There's no doubt this book has an audience. The Best of All Possible Worlds is not anything like what its cover and official summary suggest. Le Guin's, I thought this was going to be an enjoyable reading experience. When I read the official book summary and saw Lord's writing was compared to Ursula K. Karen Lord's debut, Redemption in Indigo, has been on my reading list for quite a while, but having never gotten around to it, I jumped at the chance to receive a review copy of her latest book, The Best of All Possible Worlds, and was lucky enough to receive one from Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review. Along the way, Grace connects with and befriends the reserved Sadiri people, changing her life and theirs forever. Their journey takes them far and wide into different places and cultures, all of which have some relation to the now lost Sadira. It is here, with the help of biotechnician Grace Delarua, that they search for distant Sadiri cousins with whom to reunite and potentially marry. With the planet Sadira destroyed, the few remaining Sadiri-mainly men-seek refuge on Cygnus Beta, a veritable melting pot of refugees, races, and cultures.
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