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Recast #4
Dash
She escaped the arena of death, but trusting him might be the death of her.
"Recast, Book 4"
Taylor may be the Clash Arena s most dominant and only female gladiator, but today she just can t catch a break. After winning yet another brutal fight, with the arena inexplicably falling down around her ears, she jumps at the chance to escape the prison of her subterranean pit.
Instead, she finds herself knocked unconscious more times than she can count, and pursued over the edge of a sea cliff by an AI enforcer she can t shake off her heels.
Walsh has been living a double life, masquerading as a tyrant s enforcer while hiding his true agenda. When the despicable arena falls, there s only one thing on his mind saving the savage blonde who doesn t trust him as far as she can throw him. Which is a considerable distance.
Once he convinces her he s not out to kill her but help her survive, they form an uneasy alliance. But Taylor senses he s keeping a secret, not just from her, but about her. And the truth will show them exactly what it is to be human.
Warning: This book contains some girl-on-girl action, a kick-ass gladiator who takes no crap, an AI who puts it all on the line, a band of misfits who aren t as merry as they seem, cute tadpoles with sharp teeth, and grip-you-by-the-hair kisses. Strap in, interstellar turbulence is a bitch."
"Recast, Book 4"
Taylor may be the Clash Arena s most dominant and only female gladiator, but today she just can t catch a break. After winning yet another brutal fight, with the arena inexplicably falling down around her ears, she jumps at the chance to escape the prison of her subterranean pit.
Instead, she finds herself knocked unconscious more times than she can count, and pursued over the edge of a sea cliff by an AI enforcer she can t shake off her heels.
Walsh has been living a double life, masquerading as a tyrant s enforcer while hiding his true agenda. When the despicable arena falls, there s only one thing on his mind saving the savage blonde who doesn t trust him as far as she can throw him. Which is a considerable distance.
Once he convinces her he s not out to kill her but help her survive, they form an uneasy alliance. But Taylor senses he s keeping a secret, not just from her, but about her. And the truth will show them exactly what it is to be human.
Warning: This book contains some girl-on-girl action, a kick-ass gladiator who takes no crap, an AI who puts it all on the line, a band of misfits who aren t as merry as they seem, cute tadpoles with sharp teeth, and grip-you-by-the-hair kisses. Strap in, interstellar turbulence is a bitch."
- GenresRomance
180 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 26, 2015
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Yolanda Sfetsos
78 books238 followersWriter. Bibliophile. Collector. Animal lover. Horror freak.
My name is Yolanda, and I live in Australia. I write horror tales that bleed into other genres. I'm a horror freak from way back and a total bibliophile! I also collect cute stuff, love cozy vibes, and enjoy going for walks.
You can find all my book & social media links here: https://linktr.ee/yolandasfetsos
My name is Yolanda, and I live in Australia. I write horror tales that bleed into other genres. I'm a horror freak from way back and a total bibliophile! I also collect cute stuff, love cozy vibes, and enjoy going for walks.
You can find all my book & social media links here: https://linktr.ee/yolandasfetsos
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May 22, 2015
This book didn’t work for me, I’m sorry to say. Whether it was the heroine, Taylor, who swung between total bitch to too-stupid-to-live (possibly caused by all the whacks to the head) before being struck with a couple of weird overly emotional moments, or the cliché bad guy dialogue, I’m not quite certain. I probably should have paid more attention to the fact that this is the fourth in the series, but beyond the chaos of the destroyed arena that doesn’t really come up much.
Instead Taylor seizes her chance to escape, Walsh stands in her way. There’s a fight, Taylor gets knocked out, and Walsh just leaves her there. I never understood that except that because he stupidly walks off in the middle of the chaos, leaving her alone, she can then run off and get knocked out a few more times, allowing for a bunch of characters from the other books to show up, no doubt combining plots from those same books. While that probably works brilliantly when connected to them, on its own and for this story, it’s stupid and makes both Taylor and Walsh look dumb. Which is not the best place to start from.
After that the plot settles down, but sadly that’s where the characters started to annoy me. How Taylor could miss the blatantly obvious clues smacking her in the face all the time is a complete mystery. I actually quite liked Walsh, but he’s a bit feeble and always following in Taylor’s foolish shadow. The whole scene where Taylor sees the flag and they suddenly realise something about the unmerry band of misfits was just daft. Everything they’ve experienced up until that moment is pointing at that direction – and yet they’re both surprised!
Add in a lot of creepy touching, lascivious leering and bwahaha villain speak and the only reason I finished this story is because it was short. The setting was actually kind of interesting, but the world-building is pretty poor (no doubt it’s better in the other books… at least, I hope so), the characters are annoying and the dialogue was too often reduced to clichés. It’s a quick and easy enough read, I just didn’t enjoy it anywhere near as much as I’d hoped. If you’ve read and enjoyed others in the series, then you’ll probably like this too. If you’re new and the set up grabs your attention, maybe start from the beginning.
(I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.)
Instead Taylor seizes her chance to escape, Walsh stands in her way. There’s a fight, Taylor gets knocked out, and Walsh just leaves her there. I never understood that except that because he stupidly walks off in the middle of the chaos, leaving her alone, she can then run off and get knocked out a few more times, allowing for a bunch of characters from the other books to show up, no doubt combining plots from those same books. While that probably works brilliantly when connected to them, on its own and for this story, it’s stupid and makes both Taylor and Walsh look dumb. Which is not the best place to start from.
After that the plot settles down, but sadly that’s where the characters started to annoy me. How Taylor could miss the blatantly obvious clues smacking her in the face all the time is a complete mystery. I actually quite liked Walsh, but he’s a bit feeble and always following in Taylor’s foolish shadow. The whole scene where Taylor sees the flag and they suddenly realise something about the unmerry band of misfits was just daft. Everything they’ve experienced up until that moment is pointing at that direction – and yet they’re both surprised!
Add in a lot of creepy touching, lascivious leering and bwahaha villain speak and the only reason I finished this story is because it was short. The setting was actually kind of interesting, but the world-building is pretty poor (no doubt it’s better in the other books… at least, I hope so), the characters are annoying and the dialogue was too often reduced to clichés. It’s a quick and easy enough read, I just didn’t enjoy it anywhere near as much as I’d hoped. If you’ve read and enjoyed others in the series, then you’ll probably like this too. If you’re new and the set up grabs your attention, maybe start from the beginning.
(I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.)
November 10, 2017
Thoughts: While I enjoy an occasion sci-fi romance, this one was just a stretch even for me. It’s interesting because I love when authors can take something so unbelievable and yet through their words and incredible talent can make me almost believe it. Enough so that I get so caught up in the story, that the wildness and unbelievability of it sort of fades into the background. Unfortunately, this one just didn’t quite get there for me. Really it is difficult to pinpoint why – it was just a combination of things. The characters were sometimes lacking in their likeability, the chemistry just didn’t seem there for me between them, etc. Not to mention a little tease of a girl-girl scene in the beginning, which also didn't work for me. Not that I have issues with that in a book - there are a few I have read where similar scenes really worked - however, it just didn't for me in this one. Overall, it didn’t really have so much to do with it being number four in a series – I really didn’t feel like I came into and was missing something – it just was a lack of connecting to this story and these characters.
Rate: C-
Review by: Sarah
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Rate: C-
Review by: Sarah
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May 16, 2016
I'm a little sad about this one. The premise is very interesting and the book wasn't badly written. The problem that I had with it was that the entire story occurred at the same pitch: it was action-packed from start to finish with no down-time and no real climax. I don't always have huge issues with instalove, but in this book there was so little real interaction between the hero and heroine that even though it was the pressure-filled situation that can work for me, their connection felt odd and forced. Just too much devotion in too short a period of time--like 48 hours. Too bad because the world-building is great and there are other books in the series, but based on this example, I wouldn't read them.
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