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Signal Boost

Alyssa Cole

3.68 AVERAGE


John and his family are living the best post-apocalyptic life that they can when a hot astrophysicist tries to steal from their garden. Fluff and angst and mystery ensue. Technically a book 2 but I didn't find book 1 was necessary to understand

golem's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH

Nothing at all has happened in the first half of the book...maybe I will return to it later.
adventurous dark fast-paced
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

This book is absolutely wonderful. I loved the main character of this from the first book in the series and I was so glad he was able to step into the spotlight here. The progression of the worldbuilding was also absolutely fantastic. This feels so much like something that could actually take place as a disaster in the real world and the ways in which it explores power dynamics and the abuse of power is also really good
adventurous dark emotional funny informative mysterious tense fast-paced
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Very interesting story, but the ending felt rather rushed and confusing. What happened to Dr. Simmons?

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So how super-convenient is this ... yet still, it's kind of adorable.

We pick up close to when Radio Silence ends, with John as the protagonist, and his story is more action adventure than romance, though certainly there is sexual tension between him and his friend, and there is a HEA. Love these characters. What happened to the world is revealed in this story, and what might be done to recover, too.
emotional reflective tense fast-paced
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Ok, not me genre, but skipping over the sex-bits that were, well, what you'd expect, I think that this book had a fairly strong plot and good relationship growth.
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lyriclorelei's review

5.0
adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

So yeah, I'm always going to be here for an ace space nerd. I also really liked getting more explanation/development of the setting.

I enjoyed the reveal of why the electricity/cell service went out.

I was not as big of a fan of Mykhail. He did that thing of "I'm no good for you/I'm damaged/I only hurt people. Stay away. But don't" for too long. He had a good reason for feeling guilty, though he wasn't a bad guy by any means, which made the back and forth too much.

I loved that it was from John's POV. It was very consistent to how he was in the first book (that one was from Arden's POV).