Spindle's End by Jessica MartingMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
(Vague spoilers in some of the following.)
The space opera is excessively dependent on Star Trek, and has asteroid fields, extremely short trips over interplanetary distances, and all the usual nonsense, though at least the ship does need fueling (often not the case in space opera).
The romance... well, there's a period of "We can't be together because reasons," and then basically a Doc Brown moment: "But then I figured, what the hell?" And that's the romance subplot. Though at least the hero understands consent, and that a kiss from a woman who's very drunk is not it.
The main plot is totally dependent on a massive coincidence; the villain is about to retrieve something that's been sitting there undiscovered for 104 years, and the protagonists get there first by pure chance.
Two characters have basically the exact same parental issues.
Apart from that, it's pretty mediocre. Not great, but could be a lot worse. A solid three stars.
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