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A review by laurenkara
Zenith Part 1 by Lindsay Cummings, Sasha Alsberg
3.0
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Zenith is a serialised Space Opera that is co-written by Sasha from abookutopia and Lindsay Cummings. At this moment in time it's only available as an ebook and is being released in four parts.
Given that this is technically a quarter of a book it is hard to do a complete review. Normally I'll summarise the story, but I'd honestly just be repeating everything that's mentioned in the Goodsread summary. I'm a huge fan of Sasha and I really want to read Lindsay's [b:The Murder Complex|13576132|The Murder Complex (The Murder Complex, #1)|Lindsay Cummings|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1385467089s/13576132.jpg|19158475] series so I was excited to read this because AN ALL GIRL SPACE CREW? SIGN ME UP.
I know this is only the first part, but I felt like the characters and world lacked depth. The writing seemed forced at times. We were just thrown into the world so there wasn't much (or any, really) world building. Andi and her crew are all pretty morally ambiguous which is something I love, but they just didn't feel completely real. It was great seeing a bunch of slightly murderous girls who definitely know how to handle themselves, but I have no way of telling whether they're complex or just two dimensional.
I think we were supposed to find Dex, who is the Bounty Hunter, to be the Token Attractive Bad Boy™ but honestly he just annoyed me. I can sense a love triangle brewing too, which I hope I'm wrong about.
We're introduced to a potential antagonist at the end of this first part named Nor who is a Queen on a dying planet and is seeking revenge. She seems like she'll be an interesting character. Revenge definitely seems to be the main theme of this story. Everyone wants it. So I'm curious to see how that plays out.
The first part was mostly just an introduction to the characters. Not much happened beside a few action sequences of Andi trying to stop her ship being taken by Dex. They were definitely some of the strongest parts of the book.
Even though I did have a few issues with this part, Zenith is a fun and quick read. If you're currently in a reading slump then I think this could help bring you out of it. I'll definitely be checking out the next parts!
Zenith is a serialised Space Opera that is co-written by Sasha from abookutopia and Lindsay Cummings. At this moment in time it's only available as an ebook and is being released in four parts.
Given that this is technically a quarter of a book it is hard to do a complete review. Normally I'll summarise the story, but I'd honestly just be repeating everything that's mentioned in the Goodsread summary. I'm a huge fan of Sasha and I really want to read Lindsay's [b:The Murder Complex|13576132|The Murder Complex (The Murder Complex, #1)|Lindsay Cummings|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1385467089s/13576132.jpg|19158475] series so I was excited to read this because AN ALL GIRL SPACE CREW? SIGN ME UP.
I know this is only the first part, but I felt like the characters and world lacked depth. The writing seemed forced at times. We were just thrown into the world so there wasn't much (or any, really) world building. Andi and her crew are all pretty morally ambiguous which is something I love, but they just didn't feel completely real. It was great seeing a bunch of slightly murderous girls who definitely know how to handle themselves, but I have no way of telling whether they're complex or just two dimensional.
I think we were supposed to find Dex, who is the Bounty Hunter
Spoiler
and a past relationship of Andi's who she then tried to killWe're introduced to a potential antagonist at the end of this first part named Nor who is a Queen on a dying planet and is seeking revenge. She seems like she'll be an interesting character. Revenge definitely seems to be the main theme of this story. Everyone wants it. So I'm curious to see how that plays out.
The first part was mostly just an introduction to the characters. Not much happened beside a few action sequences of Andi trying to stop her ship being taken by Dex. They were definitely some of the strongest parts of the book.
Even though I did have a few issues with this part, Zenith is a fun and quick read. If you're currently in a reading slump then I think this could help bring you out of it. I'll definitely be checking out the next parts!