The Red Scholars Wake by Aliette d'Abudard

Aline: I have very much discovered that my, my uber happy reading place right now is romance that happens to be set in a sci-fi fantasy world. The red scholars wake by Aliette D'Abudard has lots of politicking and intrigue and even some battles and stuff. Kelly: So imagine the Titanic plus sabotage, but in space or maybe not sabotage. There's some sabotage, but you don't know what it is. And then people who cheer in 22 in subsequent days and weeks and years get their box on their 22nd birthday.