Resigned Fate

Portals of Destiny #3

by Shay West

The Mekans come, bringing death and destruction. Only the Chosen can save those who call this galaxy home. The Chosen battle against an insurmountable enemy. Forced by the Mekans to split up, they fight to save innocent lives on many planets. But help has come. Will a mysterious stranger provide the answers the Chosen seek? Or will they fail in their quest to save the galaxy from the Mekan Fleet?

308 pages, Paperback

First published December 19, 2013

About the author

Shay West was born in Longmont, CO and earned a doctorate degree in Human Medical Genetics from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical. Dr. West currently lives in Grand Junction, CO with her cat (Oreo), packrat (Rose Tyler), and bearded dragon (Madame Vastra). When not writing novels, she plays with plushie microbes and teaches biology classes at Colorado Mesa University. She is the author of the Portals of Destiny series, the Adventures of Alexis Davenport series, Soul Reapers, and Organ Reapers. She has also been published in several anthologies: Battlespace (military scifi), Orange Karen: Tribute to a Warrior (fundraiser), Ancient New (steampunk/fantasy), and Horror in Bloom.

You can find Dr. West and more of her work at Shay-West.com.

Reviews

[Shannon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hello fellow readers of Earth!
Like the other books in this series, I was given this book for free from the author in exchange for an honest review. I really wanted to give this a five star rating...I just couldn't. It starts out with the death of a character, there was a lot of traveling, eating, bathing, complaining, running, and people that I just don't know what happened to. There was a character introduced that I thought was going to mean something big, yet he was just there for one purpose, then forgotten about when they were on another planet (maybe I missed where he was killed or went back home?). The Queen was brought back, but there was really no need to. Even in the final chapters with the Mekans, it left me more wondering who was going to die next, rather than the ending that is given. I guess that's really the only way it could have ended, but I was hoping for more of...I don't know...something else. And what happened on Gentra? Did the Mekans destroy that world? Did everything go back to normal? Are the prophets able to see again? It's was the base planet and I am left wondering what happened.
I know it sounds like I didn't like it, but I did. I was never bored by it and I was intrigued by what would happen next. I just really enjoyed book two and, I guess, I was hoping for more of that. The Epilogue does ask some of the same questions that I have about The Chosen, but they are more "what if" questions rather than unanswered questions. I guess my four stars is more of an overall rating for the series as a whole because, though it was good, it was not my favorite of the bunch.

[†Reviews of a FearStreetZombie†]

I received this book in return for an honest review.

Will write proper review when I have finished the book.