A few years ago, Niko achieved the near-impossible and exited the Holy Hive Mind military force without dying or having her brain absorbed into the hive. How'd she do it? She claimed artistic need (which is a recognized exception), and with the help of her crew, left to build the Last Chance, a gourmet restaurant on a distant space station. When an attack on the space station leaves Niko and her crew fleeing on a sentient spaceship (the titular You Sexy Thing, in fact) with a renowned restaurant critic in tow, they find themselves pulled into a complex revenge plot created by an old enemy.
I love a good space opera, and this book has all of the elements to create one: a diverse and quirky crew of aliens, a sentient spaceship that thinks its being stolen, a fight against an evil space pirate king (yes, really), and a captain with a desire to right a long-festering wrong. There were times when the plot seemed a bit rushed, as well as places where it seemed slow, and the omniscient point of view was a bit jarring at times. But all in all it was a fun book, and I'm looking forward to seeing what the Orcs & Aliens think of it on Monday.
(Also, if you can read this book without getting the song stuck in your head, you have a stronger mind than mine.)
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