Pleiti and Mossa have a gentle, warm chemistry, made a bit shy by their previous break up.
It is both grand (it’s set on Jupiter!) and cozy (a lot of tea and cookies are consumed in Pleiti’s study). I enjoyed all of these things as well as the tea and scones and other food items that appear on a regular basis. Mystery fans will enjoy the ensuing mystery, science fiction fans will enjoy the ensuing adventure, and romance fans will enjoy this second-chance romance. Her ex-girlfriend, Mossa, is an Inspector, and comes to Pleiti for help with a case. Pleiti is a scientist at a prestigious university. The exposition that exists fits neatly into the mystery format – as the characters ask questions, the reader fills in a picture of what life is like in this expanse of air. Still, the book packs a surprising amount into its pages. This concept is amazing and I love it, and I wanted so much more worldbuilding. Jupiter is, of course, a gas giant, so everyone lives on giant platforms and farms using soil brought from various moons. In the future, humanity has fled a poisoned Earth and set up housekeeping on Jupiter.
I understand that many of you need read no further to know that a f/f Sherlock Holmes mystery/romance set on Jupiter is your catnip. The Mimicking of Known Successes is a queer science fiction romance/mystery featuring a woman who is of the Sherlock Holmes mode of detective and another woman as the Watson type, although unlike some versions of Watson, this one is intelligent and useful. Catnip in this context is not the plant, it is the trope, or group of tropes that is our personal drug of choice. We have a word among the bitchery: catnip.
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