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@britt @Chigaze I enjoy the Wayfarers series by Becky Chambers a lot. I think of it as comfort-sci-fi, but it might be a little too dark for you? Maybe look at a description and see if any of them look interesting. They're only loosely connected so you could read any of them as stand-alones. My fave is #2.

She also has the Monk & Robot Series, which was *too* gentle for me, and I bounced off it as boring/philosophical, but my friends adore it so maybe take a look at those?

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I heartily second the T Kingfisher recs! But the World of the White Rat books (which includes Clockwork Boys & The Wonder Engine) do have a romance mixed into each book along with the adventure.

My fave of hers is Summer in Orcus because portal fantasies are my fave.

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