There's a huge amount of hand-waving (in this sci fi universe, magic is an integral part of everything), amounting to several deus ex machina moments because we don't understand enough about the mechanics of this universe to know whether what just happened should or should not have been possible. However, that world is one of the things that kept me from fully enjoying this book. The world White has created is vast and potentially interesting. The characters are fun and mostly well-drawn and memorable. The plot is different enough from a cookie-cutter plot to be interesting and to have a few surprising twists and turns. My verdict is "Maybe a little, on the surface." If you're going into this looking for a Firefly fix, you'll be disappointed, but it's fun, anyway.
The cover art depicts a ship that looks a lot like Serenity, and quotes on the paperback cover reference Firefly. Part of the marketing hype was that this is reminiscent of Firefly, the short-lived (and deeply beloved) Joss Whedon TV series. A couple of people I know, and some buzz last year online, suggested that I would just superduper love Alex White's A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe.
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