![]() ![]() People die at like 34, and by 18, if you're not married, you're a spinster, man (or woman)! Plus ca change, plus ca meme chose, right? (The more things change, the more they remain the same for those of you who don't speak FRONCH). In this future, it's like the Medieval period all over again. She's already teaching kids on her ship in addition to her day job anyway. I mean, I guess I can't predict what one girl's hopes and dreams are, but from my point of view, it's just fucking stupid. Oh wah she wants a new environment despite having a steady job in a future where, honestly, it doesn't look like there's a whole lot of options. I mean here in the 21st century we had already outgrown governnesses for like what? 100 years now? And we're supposed to believe that there is a need for governesses on some spaceship in the future? Give me a break. Earth has been frozen for like 200 years. “I had hoped you’d get over your foolish dreams of being taken on by some miracle ship to teach, but what is this? Your third round of applications?”First of all, it doesn't make any damn sense. You hate the job, despite being very good at it-and not at all humble, I might add-and unless someone on another ship dies with no apprentice in place, you’re not getting an engineering transfer.” I opened my mouth to reply, but he kept going. “We both know you aren’t applying anywhere as an engineer. It's dumb and seriously, fuck that stupid dream. It's like if I had an engineering Ph.D and chose to work as a nanny. ![]() Not that there's anything wrong with being a governess, mind you, but ffs. Our main character, Stella (Jane Eyre) is a brilliant spaceship engineer who has long harbored high hopes of being.a fucking governess. It fucking sucks.īeware: lots of cursing in this review. “We both know you are This book is supposed to be a sci-fi version of Jane Eyre. This book is supposed to be a sci-fi version of Jane Eyre. But with Stella he’s kind.īut the Rochester harbors secrets: Stella is certain someone is trying to kill Hugo, and the more she discovers, the more questions she has about his role in a conspiracy threatening the fleet.more When a private ship hires her as a governess, Stella jumps at the chance. The captain of the Rochester, nineteen-year-old Hugo Fairfax, is notorious throughout the fleet for being a moody recluse and a drunk. Her home is a floundering spaceship that offers few prospects, having been orbiting an ice-encased Earth for two hundred years. Seventeen-year-old Stella Ainsley wants just one thing: to go somewhere-anywhere-else. An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here. When a private ship hires her as a go This is a previously published edition of ISBN 9781328948939. This is a previously published edition of ISBN 9781328948939. ![]()
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