Family Law by Mackey Chandler
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I had a lot of different expectations before and during this read. Honestly, without reading the actual blurb, I thought I was going to get a space opera lawyer fiction. After reading the blurb, I almost didn't even want to read it at all. But AS I started reading it, I was wondering where the law was until we started dealing with alien cultural differences and the complications of securing wealth and keeping your claim on discovering a green world. I was hooked then.

But instead of being a fascinating space-faring courtroom drama with intrigue of many kinds, it pivoted to being an ALL-OUT INTERSTELLAR WAR?

Whut? In a title called Family Law? Well, that's explained by a simplified cultural system of law for aliens. But I totally felt bait-and-switched. Not that it didn't turn out pretty good anyway. But you know what's funny? I still WANT A SF LAW PRACTICE SERIES. Silly me.

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