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3.29 AVERAGE
3.29 AVERAGE
Great read
I loved this book, such a brilliant plot and the characters were so well written. Looking for the next one noe!
I loved this book, such a brilliant plot and the characters were so well written. Looking for the next one noe!
This has an interesting storyline. The characters are a bit predictable and the dialog is cheesy. But it was a fun read.
Nope. Wasn't enough description to create a mental picture of what was happening. Millie in her suit, was she Inspector Gadget? Flying cars, is this Fifth Element? You have to describe the world if you want us to enter it. And we were given no reason to enter this world.
Meh
For a book with what could have been a quite powerful female lead, it was rather misogynistic. The premise was better than the execution.
For a book with what could have been a quite powerful female lead, it was rather misogynistic. The premise was better than the execution.
This was an unexpected find for me! It came on on kindle as a recommended read and I’m really glad I decided to pick it up. The story and the plot are brilliant and I really enjoyed this version of a potential future where natural breeding is a thing of the past and a word controlled by genetics and the conglomerate is the norm.
The banter between the main characters of Millicent and Ryker is fantastic and so funny. Had me laughing out loud at many moments and it was a very effortless and enjoyable listen! Glad I came across this.
The banter between the main characters of Millicent and Ryker is fantastic and so funny. Had me laughing out loud at many moments and it was a very effortless and enjoyable listen! Glad I came across this.
I nearly stopped reading this book because of the annoyingly heavy-handed sexual references, but I'm not sad I kept reading. The most exciting part (in my opinion) was closer to the middle of the book.
The world was interesting and dark. Some scary unknowns are still out there...
I think the next book will be better.
The world was interesting and dark. Some scary unknowns are still out there...
I think the next book will be better.
I really enjoyed the cyberpunk dystopian world-building in this one: the structure definitely hearkens to corporate power models with some appropriately chilling echoes of possible futures. I was less sold on the characters themselves and the romance, and I found the action a bit dragging in the second half. This is probably in part due to my genre tastes, I found the world much more interesting than these particular characters and their individual, somewhat selfish struggles.
With that said, I still saw it through to the end just to see the play with technology and the future-urban-dystopian environments, although some of those seemed a bit inexplicable in their construction.
With that said, I still saw it through to the end just to see the play with technology and the future-urban-dystopian environments, although some of those seemed a bit inexplicable in their construction.
Interesting idea, not well written, poor character development, wins my worst book read this year, sorry!
Two stars because the hovertext says "it was ok" and that's basically my feelings on this. Interesting scifi worldbuilding, but the plot is all paranormal-romance. Big strong werebear manly man, super exceptional woman unaware of her own killer bod who is magnetically drawn to his blah blah blah, you've heard this before. Competent example of the genre, but goddamn it I already had to scale back my urban fantasy reading because of this softcore romance bullshit, I don't need it in my scifi.
Bit of a rant ahead.
This is not science fiction and should not be marketed as such. This is a science fiction romance. There is a difference. I very much enjoy reading science fiction. I do not like sci-fi romance, hence I am not this book's target audience. Fortunately, I got it free as a Kindle First book, because I would be mighty peeved otherwise. That is one strike.
Strike two:
Spoiler
I LOATHE books that promote this kind of hero as sexy. Did I say I loathe them? Well, I do. A controlling, disrespectful prick who sexually harasses you does not good boyfriend material make. I need this to stop being sold to women, and I need it yesterday. It's unhealthy and just plain wrong. As soon as the male "love interest" came into the picture, I knew *exactly* where this book was going and, boy, did it go there. By the time he shut down her treadmill, I shut down my Kindle.And what in Sam Hill was up with that insemination scene? Ugh.
Book, you and I are done. So done.