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The Lost Star #1
The Lost Star Episode One
Some are born into responsibility. Some seek it out. And some turn from it.Ava is an Avixan priestess, a powerful being with a powerful destiny to keep her people on the true and righteous path.A destiny she despises. To flee it, she joins the Coalition Academy. But her past catches up. When she joins the newest ship in the fleet, someone tries to kill her.She’s soon thrust into a secret war – one that spans the entire Milky Way. Yet she is not alone. The unpredictable Hunter McClane is by her side. Together they must find out what’s at stake before it’s too late.…The Lost Star follows a shackled superweapon and a judgmental lieutenant thrown deep into an enemy empire. If you crave space operas with action, heart, and a splash of romance, grab The Lost Star Episode One today and soar free with an Odette C. Bell series.The Lost Star is the 4th Galactic Coalition Academy series. A sprawling, epic, and exciting sci-fi world where cadets become heroes and hearts are always won, each series can be read separately, so plunge in today.
224 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 11, 2016
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About the author
Odette C. Bell
622 books226 followersOdette C. Bell has authored over 50 books, in genres ranging from sci-fi adventure to urban fantasy.
Odette started off on FictionPress many moons ago. Her original name was Muscularkevin. Her first work was Gladys the Guard. She later became Scrabblecat before finally publishing in 2011/2012.
previous pen names include J.C. Luck, Monica Shepherd, Sarah Good, and Jilly McQueen
Odette started off on FictionPress many moons ago. Her original name was Muscularkevin. Her first work was Gladys the Guard. She later became Scrabblecat before finally publishing in 2011/2012.
previous pen names include J.C. Luck, Monica Shepherd, Sarah Good, and Jilly McQueen
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June 12, 2024
i love reading brain rot books when i’m sick.
no thoughts just bed rotting in the sun like a lizard giggling over short bad books that require very little brain activity. these are the days where i like being a silly human on this planet. 💖
no thoughts just bed rotting in the sun like a lizard giggling over short bad books that require very little brain activity. these are the days where i like being a silly human on this planet. 💖
February 7, 2022
Great Adventure
Great read. Needed extra editing where characters were switched & you have to re-read sections to break down what was going on. That have it the 4star rating. Ada is a priestess tired of responsibility. She finished training as priestess and chooses the stars instead of staying in Axion. For 5 years she trains with the Coalition keeping a low profile. When she's assigned to the Mandalay, that's when responsibility comes back to bite her. Interesting adventure. Looking forward to the next book I. The series.
Great read. Needed extra editing where characters were switched & you have to re-read sections to break down what was going on. That have it the 4star rating. Ada is a priestess tired of responsibility. She finished training as priestess and chooses the stars instead of staying in Axion. For 5 years she trains with the Coalition keeping a low profile. When she's assigned to the Mandalay, that's when responsibility comes back to bite her. Interesting adventure. Looking forward to the next book I. The series.
March 1, 2022
Excellent Read
This book was an excellent space opera book. It focuses on a young graduate who has a secret power no one outside of her people should know about.
It has action, adventure, and romantic undertones.
If you're into sci-fi or fantasy with character driven plots, you'll enjoy this book.
This book was an excellent space opera book. It focuses on a young graduate who has a secret power no one outside of her people should know about.
It has action, adventure, and romantic undertones.
If you're into sci-fi or fantasy with character driven plots, you'll enjoy this book.
May 3, 2022
Enjoyed the characters and story
This had action, fun and interesting characters as well as an interesting universe. I do wonder if what they temporarily figured out in engineering with the neural gel will come into lay to help remove the locks later. Hopefully future books will show that. I recommend this book and look forward to the rest of the series.
This had action, fun and interesting characters as well as an interesting universe. I do wonder if what they temporarily figured out in engineering with the neural gel will come into lay to help remove the locks later. Hopefully future books will show that. I recommend this book and look forward to the rest of the series.
December 4, 2021
A Fun Read
A pile of heavy datapads? Really? My Kindle could hold all of her 5 years of textbooks, novels, music, movies, and games and it fits in my coat pocket.
I didn't like the ending but maybe book 2 fixes it.
A pile of heavy datapads? Really? My Kindle could hold all of her 5 years of textbooks, novels, music, movies, and games and it fits in my coat pocket.
I didn't like the ending but maybe book 2 fixes it.
April 24, 2022
Awesome story!
This book starts slow but the accelerated to light speed at the end. I love the way that the different species interact together and the story line is so realistic. Can't wait to read the rest of the series!
This book starts slow but the accelerated to light speed at the end. I love the way that the different species interact together and the story line is so realistic. Can't wait to read the rest of the series!
July 30, 2022
It's a 4 part story but it reaches a reasonable conclusion.
The aliens from Avixa aren't the peaceful aliens that everyone thinks they are and have disputes within their group.
I do enjoy the books by Ms Bell
The aliens from Avixa aren't the peaceful aliens that everyone thinks they are and have disputes within their group.
I do enjoy the books by Ms Bell
May 29, 2017
Wow, this is a fun read! Very cool and exciting!
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November 3, 2021Likable book first out of a four part series, familiar with this author simply a good read.
November 18, 2021
Easy to read but not very developed, probably would be more enjoyable to the young adult.
January 19, 2022
I love it
When I get something I can't second guess. I really enjoy it. Ava is more than a priestess but she has enemies and is on a ship plagued with problems
When I get something I can't second guess. I really enjoy it. Ava is more than a priestess but she has enemies and is on a ship plagued with problems
June 14, 2022
Hah! A priestess trying to get away from responsibility tumbles into it bigtime by joining the Coalition!
December 5, 2022
Another winner.
An attractive if handicapped heroine. An action packed first book of the series. Now I will HAVE to read the next in the series.
An attractive if handicapped heroine. An action packed first book of the series. Now I will HAVE to read the next in the series.
February 4, 2023
I really liked this book.
June 10, 2024
Good characters, compelling idea with a nice ending that makes you want more,
December 22, 2021
Decent prose, characters, and pacing. I very much enjoyed the concept of the ship being a deathtrap and it was well utilized throughout the story. I also enjoyed Ava as a character, but some of her motivations lacked explanation; the core root of her character being someone who wants to avoid responsibility is effective and relatable to some extent, but it never gets explored either to explain it's origin or to meaningfully differentiate it from laziness. The narrative implies that it comes more from a place of fear than laziness, which is what makes it an appealing trait for her to have. But she also overcomes it at the end of book for a poorly constructed reason: no trial, no experience, nothing tangible, she more or less just does.
Hunter as a the secondary main character is difficult to like; he is given several dislikable traits and scenes throughout the course of the book, but fails to display his positive qualities to the reader. Most of those positive qualities as exposited by another character to Hunter in mental dialogue. He also comes across as more incompetent than not, with several failures over the first half of the book (in a variety of situations) and only a couple half successes in the second half. This is in contrast to Ava who overcomes several situational challenges with creative solutions despite significant physical impediments (which are generally well employed throughout the book, but do take a step back when the plots needs them to, such as when she walks to a med bay alone after suffering significant blood loss.) Hunter is not entirely bereft of good moments, they're just small in comparison to his negative ones.
The world/galaxy building is good and manifests in the story in heritage, items, history, and plot elements. As said above, the plot is generally pretty good but it does reuse the same plot point once (which wouldn't be an issue except it's a decently meaningful plot point.)
The secondary characters are decent but not much time is devoted to them. The main romance is poorly handled; it doesn't actually progress to romance but the seeds are evidently present in both characters, it's just those seeds aren't from any meaningful, non-plot related interactions.
Hunter as a the secondary main character is difficult to like; he is given several dislikable traits and scenes throughout the course of the book, but fails to display his positive qualities to the reader. Most of those positive qualities as exposited by another character to Hunter in mental dialogue. He also comes across as more incompetent than not, with several failures over the first half of the book (in a variety of situations) and only a couple half successes in the second half. This is in contrast to Ava who overcomes several situational challenges with creative solutions despite significant physical impediments (which are generally well employed throughout the book, but do take a step back when the plots needs them to, such as when she walks to a med bay alone after suffering significant blood loss.) Hunter is not entirely bereft of good moments, they're just small in comparison to his negative ones.
The world/galaxy building is good and manifests in the story in heritage, items, history, and plot elements. As said above, the plot is generally pretty good but it does reuse the same plot point once (which wouldn't be an issue except it's a decently meaningful plot point.)
The secondary characters are decent but not much time is devoted to them. The main romance is poorly handled; it doesn't actually progress to romance but the seeds are evidently present in both characters, it's just those seeds aren't from any meaningful, non-plot related interactions.
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