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A SCIENTIST DETERMINED TO SAVE THE BEES.
A FLIGHT CREW SEEKING REDEMPTION.
A STRANGE PLANET THAT COULD BE THEIR ANSWER.
Dr. Hannah Jensen, granddaughter of the dishonored Dr. Rick Carlson, is desperate to make her own name in the research field of pollinators.
When The Company tasks her with colonizing the world’s last remaining bees, she is sent with her longtime academic rival to another planet, on a quest to save the human race.
Joined by a disgraced flight crew dependent on her success, and Connelly, the alluring chief military officer with secrets of his own, Hannah must find a way to escape their watchful eyes and put her merits to the test to finish what her grandfather started.
A FLIGHT CREW SEEKING REDEMPTION.
A STRANGE PLANET THAT COULD BE THEIR ANSWER.
Dr. Hannah Jensen, granddaughter of the dishonored Dr. Rick Carlson, is desperate to make her own name in the research field of pollinators.
When The Company tasks her with colonizing the world’s last remaining bees, she is sent with her longtime academic rival to another planet, on a quest to save the human race.
Joined by a disgraced flight crew dependent on her success, and Connelly, the alluring chief military officer with secrets of his own, Hannah must find a way to escape their watchful eyes and put her merits to the test to finish what her grandfather started.
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Published August 14, 2025
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December 15, 2025[wow this was. well. RTC I guess]
I read this back in august and was so appalled i had to rant to my friends and move on.
Now that I had some time to digest it, l’m coming back to it to give an overview on my thoughts!
Warning I might have taken this very seriously, and i'm totally not here to yuck on anyone's yum i'm glad authors are writing stories that are what the stories they want to see in the world. I'm happy I read this book, it helped me figure out my expectations when reading in general and made me realize we need more horror-scifi-erotica books! Or at least i do :)
So:
- The writing made no sense to me. It's based on wacky world building and while for any book of fiction there is an expectation for the reader to suspend their disbelief, there's also an expectation for the author to frame it in a way that make sense for the book's own logic, tone etc. Thing is i sadly am a scientist so it was even less possible for me to deal with this flaw (as this book follows a scientist on a scientific expedition), but maybe my review can help other readers figure out what might have caused them not to enjoy certain parts of the book, or new readers determine that this is a thing they don't care that much about and so they can enjoy their read!
- From this flaw comes a string of nonsensical writing on every element of the story: not only the world, but the premise, the characterization, the relationship dynamics, the plot. The structure and pacing were actually fine, and l’m including the premise as it doesn't work out with how the story is written, but it is a very interesting concept and premise and i love that this book encouraged me to find other (horror) scifi novellas :)
- As I said and will elaborate on, there is too much suspension of disbelief required here for me to enjoy. It started being a issue early on, and the first instance of it was around the scientists of this book (the MC and one other character). They have a discussion where cellular reproduction is mentioned as a "well didn't you think of you accelerating it will make the cells (actually embryos but like that's way too much explanation to ask genuinely) expire faster?" and the character whose is asked this, actually didn't think of it. I fear this is high school level biology, not saying that to be mean but to say it's pretty accessible information.
I happened to have a master's degree in biology, so I know a thing or two about research (its ethics, its vocabulary, and so on) specifically in biology. For me it was molecular and cellular biology and development and genetics, which is the kind of background needed for the type of work the two scientists in this book are supposed to do. I understand this is very particular but also i gives me an angle from which i can definitely confirm that if the science feels weird to you? it is. Not a little, because i get that this book's focus wasn't the science in itself, but to a point where I doubt the author even tried to do more than what 2hours of research on the subject?
Other examples: the MC says "we're safe here" a few times, on a planet they know practically nothing about. It could have been explained in two sentences, maybe a paragraph, the why being on this foreign planet at this specific location/time can be deemed safe. She just assumes most of the information about everything on this planet, presenting them as facts, and has NO practical notions on how to manipulate and experiment as a biologist which is DANGEROUS (which makes no sense in this book's dystopian world) like classifying a unknown substance as honey why not i guess? but putting it on your naked skin when this is once again a foreign planet you have little to no info/data on, is a BIG BIG no no? See why I think this goes beyond my biased pov as a biologist lol.
- Then my biggest gripe with this book comes into focus: the lack of professionalism around and within this whole expedition team WHILE this very expedition is founded by "The Company" who is painted as this Capitalistic Government of sorts, whose main goal is profit. Thing is, for this type of expedition to be worth the money, you need to give a lot more proof that it is worth, guess what, their money!! I know ground breaking lmao. I talk about the science as I think it matters since it's in the premise of the book, the reason behind the plot, the characters' motive etc. and ofc the characters themselves. But everyone and everything is unprofessional here. Once again the SCIENCE but also every discussion or commentary on how the actual mission is progressing left me totally baffled. What do you mean you and your team did this whatever thing that way because of "LAZINESS"? Your lives and your supposed careers are at stakes, and more importantly to the Company who pays you and expects some actual results from you??? You can't use this element of capitalism for one thing (uhhh dystopiaaaaa scifiii look a foreign planet and it's kind of like alieeeen) and then discard it when it doesn't serve other aspects of the book you want to write!
- The characters and their relationships' dynamics: so obviously everything else is standing out to me at that point, nothing makes senses to me. And the love interest is disgusting (sometimes not but like once is already too much). You can be sexy and dominant towards somebody (with consent of course) without... being misogynistic? He straight up suggests, after saying he likes that she just called him "sir", that "you should offer respect more" because "It might get you to the places you want to go faster" and "As they say a little respect goes a long way". I beg your pardon?? EWWW???
- The horror and erotica: i feel these were two main reasons for this book which is fine, more than fine, i was reading this for those too! But the horror lies mainly, almost exclusively, in the MC doubting herself either in her capacities and knowledge as a scientist, or because she has been and maybe is mentally ill. Both felt extremely cheap to me and while the former i hate because of how nonsensically it is written, the latter left worse to me. Other reviewers mention the mc taking prozac as a quick-fix medication for her hallucinations and anxiety, and anyone can check pretty quickly with one or two google search it's not how prozac works. Why give a precise name if it's inaccurate? And i generally heavily dislike when "is the narrator and mc insane ? :OO :P" is the major horror element. Feels very ableist to me. As for the erotica, i don't read enough of it to be a judge here, all i can say is it didn't take as much time and space within the story as i expected, and the impact would be greater if every element that serve to set it up wasn't so lacking.
Thanks for reading my review i know this is a long one hehe <3
I read this back in august and was so appalled i had to rant to my friends and move on.
Now that I had some time to digest it, l’m coming back to it to give an overview on my thoughts!
Warning I might have taken this very seriously, and i'm totally not here to yuck on anyone's yum i'm glad authors are writing stories that are what the stories they want to see in the world. I'm happy I read this book, it helped me figure out my expectations when reading in general and made me realize we need more horror-scifi-erotica books! Or at least i do :)
So:
- The writing made no sense to me. It's based on wacky world building and while for any book of fiction there is an expectation for the reader to suspend their disbelief, there's also an expectation for the author to frame it in a way that make sense for the book's own logic, tone etc. Thing is i sadly am a scientist so it was even less possible for me to deal with this flaw (as this book follows a scientist on a scientific expedition), but maybe my review can help other readers figure out what might have caused them not to enjoy certain parts of the book, or new readers determine that this is a thing they don't care that much about and so they can enjoy their read!
- From this flaw comes a string of nonsensical writing on every element of the story: not only the world, but the premise, the characterization, the relationship dynamics, the plot. The structure and pacing were actually fine, and l’m including the premise as it doesn't work out with how the story is written, but it is a very interesting concept and premise and i love that this book encouraged me to find other (horror) scifi novellas :)
- As I said and will elaborate on, there is too much suspension of disbelief required here for me to enjoy. It started being a issue early on, and the first instance of it was around the scientists of this book (the MC and one other character). They have a discussion where cellular reproduction is mentioned as a "well didn't you think of you accelerating it will make the cells (actually embryos but like that's way too much explanation to ask genuinely) expire faster?" and the character whose is asked this, actually didn't think of it. I fear this is high school level biology, not saying that to be mean but to say it's pretty accessible information.
I happened to have a master's degree in biology, so I know a thing or two about research (its ethics, its vocabulary, and so on) specifically in biology. For me it was molecular and cellular biology and development and genetics, which is the kind of background needed for the type of work the two scientists in this book are supposed to do. I understand this is very particular but also i gives me an angle from which i can definitely confirm that if the science feels weird to you? it is. Not a little, because i get that this book's focus wasn't the science in itself, but to a point where I doubt the author even tried to do more than what 2hours of research on the subject?
Other examples: the MC says "we're safe here" a few times, on a planet they know practically nothing about. It could have been explained in two sentences, maybe a paragraph, the why being on this foreign planet at this specific location/time can be deemed safe. She just assumes most of the information about everything on this planet, presenting them as facts, and has NO practical notions on how to manipulate and experiment as a biologist which is DANGEROUS (which makes no sense in this book's dystopian world) like classifying a unknown substance as honey why not i guess? but putting it on your naked skin when this is once again a foreign planet you have little to no info/data on, is a BIG BIG no no? See why I think this goes beyond my biased pov as a biologist lol.
- Then my biggest gripe with this book comes into focus: the lack of professionalism around and within this whole expedition team WHILE this very expedition is founded by "The Company" who is painted as this Capitalistic Government of sorts, whose main goal is profit. Thing is, for this type of expedition to be worth the money, you need to give a lot more proof that it is worth, guess what, their money!! I know ground breaking lmao. I talk about the science as I think it matters since it's in the premise of the book, the reason behind the plot, the characters' motive etc. and ofc the characters themselves. But everyone and everything is unprofessional here. Once again the SCIENCE but also every discussion or commentary on how the actual mission is progressing left me totally baffled. What do you mean you and your team did this whatever thing that way because of "LAZINESS"? Your lives and your supposed careers are at stakes, and more importantly to the Company who pays you and expects some actual results from you??? You can't use this element of capitalism for one thing (uhhh dystopiaaaaa scifiii look a foreign planet and it's kind of like alieeeen) and then discard it when it doesn't serve other aspects of the book you want to write!
- The characters and their relationships' dynamics: so obviously everything else is standing out to me at that point, nothing makes senses to me. And the love interest is disgusting (sometimes not but like once is already too much). You can be sexy and dominant towards somebody (with consent of course) without... being misogynistic? He straight up suggests, after saying he likes that she just called him "sir", that "you should offer respect more" because "It might get you to the places you want to go faster" and "As they say a little respect goes a long way". I beg your pardon?? EWWW???
- The horror and erotica: i feel these were two main reasons for this book which is fine, more than fine, i was reading this for those too! But the horror lies mainly, almost exclusively, in the MC doubting herself either in her capacities and knowledge as a scientist, or because she has been and maybe is mentally ill. Both felt extremely cheap to me and while the former i hate because of how nonsensically it is written, the latter left worse to me. Other reviewers mention the mc taking prozac as a quick-fix medication for her hallucinations and anxiety, and anyone can check pretty quickly with one or two google search it's not how prozac works. Why give a precise name if it's inaccurate? And i generally heavily dislike when "is the narrator and mc insane ? :OO :P" is the major horror element. Feels very ableist to me. As for the erotica, i don't read enough of it to be a judge here, all i can say is it didn't take as much time and space within the story as i expected, and the impact would be greater if every element that serve to set it up wasn't so lacking.
Thanks for reading my review i know this is a long one hehe <3
May 27, 2025
I was kindly sent an early copy of this book by the author. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
This science fiction horror novella was so, so much fun. The world building is immerse, the suspense and tension is finely executed and the characters are all distinct and equally entertaining and interested to read about. I think the writing especially kept my attention engaged throughout this book, too: short and to the point, no fluff, no filler, but also managing to have me on the edge of my seat the entire way through.
I need more sci-fi horror novellas, and particularly, sci-fi horror novellas from Redfield.
This science fiction horror novella was so, so much fun. The world building is immerse, the suspense and tension is finely executed and the characters are all distinct and equally entertaining and interested to read about. I think the writing especially kept my attention engaged throughout this book, too: short and to the point, no fluff, no filler, but also managing to have me on the edge of my seat the entire way through.
I need more sci-fi horror novellas, and particularly, sci-fi horror novellas from Redfield.
August 17, 2025
Crazy, horny bee scientist? Let’s fuckin go.
October 8, 2025
I wanted to like this more than I did. :/
Pro: truly didn’t know wtf was happening or who to trust (mostly).
Con: it felt very disjointed and surface level. Yes, I know it’s in Novella so you have less room to develop those things… But they still do need to be developed to some degree. I didn’t feel like I knew the characters or even understand the hive. I think because the pacing was disjointed It made it harder to turn the logical side of my brain off because I couldn’t immerse myself in the story. It felt like a big fever dream and maybe that was the intent, but it didn’t work for me.
Pro: truly didn’t know wtf was happening or who to trust (mostly).
Con: it felt very disjointed and surface level. Yes, I know it’s in Novella so you have less room to develop those things… But they still do need to be developed to some degree. I didn’t feel like I knew the characters or even understand the hive. I think because the pacing was disjointed It made it harder to turn the logical side of my brain off because I couldn’t immerse myself in the story. It felt like a big fever dream and maybe that was the intent, but it didn’t work for me.
August 27, 2025
I'm unsure if it's a 3.25⭐️ or a 3.5⭐️ read. I've been looking forward to reading this all summer despite my phobia of 🐝. The bees were the least troublesome part of the story for me.
The protagonist Hannah is paranoid and hallucinates (not enough clues to tell me if she's paranoid schizophrenic or has schizoaffective disorder), but she pops Prozac like it's TicTacs and that's not usually the medication for hallucinations, so my brain was focused on that. If the author hadn't specifically said fluoxetine and had used a made up prescription name or left it out, I'd have been fine.
The storyline was pretty good though and kept me uncomfortable and on the edge of my seat and the novella length is perfect.
The protagonist Hannah is paranoid and hallucinates (not enough clues to tell me if she's paranoid schizophrenic or has schizoaffective disorder), but she pops Prozac like it's TicTacs and that's not usually the medication for hallucinations, so my brain was focused on that. If the author hadn't specifically said fluoxetine and had used a made up prescription name or left it out, I'd have been fine.
The storyline was pretty good though and kept me uncomfortable and on the edge of my seat and the novella length is perfect.
September 24, 2025
2.5 ⭐️ I feel like she was trying to shove too many ideas into a novella. Very surface level. The MMC used the barrel of the loaded gun to lift her chin so he could look into her eyes...does he not know about gun safety??
September 10, 2025
This one took me a minute to get through. It was one of my most anticipated reads this year. Unfortunately I just don’t think it was for me.
It’s short and immersive. The author paints a beautiful image of a foreign planet and alien creatures.
Our FMC needs more than Prozac if she’s hallucinating and she definitely shouldn’t be taking them as her “fast acting” meds like she does in the book lol
It’s short and immersive. The author paints a beautiful image of a foreign planet and alien creatures.
Our FMC needs more than Prozac if she’s hallucinating and she definitely shouldn’t be taking them as her “fast acting” meds like she does in the book lol
November 15, 2025
Unfortunately, this just feels like a less well-done Swallowed> by Meg Smitherman. Protagonist whose relative was part of a mission to colonize a new planet that went horribly wrong with said relative believed to have murdered the rest of the crew. The protagonist's unexplained sexual attraction to another member of her crew, etc. I swear it almost felt like reading the same book, though Swallowed was better written.
On a technical level, there were various typos, grammar mistakes, and instances of the wrong word being used (presumptuously instead of presumably, regiment instead of regimen, etc.). It honestly reads like only the author read this over and still somehow missed her mistakes, though I'm not sure how someone could miss several instances of extra punctuation.
As for characters, Hannah is such a whiny baby who does not once act like a professional. What do you mean they let this woman be in charge of anything when all she does is stamp her little feet and yet when the crew doesn't do what she wants? She's also stupid as hell and believes everything and anything one tells her. Person A will tell her one thing and she'll believe. Two seconds later Person B comes along and says "Actually Person A lied to you to manipulate you" and Hannah believes it. Then Person A comes back and says "hey I wasn't lying!" Hannah also believes them. The constant flip-flopping between what she believed just gave off the impression that Hannah is incapable of independent thought and looking at evidence to build her own conclusion.
The relationship between Hannah and the one guy who's name I cannot remember for the life of me was also poorly done. They are so horny for each other for no reason. Two seconds into being alone on the planet and they want to jump each other's bones in the middle of the woods. I was expecting some sort of sex pollen situation but, even though that came into play later, it's clear that wasn't the case at the start of their relationship. I don't understnad why Hannah would feel anything for this guy or trust him with anything considering she's known him for what felt like a week.
The premise of the book was interesting and it was mildly entertaining, but the overall execution was lacking. It wasn't skillfully done and more time needed spent on refining Hannah as a character and better incorporating the entire reason these people went to another planet in the first place. All of the bee stuff felt swept under the rug more often than not to emphasize Hannah's relationships with others while also not giving the impression that those relationships held any sort of theme.
On a technical level, there were various typos, grammar mistakes, and instances of the wrong word being used (presumptuously instead of presumably, regiment instead of regimen, etc.). It honestly reads like only the author read this over and still somehow missed her mistakes, though I'm not sure how someone could miss several instances of extra punctuation.
As for characters, Hannah is such a whiny baby who does not once act like a professional. What do you mean they let this woman be in charge of anything when all she does is stamp her little feet and yet when the crew doesn't do what she wants? She's also stupid as hell and believes everything and anything one tells her. Person A will tell her one thing and she'll believe. Two seconds later Person B comes along and says "Actually Person A lied to you to manipulate you" and Hannah believes it. Then Person A comes back and says "hey I wasn't lying!" Hannah also believes them. The constant flip-flopping between what she believed just gave off the impression that Hannah is incapable of independent thought and looking at evidence to build her own conclusion.
The relationship between Hannah and the one guy who's name I cannot remember for the life of me was also poorly done. They are so horny for each other for no reason. Two seconds into being alone on the planet and they want to jump each other's bones in the middle of the woods. I was expecting some sort of sex pollen situation but, even though that came into play later, it's clear that wasn't the case at the start of their relationship. I don't understnad why Hannah would feel anything for this guy or trust him with anything considering she's known him for what felt like a week.
The premise of the book was interesting and it was mildly entertaining, but the overall execution was lacking. It wasn't skillfully done and more time needed spent on refining Hannah as a character and better incorporating the entire reason these people went to another planet in the first place. All of the bee stuff felt swept under the rug more often than not to emphasize Hannah's relationships with others while also not giving the impression that those relationships held any sort of theme.
January 1, 2026
🐝😵💫🚀
i overall had fun reading this, the premise is right up my alley. i loved the "this planet is wrong" vibe (that was a bit reminiscent of annihilation and the aliens universe), the dazed feeling, and the character builds. the mix of nature and scifi is wonderful and very effective, it naturally has this exploratory feel that (as proven) can go wrong so quickly. and the characters are familiar and easy to become invested in regardless of if you like them or not. i LOVED not being able to tell who you could trust and i did like how the ending was left kinda open. but the disorientation was so thick at some points that i couldn't quite tell what was going on (which sometimes is great but at times i was too much in the character's head and couldn't tell what was happening externally). it unfortunately seems some of the plot potential was sacrificed for spice (instead of working with the plot) which made it feel a bit disjointed. there could've been a lot more subterfuge with brooke, conflict with the captain, slow burn sickness with the stings. it's well written and it's got some great tension/elements but sex sadly did not sell here for me and didn't add to the overall story. overall would definitely still recommend; there's definitely good pacing, dialogue, and atmosphere. i'm looking forward to more of this author's works in the future, there's a lot of overlap with themes i enjoy!
⭐️3.5⭐️
i overall had fun reading this, the premise is right up my alley. i loved the "this planet is wrong" vibe (that was a bit reminiscent of annihilation and the aliens universe), the dazed feeling, and the character builds. the mix of nature and scifi is wonderful and very effective, it naturally has this exploratory feel that (as proven) can go wrong so quickly. and the characters are familiar and easy to become invested in regardless of if you like them or not. i LOVED not being able to tell who you could trust and i did like how the ending was left kinda open. but the disorientation was so thick at some points that i couldn't quite tell what was going on (which sometimes is great but at times i was too much in the character's head and couldn't tell what was happening externally). it unfortunately seems some of the plot potential was sacrificed for spice (instead of working with the plot) which made it feel a bit disjointed. there could've been a lot more subterfuge with brooke, conflict with the captain, slow burn sickness with the stings. it's well written and it's got some great tension/elements but sex sadly did not sell here for me and didn't add to the overall story. overall would definitely still recommend; there's definitely good pacing, dialogue, and atmosphere. i'm looking forward to more of this author's works in the future, there's a lot of overlap with themes i enjoy!
⭐️3.5⭐️
August 16, 2025
This was fun. I love a good twilight zone-esq book.
It moved quickly and the plot was twisty.
The ending however. A let down. I thought it was going to get really good when she killed Brooke. And then she just fucks Jensen and he bites her. Which he probably is infected. Like I wanted to be the bee king that came looking for her in space to his queen or some odd shit.
Sigh but alas we can’t have it all sometimes.
It moved quickly and the plot was twisty.
The ending however. A let down. I thought it was going to get really good when she killed Brooke. And then she just fucks Jensen and he bites her. Which he probably is infected. Like I wanted to be the bee king that came looking for her in space to his queen or some odd shit.
Sigh but alas we can’t have it all sometimes.
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September 3, 2025
Dr. Hannah Jensen is a scientist on a colonization mission to save the bees but also… wants to clear her grandfathers name. When the mission goes wrong there’s only one left to do…
This novella was definitely a page turner. Disgraced flight crew, a suspicious military officer, ex friend turned nemesis with creepy sci-fi romance this book piqued my interest but really lost me at the end..
This novella was definitely a page turner. Disgraced flight crew, a suspicious military officer, ex friend turned nemesis with creepy sci-fi romance this book piqued my interest but really lost me at the end..
September 28, 2025
I personally love books like this with the sci-fi aspect, traveling in space, an unknown planet, a crew, unreliable narrator, etc. This really brought a whole new meaning for killer bee, lawlz. A fun, quick read about how cool bees are & trying to save the human population; key word trying. The last couple chapters was just a rollercoaster of information, wowza. So much buzzing.
November 18, 2025
Cruise Book #4
Lots and lots of typos, grammatical errors, & formatting issues :(
I probably should’ve spaced this one out from reading Swallowed bc this story is to bees what Swallowed was to plants lol… except not done as well. I also did not buy the romance here at all.
Lots and lots of typos, grammatical errors, & formatting issues :(
I probably should’ve spaced this one out from reading Swallowed bc this story is to bees what Swallowed was to plants lol… except not done as well. I also did not buy the romance here at all.
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August 20, 2025
3.5 ⭐
A good, delightful dose of „what the fuck”, but also I need to sit Hannah down and ask her „what the fuck?”
A good, delightful dose of „what the fuck”, but also I need to sit Hannah down and ask her „what the fuck?”
August 26, 2025
I was invested in the bees and the hive but then the end came along and kinda killed the buzz.
September 4, 2025
4 ⭐️ trippy scifi bee horror 🐝🪐 if you’re a fan of Meg Smitherman then you’ll definitely enjoy this! 🖤If you’re into scifi horror romance novellas definitely pick this one up!
November 30, 2025
Hilarious and eerie!
I loved it and finished it in one evening! I've been in a reading slump and this was a very fun, quick read.
I loved it and finished it in one evening! I've been in a reading slump and this was a very fun, quick read.
September 1, 2025
Omg absolutely amazing!!! I loved every second of it. The ONLY problem I have with it, it was WAY too short!! I could’ve read this as a 500 page book. The new world building was really good and a good few twists and turns! I LOVED Connelly and Hannah, they kinda seemed a bit rushed but the book skips many weeks and at the start many months ahead so we didn’t get to see much of their relationship building but still was amazing and hot.
September 11, 2025
“It crawls along my knuckles, and I swear my heart swarms in a scattered song akin to hope. For the first time in my life I feel purposeful. This is what I am meant to do. The keeper of bees. The savior of humanity.”
This was such a fun quick read, in a creepy, unsettling and sexy way. Rowan created a unique world, interesting characters and a mysterious background story in an unsealing alien atmosphere.
Hannah just wants to save the bees but uncovers more than expected on Galactica. Her grandfathers failed mission brought her there and her discoveries are buzzing with menace.
The Hive is frightening but draws Hannah in just like this book does to the reader. Even as things start to crumble you’re pulled into this strange pollen filled world and left wanting more.
“As we approach the Hive, I slow. There is a slight green-blue glow to the Hive at night. It should look wrong to me, but it doesn’t. It gives a familial sense that feels like home. Like I’ll be comforted the moment I enter.”
This was such a fun quick read, in a creepy, unsettling and sexy way. Rowan created a unique world, interesting characters and a mysterious background story in an unsealing alien atmosphere.
Hannah just wants to save the bees but uncovers more than expected on Galactica. Her grandfathers failed mission brought her there and her discoveries are buzzing with menace.
The Hive is frightening but draws Hannah in just like this book does to the reader. Even as things start to crumble you’re pulled into this strange pollen filled world and left wanting more.
“As we approach the Hive, I slow. There is a slight green-blue glow to the Hive at night. It should look wrong to me, but it doesn’t. It gives a familial sense that feels like home. Like I’ll be comforted the moment I enter.”
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