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A review by pushingdessy
Full Speed to a Crash Landing by Beth Revis
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
*I received this ARC through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.*
Ada Lamarr: scavenger, having recently claimed looter’s rights on a wreckage she wasn’t supposed to know about, finds herself in dire straits after her half-blown up ship left her stranded and almost out of oxygen in space.
Rian White: head of the intergalactic government salvage crew on a super secret mission to retrieve something from the inhabitable planet below… and Ada might be the only one who can help the mission succeed. But what is she hiding? And what is Rian not saying about the mission?
This was such a fun space heist! Ada is a spunky, smart, mysterious protagonist that won’t stop at anything to get what she wants, including flirting to death with Rian, who is competent and collected and matches her wit. The mission is high-stakes and you can feel the tension of everything pending on it. And it kept me guessing to the last page!
The descriptions are so well done, you can picture everything perfectly, and the worldbuilding deals with interesting (if depressing) themes of environmental catastrophe, eco grief and space colonization.
I admit I was confused at the descriptor of a ‘sexy’ heist, lol. Don’t let that sway you either way: it’s a heist, our protagonists flirt, there’s some UST, but nobody is pole dancing!
There were a couple of nods to Star Wars that made me smile (no bras in space is bullshit!!).
This is the first novella from a planned trilogy, so we have more questions than answers by the end... but now I'm really looking forward to the rest! If you enjoy a space romp that feels like a comic book, with familiar sci-fi elements, you might want to check it out.
Ada Lamarr: scavenger, having recently claimed looter’s rights on a wreckage she wasn’t supposed to know about, finds herself in dire straits after her half-blown up ship left her stranded and almost out of oxygen in space.
Rian White: head of the intergalactic government salvage crew on a super secret mission to retrieve something from the inhabitable planet below… and Ada might be the only one who can help the mission succeed. But what is she hiding? And what is Rian not saying about the mission?
This was such a fun space heist! Ada is a spunky, smart, mysterious protagonist that won’t stop at anything to get what she wants, including flirting to death with Rian, who is competent and collected and matches her wit. The mission is high-stakes and you can feel the tension of everything pending on it. And it kept me guessing to the last page!
The descriptions are so well done, you can picture everything perfectly, and the worldbuilding deals with interesting (if depressing) themes of environmental catastrophe, eco grief and space colonization.
I admit I was confused at the descriptor of a ‘sexy’ heist, lol. Don’t let that sway you either way: it’s a heist, our protagonists flirt, there’s some UST, but nobody is pole dancing!
There were a couple of nods to Star Wars that made me smile (no bras in space is bullshit!!).
This is the first novella from a planned trilogy, so we have more questions than answers by the end... but now I'm really looking forward to the rest! If you enjoy a space romp that feels like a comic book, with familiar sci-fi elements, you might want to check it out.