#29 Dangerous Secrets by Mari Mancusi
Queen Iduna never told her husband, King Agnarr, what really happened that fateful day in the Enchanted Forest, or that she was the one to save him when the Northuldra and Arendalian soldiers came to blows. At least, not until they set off on their ill-fated quest to find Ahtolhallan, where they hoped to find answers to Elsa's growing ice powers.
I really, really enjoyed this book. It PERFECTLY filled in the gaps left by Frozen 2, answering things like why Agnarr doesn't know Iduna is the one who saved his life, why he doesn't know she's Northuldra, even how they knew to seek out Grand Pabby and the rest of the trolls when Anna is struck by Elsa's powers in the first movie. The chapters switch up every so often between Iduna telling her side of the story and Agnarr telling his, so a nice, comprehensive story is told - there's no half-butting it here. I found myself wanting more once the story was over, because I was just so engrossed in it.
#30 Artemis by Andy Weir
Jazz is a small-time smuggler living in Artemis, the only civilization/city on the moon. But when the chance to become a millionaire arises, she sets aside her smuggling operation for a time to become an industrial saboteur...and gets in WAY over her head.
I'm...undecided on this one. I blitzed through it and found myself mostly enjoying the tale. But Jazz is a bit of a butt and kind of stupid to get mixed up in what she does, so my sympathy was muted. Still, I was rooting for her not to die. But the ending left me unimpressed and cold. Not that I wanted to see her raised to hero-status, but with her ending up in basically worse shape than she began, I felt like the whole ordeal was an absolute waste. Overall, not nearly as good as The Martian or Project Hail Mary, and definitely not as memorable.
