Floating Hotel by Grace Curtis

Source: NetGalley – Thank you so much to the publisher!
TL;DR: A surprisingly warm and cozy story that follows a crew and the occupants of a floating hotel – including spies and torturers. I loved this.

Plot:The plot is told through the multiple perspectives of the crew and occupants of the ship – I love that setup but it may not work for others. Spies and espionage lay at the center
Characters: Because we get placed in everyone’s head at least once I loved everyone. Carl was my favorite, of course.
Setting: The ship was well drawn but as the focus was more on the characters, I still felt rooted in the location and enjoyed it.
Science Fiction: Fairly light, but developed enough that feels important and needed

Thoughts:

Frontier was one of my favorite books of last year and Grace Curtis has stuck to her style and brought us another winner in Floating Hotel. This one centers in a floating hotel, a cruise ship of the stars and the drama that unfolds there.

The book is cozy and warm – that’s the best way I can describe it. We get chapters from nearly every crew member and some of those riding, and they give us pieces of the history of the ship, themselves, and what is happening on this possibly last flight. There is an empire at large that the crew and the ship’s occupants are all members of, which is illustrated through the course of the novel to great success I felt.

I ended this loving the characters and the story. I wish we’d had just a touch more in the ending, but the way it was framed and executed worked fantastically. For a book that follows spies and torturers among it’s more cozy elements the book really took me by surprise.

I recommend Frontier and now I’ll add Floating Hotel to that list. Grace Curtis is working her way to a favorite author. This was a delight.

5 out of 5 Friends From Beyond