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nancydrew1235's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Love how unique the plot feels. Love the adventure. Angel and Ford are lovable. The only thing that took me out of the story was

the motive of the Chronos head being related to losing her daughter to a school shooting. That hit a little too close to home and a little to specific to real life when wanting some escapism. Also, the virus plot in light of Covid is interesting but not sure if I liked being reminded about pandemics or not.

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unsuccessfulbookclub's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Some challenges I had with this book:

putting it down
describing the plot/main ideas to my husband
starting it
writing a review that will capture the absolutely PERFECT combination of themes it is for me, personally

Some challenges I DID NOT have with this book:

wanting to keep reading it
being completely engrossed
feeling SO MUCH excitement and ALL OF THE emotions
enjoying it
being utterly surprised by it
loving it

I am struggling mightily to do this one justice in this review but it is so so so so good. I don’t really like romantic suspense in general (see my dislike for mysteries and thrillers) but this one has a survival story and science spin on it that is catnip for me. I have LOVED survival stories since I read My Side of the Mountain in fourth grade.

If people are grinding it out in a hellscape? SIGN ME UP. If people are *grinding* in a hellscape? SIGN ME ALL THE WAY UP. Also? I learned a new term today from a friend courtesy of the fated mates podcast: “danger banging.” This book isn’t super spicy but there is a decent amount of danger banging and it really brought an angle to a survival adventure story that I had never considered before.

The love story was really great, and the MCs are TOP TIER. So yeah, shoutout to Meg for putting this on my radar and shoutout to Amanda and her bingo this month for getting me to FINALLY pick it up. It’s a chonky boi for a RoNo at 500+ pages but you won’t be mad about it.

👍🏻RECOMMENDED! If you like survival stories and Antarctic science with a side of romance? You will love this. It also has a bit of a James Bond vibe and an evil billionaire baddie so if you’re into that? You’ll be into this.

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adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

surprised by how much I enjoyed this! really solid read.

separate rating of more like 2.5 stars for the Katie Ruggle novella included, didn't like it as much.

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