMNT and the Stranger Things group. It's a fun little ride that I was glad to have unexpectedly hopped on to.

I read this book knowing nothing of Ann Leckie's books. The collection is broken into 3 parts.

The first part is a few short short stories not linked to any of the book series the author has written. The story which the book collection takes its title from was the best out of those. The author was great at crafting a world with a mixture of sci-fi and spirituality in that story.

The second part contained stories from her sci-fi Ancillary series. They were interesting, but I had the sense I was missing a larger picture somehow so it was a little difficult to get into without having read the series.

The third part contained stories based off the Raven Tower universe, which is more fantasy based. I enjoyed all of those stories very much. The author was able to establish simple rules of the world and create a variety of stories with them. They all had different tones as well, which left the stories feeling more contained despite being set in this larger whole. I am very interested in reading the Raven Tower to see what the author comes up with using a longer format.

This collection was definitely worth a read, even for someone like me who knows nothing of the author's other works.

This book's genre is a comedic science fiction. The author created a group of characters and placed them in a setting called Tabula Ra$a.

The city is said to be governed by free market capitalism. The author seems to want to leave it to the reader as whether that is a good thing or bad thing, as he depicts the wide gap between rich and poor. The main protagonist, Zoey, is briefly described as poor in the beginning but then is thrust into a position of wealth and supported by the rest of the cast to help her navigate that new world.

While there is no definitive stance of morality in such a world, the characters are fun enough to make you want to finish reading. The author does a good job of playing with expectations of a more upbeat comedy, and lands a few twists in the story to want to read the next chapter.

The chapters are short, which I tend to like since I get to choose whether I read for a short stint or plow through chapters for a longer sit down.

I give it 3 stars for the lack of depth, which makes a longer book like this a little harder to enjoy, but the comedy and twists make it worthy of a read.

This is an interesting book where romance is the adventure. It is not a typical romance in the sense that it follows the genre storybeats. It is romantic because love is the driving motivation for both of the characters.

Lileena's journey is to pursue a love that was lost before she runs out of time. Adam's journey is to learn what love is.

The book is rather lengthy, covering different locations around the world. Yet,the first half, or more, felt fairly repetitive with regards to the characters' own internal journeys. However, once Adam starts to have a shift in his emotional journey the story became interesting again.

This book is good for those who do not mind a slower start to reach a meaningful end.