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A review by bethandhertea
The Morcai Battalion by Diana Palmer, Susan Kyle
2.0
Well, I read it LOLOL. I love Diana Palmer's early 2000's books, but anything before that is too old school for my tastes, and anything after that is really just too much the same story over and over. When I saw that she had written a sci-fi romance I was both horrified and intrigued! I put off reading it for a while because I was sure I wouldn't like it, but really it wasn't that bad! It isn't romance, though I can see the beginnings of it popping up in some obvious spots.
On the whole, the world building wasn't too bad. It did find it really over the top violent at times - not in description but in ideas. It was a bit strange, and not really my thing.
As this was her first ever book, it reads like a fairly dated sci-fi story (as it is). It's a bit hard to explain how, it's mainly just the vibe and how the characters act. A modern sci-fi story would have given the female lead a lot more to do, whereas this book didn't have her actively participating as much. As she describes in the introduction - she wrote this book before Star Trek was there to put a lady in a position of power, so it was pretty unique for it's time!
While I wouldn't mind seeing how the romance plays out, I am just not into it enough to read more in the series. It wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it might be going into it, so that's pretty great!
On the whole, the world building wasn't too bad. It did find it really over the top violent at times - not in description but in ideas. It was a bit strange, and not really my thing.
As this was her first ever book, it reads like a fairly dated sci-fi story (as it is). It's a bit hard to explain how, it's mainly just the vibe and how the characters act. A modern sci-fi story would have given the female lead a lot more to do, whereas this book didn't have her actively participating as much. As she describes in the introduction - she wrote this book before Star Trek was there to put a lady in a position of power, so it was pretty unique for it's time!
While I wouldn't mind seeing how the romance plays out, I am just not into it enough to read more in the series. It wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it might be going into it, so that's pretty great!