A review by bookwormmichelle
Arabella and the Battle of Venus by David D. Levine

4.0

I LOVED the first Arabella book, and was pretty excited for this one. But in the first part of the book, I was pretty disappointed. When the action picked up later I was much happier. But the early part, about Arabella and her chaperone (ugh) and flirting with the new character, Captain Fox--argh. I wanted to shake that girl. Also this one seemed sometimes over the "improbability" line into "ridiculous" territory---Venusian animals that fart hydrogen that can be used to fly metal ships? OK. Um. I am also still having trouble "seeing" these ships and how they fight in my head, I guess. My mental movie stalls out here sometimes. LOL. But in the end it was fun enough that I mostly forgot the problems and just enjoyed the book.