imperial radch! its a really good book series by ann leckie.
im not very good at explaining things though like at all and since reading this question i cant remember anything LMFAO this happens every time im asked about things i like I Apologise. but lets see. this is the shortened version of what i can remember On The Spot and also with as little amount of spoilers as possible i think, so read this and just know that whatever you get from it is 10x more interesting In The Books:
anyway theres spaceships. everyone has dark skin (loud coughing @ fanartists) and everyone uses female pronouns because they dont really distinguish people by gender. SO WERE OFF TO A GOOD START NO GRUFF WHITE CIS MEN PROTAG HERE. also the main character used to be a spaceship AI? like the ship communicated through her body, she was the ship along with like 500 other AIs... shes what they call an ancillary. and space is ruled by the radch empire who i guess can get pretty shady at times. and a whole lot of dodgy shit is going on in the radch and breq (the ancillary) is trying to fuck it all up and also at the same time fix it all because shes got serious beef with the empire. seivarden is there too causing problems and getting pissed off about it but also being the most relatable because all she says for the first few lines of dialogue she has is “fuck off” while sighing and growling a lot when shes not sleeping or ruining everyones day.
also its really nicely written like it just flows really well? i really dont enjoy reading in general a good amount of the time but i really enjoyed the first 2 books in the series. theres really great and realistic characters and theres lulls in the plot just to kind of give you a break since it gets pretty heavy in a good way at times but theres no real dull moments where youre like OH COME ON because the writing is just smooth and enjoyable and ? Reading Is Fun when its about Gay Spaceships.
anyway, now that im finished delivering you the first draft of my primary 6 book review or whatever the hell i just did there (the text equivalent of me just yelling a string of vowels and pointing at pages of the books i guess?)
theres 3 books in the series with some side stuff too which is also very good 10/10. the first is ancillary justice, the second is ancillary sword, and the third comes out early october and thats ancillary mercy and im #hype. but even if youre not a reader person you should give them a shot, because theyre just really great. like i said im not someone who enjoys reading but this series is one of my favs rn.
also s/o to Bloggers breqq and seivardenn for inadvertently getting me into it haha hey yall youre to blame SURPRISE.
