Winter’s Orbit by Everina Maxwell – ARC Review

I... love this book.
First of all, it’s pretty inclusive. There are customs used to specify pronouns immediately in this world, and sexualities are respecting when arranging political marriages. There are people of all different cultures and though there’s definitely a certain system of power, the point-of-view characters never abuse the power they have over others.
Kiem and Jainan own my heart. Jainan made me a little mad at the beginning, but his development just in the first few chapters made me love him so much more. The characters were incredibly well-developed and everything had its relevance.
For the most part, I had no idea what was going on, but in a good murder mystery way. It was a little hard to keep track of all of the sci-fi elements, but they made a lot of sense. Maxwell knew just the right way to manipulate the plot so that the reader couldn’t be sure of anything (again, in a good way).
I don’t really know any sort of combo I would describe this book as, but I would recommend it nonetheless!