yeah, ok. sure. whatever.

i read this book as kind of a test to see whether i want to read the second book in the series, and - astoundingly - i do!!! maybe i will even enjoy it!!!

but also the level of confusion i had while i was reading this made me realize i'm going to have to reread the first one before continuing. and that is just about the worst news in the entire goddamn world.

but yes, as i remembered, this world is kind of dry and interesting, katharine is cool, and everyone else sucks times infinity.

woohoo.

bottom line: this was exactly fine. novellas are the weirdest.