Warning again for possible SPOILERS.
What’s happening now: the family is all back together again, with odd additions that you might have thought were their enemies in the past. TV-head robot prince is there, and kid Hazel sneaks into his room to see his dreams at night (um, never appropriate!) The pink ghost babysitter makes a reappearance, and then disappears for good (Hazel’s drawing of her made me so sad). Alana is expecting another child, and Hazel struggles both with the idea of soon having a younger sibling- but also that she might be expected to help care for it. The trans twisty-horned ex prisoner is a somewhat reluctant new family member too. They all end up on this hurtling asteroid, where a bunch of little meerkat-like people live. Who are cute, but overly religious. The younger critters’ interactions with Hazel are priceless. They’re trying to get their tree spaceship fixed and leave. Lots of scenes here hilariously made me think of Star Trek in that regard. But so many innocents in the crossfire of the ongoing war. Meanwhile elsewhere on another world, Sophie is still helping Gwen, but now has aspirations to complete vengeance on her own. It’s sad. Lying Cat has to choose between her and the bounty hunter, who’s lost his job and nobody knows what to make of him anymore. Including readers. Oh and now TV-head guy is reading the fictional novelist. That book is going to end up inflencing everything, just like people keep protesting! I don’t know what else to say. This one seemed to have more about the mindless violence and prejudice the different aliens have against each other, than the family building. The ending is abrupt and bleak.
Borrowed from the public library. Previous book in this series. Next book.
