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Operation Wasteland #2
Grudge
It’s been a week since leaving the hellish wasteland Preston’s known so well. He’s agreed to travel to the promised land of Ailton City with Randy, the hybrid droid who captured his heart and saved him from utter solitude. Though he’s looking forward to life in a new place, he’s also going with one thing on his mind: why did the military end Operation Wasteland?
Though once arriving in the city, he realizes it’s just as barren and sordid as the wasteland itself. If only they would accept him into the military base, he’d have food, water, and medication aplenty. However, someone is awaiting his arrival, and suddenly Preston finds that all he’s known for the last four years was based on deception. Can he succumb to the ghost of an ex-lover come back to haunt him?
Though once arriving in the city, he realizes it’s just as barren and sordid as the wasteland itself. If only they would accept him into the military base, he’d have food, water, and medication aplenty. However, someone is awaiting his arrival, and suddenly Preston finds that all he’s known for the last four years was based on deception. Can he succumb to the ghost of an ex-lover come back to haunt him?
71 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 10, 2016
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Azalea Moone
32 books22 followersAzalea Moone loves spending hours writing about adventure, fantasy creatures, and love between two men. Some of it's steamy. Some of it's a slow-burn.
When she's not writing, she's either sewing, watching anime, or spending time with family.
When she's not writing, she's either sewing, watching anime, or spending time with family.
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June 17, 2016
A Joyfully Jay review.
3 stars
This book is not a standalone and must be read in order. As it had been a few months since I read the first book in the series, I found that I had to go back and re-read the first in order to feel as if I remembered enough of what had happened in order to understand what was going on in this one.
The author does a great job describing the post-apocalyptic world. For the non sci-fi reader, I had no difficulties believing what was going on, who the characters were, or the world that they were living in.
In this installment, Randy and Preston arrive in Ailton where they hope that Preston will be allowed in and will get some answers as to why Operation Wasteland was scrapped. In addition to Randy and Preston, we are introduced to a new character, Leyton, who happened to be Preston’s lover and former leader of the clan. Despite Preston’s anger at his former lover, he knows Leyton literally holds Randy’s life in his hands.
While the plot was intriguing and the sexy scenes are spicy, I had many of the same issues I had with the first book in the series in that I never really felt the connection with the characters. They each play a role, but they come across as two-dimensional rather than three-dimensional.
Read Wendy’s review in its entirety here.
3 stars
This book is not a standalone and must be read in order. As it had been a few months since I read the first book in the series, I found that I had to go back and re-read the first in order to feel as if I remembered enough of what had happened in order to understand what was going on in this one.
The author does a great job describing the post-apocalyptic world. For the non sci-fi reader, I had no difficulties believing what was going on, who the characters were, or the world that they were living in.
In this installment, Randy and Preston arrive in Ailton where they hope that Preston will be allowed in and will get some answers as to why Operation Wasteland was scrapped. In addition to Randy and Preston, we are introduced to a new character, Leyton, who happened to be Preston’s lover and former leader of the clan. Despite Preston’s anger at his former lover, he knows Leyton literally holds Randy’s life in his hands.
While the plot was intriguing and the sexy scenes are spicy, I had many of the same issues I had with the first book in the series in that I never really felt the connection with the characters. They each play a role, but they come across as two-dimensional rather than three-dimensional.
Read Wendy’s review in its entirety here.
July 30, 2016
I enjoyed the first book in the series a little and hoped the sequel would improve on the main coupling of Randy and Preston. Unfortunately I didn’t like this one any more than the first.
The world-building is pretty good and the action is quite well-written. Even the sex scenes are pretty good, but what I never felt was any heart or true passion.
It’s a good plot and the characters are interesting but I wouldn’t highly recommend to this book. And I doubt I’ll be interested in any more books in the series.
This story just didn’t work for me.
Reviewed at Prism Book Alliance: http://www.prismbookalliance.com/2016...
The world-building is pretty good and the action is quite well-written. Even the sex scenes are pretty good, but what I never felt was any heart or true passion.
It’s a good plot and the characters are interesting but I wouldn’t highly recommend to this book. And I doubt I’ll be interested in any more books in the series.
This story just didn’t work for me.
Reviewed at Prism Book Alliance: http://www.prismbookalliance.com/2016...
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