I just got an email naming the Prism Award finalist for
Futuristic books for 2016. As I
had read and loved Dark Horse and Echo 8 I decided to give the other two a
try. See my short and sweet review
of Honour Bound and Shades of Treason below. I loved three of the books and liked the other one. I will be watching to see which one receives the Prism.
You can see my review of Dark Horse and Echo 8 by following
the links below to my Goodreads
reviews.
Dark Horse by Michelle Diener https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1315756443?book_show_action=false
Echo 8 by Sharon Fisher https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1191828500?book_show_action=false
Honor Bound (Lawmen #1) by M.A. Grant
Science Fiction Romance
Honour Bound is an exciting story that sets the stage for
future books in the series. In it
we meet Cade and Lailian and follow them from their first brief meeting until
they start to work together. I
liked the story. Cade, Lailian and
the other characters did a great job holding the story line in place. I did feel that some of the world
building was spotty. The
back-story for the characters was OK but the back-story for the world itself
was not as well done. I hope that
the next book adds what I found missing in Honour Bound. The danger, tension and characters made
up for most of the missing information.
I will be looking for the next book in the series.
Shades of Treason (Anomaly #1) by Sandy Williams
Science Fiction Romance
Shades of Treason is first rate space opera with a slowly
building
romance woven into the story line. Ash is an anomaly.
She is smarter and stronger than the average human. The Coalition wants and needs anomalies
to serve as soldiers but it does not trust them. Their solution is to wire their brains with a loyalty training
that demands allegiance to the Coalition.
Commander Rhys Rykus is Ash’s fair safe, the person who can
make her answer questions and follow orders. When Ash is the only survivor of an important mission and
she refuses to answer any questions Rhys is called in to get answers.
This is a great premise for the story that follows. Ash is one of those great characters
that light up the page. Rhys is an
honor bound follow the book officer who always tries to do right. Ash loves to get under Rhys’ skin while
Rhys is attracted to Ash but does not admit it even to himself.
Ash’s silence both hides a big threat to the Coalition and
at the same time triggers her loyalty training to protect the Coalition. It looks like Ash is a traitor but Rhys
does not believe it. What follows is a tightly written exciting story that kept
me reading. This is book one in a
series and I can’t wait to see what happens to Ash and Rhys next.
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