Defiant (The Skyward Series Book 4)

The fourth Skyward book brings things to a conclusion. The Superiority wants to continue to lord over "inferior" species, such as humans. They know what is best for the others and are doing things "for their good". However, they do this by extracting resources and monopolizing technology. This seems to be very similar to what goes on in our world with colonial empires. However, in the real world, the colonies ended up adopting modern technology rather than overcoming it.

In Skyward, Spensa learns to better control her abilities. She can communicate with the various beings (some who turn out to be rogue AIs.) She is competing with another person with similar powers who has aligned with the "bad" side. they have a fun teleportation fight after Spensa swipes an antidote. There is also a big space fight where an entire flight goes to blow up one key rebel ship - only to then realize they fell into a trap and were all destroyed. And of course, Spensa has a requisite romantic encounter that started out a little awkward due to teleportation.

In the end, the colonizers get a taste of their medicine. They are stuck on a planet with some food rations to help them survive. They are encouraged to now produce for themselves instead of extract from others.