Retribution

Recompense #3

by Michelle Isenhoff

Jack was the revolution’s contingency plan. With the assault on the Macron City Military Base shattered, she was to assassinate Governor Andromeda Macron and revert Capernica back to Capernican control. But she failed, the revolution lies in ashes, and the one person she loves more than anyone in the world has betrayed her.

Alone in Brunay, Jack becomes an anonymous cog in the vast Bruelim slave economy, where callous wardens aren’t the only threat to her safety. The labor compound she’s been assigned to contains an inmate hierarchy dominated by descendants of the Provocation’s original victims, and they don’t welcome newcomers. But Jack also finds friendship among the displaced laborers, and like her grandmother, Ruby, she burns with the desire to see them all home.

More importantly, Jack discovers the key to freeing Capernica from Bruel aggression forever. But even if she managed an escape, how could she leave Will in Brunay, trapped in the body of a Berkam?

373 pages, ebook

Published March 25, 2018

About the author

MICHELLE ISENHOFF writes for women, teens, and tweens. Her work has been reader-nominated for a Cybils Award, the Great Michigan Read, and the Maine Student Book Award. She's also placed as a semi-finalist in the Kindle Book Review Book Awards, a finalist in the Wishing Shelf Book Awards, and earned multiple Readers' Favorite 5 Star seals of approval. A former teacher and longtime homeschooler, Michelle has written extensively in the children's genre and been lauded by the education community for the literary quality of her work. More recently, she has enjoyed writing historical romance for older teens and women. Currently, she is relishing the creative freedom of branching out into adult speculative fiction.


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Reviews

[Stephen Merritt · Rating 5 out of 5]

The story continues with Jack (Jaclyn Holloway), her close partner Ethan, her boyfriend Will and all the other characters. The story continues with Jack in the Brunay home world. She is alone and in trouble. This story is like the others, full of twists and turns, excitement and passion. I read this in 4 days over a long weekend trip. Excellent story and end to Jack's journey. Jumping right into Provocation which is actually a prequel. But after having read books 1-3 I think the prequel should be read next not first to not give away some of the background that you find out bits and pieces of along the way.

[Serena · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is intense. It contains lots of gripping action with pockets of relief in the form of humorous banter or unexpected kindness.

I felt the main characters weren't quite as well portrayed in this book - a bit flat - though the side characters were up to par. I appreciated the additions of characters like Quinn and Sylvia, who besides being strong and unique - each in her own way - offered friendship.

Throughout the series so far, I noticed a lot of mindless killing, e.g., "dropping" a guard or soldier as if they weren't a person - no remorse whatsoever for taking a life. This is something I notice in a lot of different books, and I find this casual violence disturbing.

I feel like I've made a lot of negative points here, but this book is difficult to review without giving too much away, because so much happens! I can say that I did enjoy it as much as the first two books, which is to say, a lot.

Note: I received a free ebook from the author in exchange for an honest review.