If anything in the realm of religious trauma/religious bigotry is triggering to you, I would definitely give this book a pass.

I would say this book is equal parts about Ophelia freeing herself from an oppressive way of life and belief system as it is about a lesbian romance, though I found both parts enjoyable even though the romance took a (totally reasonable) backburner to the religion storyline. Getting a very 'monotheism v polytheism (christianity v paganism)' vibe from this book, which I'm sure many people will have differing opinions on, but I thought it was done well from my own personal experiences with both faiths.

There are some parts of this book that were VERY difficult to read involving religious self harm that almost made me DNF but I'm glad I stuck it out. It was a really rewarding experience to see the journey Ophelia went on to break herself from the oppression she was under and to let herself want and enjoy things without shame. I also thought the disability representation was very well done, especially within the romance and how Nyatrix didn't just sling Ophelia around when they were in combat or needed to travel fast but took the time to ask her permission, which is a basic kindness that I know a lot of disabled people don't get in modern day (i.e people pushing disabled person's wheelchair without asking first). Her inner struggle with her disability was also very realistic and tied in with the wider plot seamlessly.

A heavy read, but still a good time!

This book was so future-realistic I was on the verge of cringing sometimes, but in a good "this is so accurate" type of way. Everything about this from the way body mods are treated and used by people to the way humanoid/human-looking androids are treated by society in this futuristic version was sooo "yeah this would actually happen" that it stunned me. Also the police are really fucking awful in this one which, yeah it's like that here too, but beware of that as a content warning because there was one scene at the end that was pretty fucking difficult to get through. On a lesser level the main cop character CONSISTENTLY deadnames and misgenders the MC which was so infuriating.

On the buddy-cop angle this was pretty fun. Interesting to see a begrudging father-daughter dynamic instead of the normal begrudging friends kind that usually happens in this genre but I enjoyed it immensely. Every time Angel called Kiera "kid" and she immediately replied with "I'm thirty" it made me crack up it was just never not funny. Absolutely loved the inclusion of polyamory as well even though Kiera's partners were MUCH more patient and understanding than I would've been if my partner was getting into all this wacky shit and we were just at home waiting to hear from her.

Overall this book was just really cool. I love it when authors really nail a cyberpunk future being equal parts grim (which it has to be to be cyberpunk) but also REALLY COOL. I would say this book was like 50% actual plot and 50% just wandering around in this world and seeing how similar but different it is to ours. So fun overall!