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The second book in the Lilith's Brood trilogy, this story takes place years after the …
I didn't read the blurb again and was surprised by the start, even though I should have expected it after the ending of the last. That not gonna happen again at book #3!
In an icy, untamed world of pristine beauty, a husband and wife are torn apart …
Seldom did I read a more boring book than this one. I was having a hard time to get through it, lost the thread more than once and asked myself why I keep on reading it.
Every series has at least one book that is chewy and takes some time to get through. With most of the series I read it was #4 of #5. With this series it was #2 already.
The story dragged on and on an on. I had a hard time to follow the story. And - like the 1st book - the end came too sudden. Sudden because finally the story gained.
I will start #3 and if this book is not catching me I'll sell the series.
With no water, no air, and no native life, the planet Gora is unremarkable. The …
Again listening to the German audiobook. Like Nice to meet a familiar face after #3 was all new people. Not much of a suprise that I'm enjoying this one as well!
The Ghost Brigades are the Special Forces of the Colonial Defense Forces, elite troops created …
Astra has become one of the most popular Sentinels in Chicago, past scandals notwithstanding, and …
This is book #4 in the series, but it's not the fourth part. Apparently there's a short story, "Omega Night", and it contained both plot and character developments that significantly impact this book. However, even on the official author's website it's not listed between books 3 and 4. It's listed after the final book, among other "related works".
And the author doesn't really do a good job of recapping what happened, it's just an abrupt jump, and now Hope/Astra's angsting over a new crush that started during that book, freaking out over a danger to one of her friends that's due to events in that book, and a number of other sudden changes.
And these changes continue to casually come up over the course of the entire book, so that put a serious damper on my enjoyment of it.
Beyond that, the premise/setting was unique and somewhat interesting, but a …
This is book #4 in the series, but it's not the fourth part. Apparently there's a short story, "Omega Night", and it contained both plot and character developments that significantly impact this book. However, even on the official author's website it's not listed between books 3 and 4. It's listed after the final book, among other "related works".
And the author doesn't really do a good job of recapping what happened, it's just an abrupt jump, and now Hope/Astra's angsting over a new crush that started during that book, freaking out over a danger to one of her friends that's due to events in that book, and a number of other sudden changes.
And these changes continue to casually come up over the course of the entire book, so that put a serious damper on my enjoyment of it.
Beyond that, the premise/setting was unique and somewhat interesting, but a lot of it felt like repeating "same song, different verse." Just marking things off a checklist. Astra has a crush that she doesn't want to act on (thankfully not the same one as at the end of book #3). Astra asks for advice, then ignores it in a way that could cause trouble for the one who gave it. Astra manages to get separated from her team (but thankfully not abducted this time). Astra makes mistakes and spends time berating herself. Important rules get massively broken but a loophole means it's okay. And the Perfect Defenses get destroyed via the most plausible method, which somehow no-one saw coming.
I did really like that, after introducing a terrifying Islamic terrorist supervillain in book #1, the author chose to introduce a character that showcases the more peaceful side of Islam. I wish the character was ongoing, but it doesn't look like he will be.
I really didn't like the friend drama for this book - it felt pretty contrived, but Astra was utterly poleaxed. Honestly, the number of times something relatively trivial knocks Astra so off her stride that she can't think straight for several days should probably be cause for serious concern among the team leadership.
Audrey Zhou left Hickory Grove, the tiny central Illinois town where she grew up, as …
Bookopoly 2023 Mystery #3 Read a book published after 2020
A small Kansas town has turned into a killing ground. Is it a serial killer, …
Popsugar 2023 #3 A book about a vacation
