longtimereader 's review for:

Before Mars by Emma Newman

4.0

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This is the third book in a series but stood alone reasonably well. Ann has gone on a major mission, and she's not in top condition. They must have missed that part, this woman is in agony from postpartum depression that she's questioning everything. I do mean everything, her husband, her mission, her entire life. She has dual missions on Mars, as both a geologist and an artist. She's trying to get out of her own issue and mesh more with the crew, but she's getting crazy messages in her own writing and now she's not sure if she has snapped, or been set up, or what is happening. I liked the mystery and the suspense, the setting and the "world" were just fine. What I wasn't thrilled about was the ending. Everything else worked pretty well.

My copy came from Net Galley. My thoughts and opinions are my own. This review is left of my own free volition.