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A review by ctorretta
Queen & Commander by Janine A. Southard
4.0
This was good but strange. There's no real background given about why this society has "queens" or what is really going on. All the plot line gives you is that everyone in the plot is a little desperate, all for their own reasons.
In a way I understand the character's choices but at the same time I just don't get any of them. Rhiannon half the time is inside her own head. She wants so badly to be a good queen that she doesn't even speak up or give her crew members a direction. I was really saddened by this. Her lack of authority and the fact that she has to read up on how to be a queen for dummies, is silly. Stop reading, start doing! But technically she wasn't built for this duty. She fooled the tests and because of that she puts herself into some serious situations. But now she has this duty to make sure she and her hive are safe.... ARGH! I just ... Half the book I wanted to scream at her.
Then you have the others. Come on guys... They are all very young, talked Rhiannon into being a Commander and now they are curious WHY she doesn't know how to command! SIGH! And then Rhiannon sort of peer pressures the other two guys into coming along as well. What goes around comes around!
So, I enjoyed the characters but I think the plot is nearly unbelievable. But I'm sticking with it and reading book two and to be honest, I am curious about what is going to happen to them. The story is easy to read even though the characters are flipping nuts. I'm involved now even if I am kicking and screaming the entire way!
3.5/5
In a way I understand the character's choices but at the same time I just don't get any of them. Rhiannon half the time is inside her own head. She wants so badly to be a good queen that she doesn't even speak up or give her crew members a direction. I was really saddened by this. Her lack of authority and the fact that she has to read up on how to be a queen for dummies, is silly. Stop reading, start doing! But technically she wasn't built for this duty. She fooled the tests and because of that she puts herself into some serious situations. But now she has this duty to make sure she and her hive are safe.... ARGH! I just ... Half the book I wanted to scream at her.
Then you have the others. Come on guys... They are all very young, talked Rhiannon into being a Commander and now they are curious WHY she doesn't know how to command! SIGH! And then Rhiannon sort of peer pressures the other two guys into coming along as well. What goes around comes around!
So, I enjoyed the characters but I think the plot is nearly unbelievable. But I'm sticking with it and reading book two and to be honest, I am curious about what is going to happen to them. The story is easy to read even though the characters are flipping nuts. I'm involved now even if I am kicking and screaming the entire way!
3.5/5