Review: Luna City Limited: The Phoenix and Katie Li by Julia Huni

Title: Luna City Limited: The Phoenix and Katie Li

Series: Tales of a Former Space Janitor

Author: Julia Huni

Genre: Adult, sci-fi, mystery

Publication date: April 2022

Published by: IPH Media

Source: Backed on Kickstarter - Ebook reward

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Synopsis: An ordinary young woman adds some spies to her life.

Katie Li sells silly novelties at Luna City, LTD, and the highlight of her day is upselling a case of zero gravity whoopie cushions.

When secret agent Nick "The Phoenix" Beckett drops into her life, normal goes out the airlock. She's whisked into a whirl of high society events, mob influence, and corporate secrets.

Katie's always dreamed of adventure, and the Phoenix seems to offer that in spades. But between his life-threatening enemies and his breathtaking charm, Katie soon finds herself in over her head.

My rating: ★★★★☆

Luna City Limited takes place in the Space Janitor world, but it follows different characters, so it’s this sort of spin-off book. The two main characters in this book, Katie and Nick, actually make an appearance in Waxing the Moon of Lewei, which is the 3rd book in the Tales of a Former Space Janitor series. And I would actually recommend you read this one before that one because I feel like you would appreciate these characters more in Waxing the Moon of Lewei.

And this book was a bit different from those Space Janitor books because this book was more serialized, but I feel like one episode flowed really nicely into the next regardless. And I really liked the short chapters/episodes.

Like I said previously, this book follows Katie, who works at Luna City LTD selling novelties, and secret agent Nick. Katie meets Nick and finds herself thrust into his world full of espionage, secrets, and adventure. And it was so much fun! It had a bit of action, which we know I love, but I even loved when they were doing the more mundane things like going to a gala. I just really enjoyed it! I liked the dressing up and spying and finding out secrets... It was fun!

However, I didn't like that Nick lied so much to Katie. I get that he's a secret agent, but it was frustrating because he was using Katie as a cover. And Katie knew she was being used, and she went along with it anyway. But I did like Katie because she was smart enough to be cautious around Nick, despite her developing feelings for him.

Just what I needed—a crush on a secret agent.

For what it's worth, Nick also developed feelings for Katie, but I just wished he'd showed it more. I did enjoy the sexual tension between them though, as well as their banter. It was great!

Overall, I really enjoyed this book! I loved that it had a smidge more romance than your usual Space Janitor book, and it was just a fun book to read.

Have you read this book? If so, what did you think about it? If not, what do you think? Does it sound like something you might want to read? Leave me a link to your review or comment below! 😊