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Title & Author : Fallen Empire series books 2-8:Honor's Flight, Starseers, Relic of Sorrows, Cleon Moon, Arkadian Skies, Perilous Hunt, End Game,Lindsay Buroker

Genre & Publication Date : Scientific discipline-Fiction, May – November 2016

Volume Clarification : (From Book Two: Accolade'southward Flight) "After spending four years fighting for the Alliance, fighter pilot Alisa Marchenko merely wants one thing: to reunite with her young daughter. Simply this involves a journey to her former home world, which has become the last imperial stronghold. Since the imperials have a lot of reasons to loathe members of the Alliance right now, merely getting downward to the planet volition be a challenge, and it doesn't help that her passengers are stirring upwardly problem of their own…

Even if Alisa is able to country, she may notice that more than questions await her than answers, and that her late husband kept a startling secret from her, 1 that could modify her life forever."

First Line : (From Honour'southward Flying) Alisa Marchenko, Captain of the Star Nomad, the only Nebula Rambler 880 in the milky way that hadn't been scrapped decades earlier, fiddled with the flight stick every bit the planet Perun grew larger on the view screen.

My Take : These books were provided to me by the writer for review.

A while back I reviewed the first book of this series, Star Nomad, which became part of an eight book series with a spin-off novella on the side and another spin-off serial chosen "Heaven Full of Stars". Outset, let us break for a moment and recognize the discussion count powerhouse that is Lindsay Buroker. Betwixt May and November of 2016 she published 8 FULL novels. *blinks* Now that is but impressive. I presume she has to replace her keyboard frequently because of scorch marks. Wow.

Now, if you lot've read my review of the first book, you'll know I was kind of lukewarm about information technology. I love Buroker'southward writing manner, her humour, her quirky characters, and in this example, her "universe edifice" but volume one simply didn't grab my Sci-Fi heart as much equally I'd hoped. Still, I thought I'd give it more time to do so and I connected the series. My attention definitely held throughout each book and I was interested to know how things would end but…I have to acknowledge that I remained rather meh feeling well-nigh the chief thrust of the story. Okay, okay, this sounds really contradictory–to feel 'so-then' well-nigh a serial while at the same time reading the whole matter. I agree, it is. How to put this into words…Allow'south try this: As I tapped the final page on the last book I didn't lean back in mail-book languor thinking, "That.Was.Awesome." Information technology didn't hang around in my thoughts. I didn't flip through previous books to reread favorite passages just to experience information technology again. I didn't bemoan the fact that information technology was over.

Lukewarm.

The author says this is like her tremendously popular "The Emperor'due south Border" series but gear up in infinite (by the manner, if you haven't, Go READ THAT SERIES. Book One is Gratuitous). I could see hints at the ways she tried to replicate that feeling simply information technology felt similar a bottom version of it. The primary grapheme, Alisa, is trying to reunite with her girl afterward waking up in a medical ward to find out the war was over and her home, systems away from where her arts and crafts went downwards, had been destroyed. Her daughter survived. Her hubby didn't. One would think she'd let zippo come between her and getting to her girl. Yet, it felt like this was but the setup for the adventures rather than the incredible emotional upheaval it would actually be. She was continually distracted from her mission to discover her daughter past other things going on. Sort of, "Well, okay, I'll accept intendance of this issue with these people and then be back on my way." She didn't accept the soul searing neeeeed that a mother ought to have to go to her child. I retrieve this is where it went awry for me. How could she let her focus slide to anything else? Impossible. It affected my enjoyment of things because I constantly thought, "How is xyz more important to yous right now???"

The Magical : This is a complex universe and the series visits enough of dissimilar systems and planets. The history is really well thought out and the characters all accept unique voices.

The Mundane : I really, really adore the author for her dedication to the arts and crafts and her utterly amazing power to go an unabridged series out within 7 months. However, I besides call back in that location was some plot stretching going on and I'yard non entirely convinced information technology actually needed to be viii books.

Summary of Thoughts : Now, there are hoards of people who disagree with my opinion on this so delight check out the Amazon link beneath to run into reviews for more than input–Honestly, people loved this so much I'm a little afraid they'll be picketing my house if they read this review. It'southward possible I'yard the odd duck (and not for the first fourth dimension in my life). So I'm giving this serial a three star rating with the added note that Sci-Fi fans should give it a endeavor for themselves. In fact, book one is only $0.99 (besides on Kindle Unlimited) so why not, right?

Interestingly, I began the spin off series "A Sky Total of Stars" and am really liking that i. A coming-of-historic period in space? Yes, delight! But that's for another review;)

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