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spaceopera, fairytaleretelling, sleepingbeauty, enemiestolovers, foundfamily, sisters, fantasy
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Science Fiction / Romance
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Author's Description
An epic fairy tale inspired space opera about Raura, a girl who is determined to save her kidnapped sister - even if she must cross the galaxy to do so. Helping her are an eccentric young genius named Taft, and Axim, a Mechanical man known as Mecha, who begins as an enemy, but soon becomes someone Raura finds herself increasingly attracted to as a man. But she can't rescue her sister if she loses her heart to a man who doesn't have one - or can she?
Why I Chose it
This starts out with space-dwelling Raura and her family on a pilgrimage to a planet. Not the fabled lush planets of lore, but an aged and cracking dome on a planet in the middle of nowhere.
The story does a good job of subverting expectations (because yes, in this story, living on a ship seems like a much better idea). Also, the reactions of the main character are spot-on: there's an acceptance of the pilgrimage as something one just does, but she's also thinking that if she wants to find a guy not on one of the ships they travel with, now is the time. Plus, she clearly loves her little brother but she's responsible for him which is kind of a pain. And oh yeah, she and her sister are telepaths, something that will ruin their family if word gets out.
Basically some great character and world building.
[4 episodes so far, with 4 updates in the last 30 days.]
Who Might Like This
Looking for unconventional space opera with a side order of romance? This could be your thing!
Unrelated Griping
This is more of an observance than a gripe, but I've found that any story that doesn't have any thumbs-ups at all usually deserves that. I feel bad for the authors, but... I'm not giving a pity thumbs-up that someone else might take as a sign that the episode is readable.
On the other side, people are definitely gaming the system, so a bunch of thumbs-ups aren't necessarily a good sign either.
Update: My new story (published three days ago) still isn't showing up in the "Recently Added Stories" section. I would think it was the content -- it's definitely 18+ -- but there are other stories showing up there that should have had similar flags. I'm seeing stories published after mine showing up. So who knows?
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