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Junctionworld #1
Defiance: Junctionworld Book 1
Bring out the mechs and fire up the chainsword. Ready. Fight!
Mech Pilot Jessica Kramer fights to survive in the armored arenas of Junctionworld, like her father and brother before her. She’s good, but not as good. If she ever hopes to be better, she’ll need to stop getting in her own way.
When she discovers the circumstances behind her famous brother's death were more than just a result of the games, her path turns to vengeance. The deeper she digs, the harder the truth becomes, and the more sinister the plot to eliminate her as well.
Renegade cyborgs, inter-dimensional menaces, and the mysterious forces that destroyed her brother are closing in from every direction. Jessica needs to stay one step ahead or she'll have one foot in the grave. And if she ever hopes to uncover the conspiracy against her family, she’ll have to overcome her personal demons first.
If you’re a fan of Stargate or Battletech, with shades of Gladiator mixed in, you won’t want to miss this thrilling science fiction adventure from debut author Bear Ross.
Also available on Audible, narrated by the award-winning Emily Woo Zeller.
Mech Pilot Jessica Kramer fights to survive in the armored arenas of Junctionworld, like her father and brother before her. She’s good, but not as good. If she ever hopes to be better, she’ll need to stop getting in her own way.
When she discovers the circumstances behind her famous brother's death were more than just a result of the games, her path turns to vengeance. The deeper she digs, the harder the truth becomes, and the more sinister the plot to eliminate her as well.
Renegade cyborgs, inter-dimensional menaces, and the mysterious forces that destroyed her brother are closing in from every direction. Jessica needs to stay one step ahead or she'll have one foot in the grave. And if she ever hopes to uncover the conspiracy against her family, she’ll have to overcome her personal demons first.
If you’re a fan of Stargate or Battletech, with shades of Gladiator mixed in, you won’t want to miss this thrilling science fiction adventure from debut author Bear Ross.
Also available on Audible, narrated by the award-winning Emily Woo Zeller.
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446 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 15, 2019
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November 19, 2019
Defiance is a darn good start to a series. The Junction World setting that Bear Ross introduces here is an interesting one, and I'd like to visit it some more. This story focuses more on battle scenes (both in the arena and out) than I expected, but the action is well written and should appeal to those who enjoy a good fight. The characters here are all pretty interesting, and I am especially pleased to see a kickass chick who isn't written as a sex object, and who doesn't end up mired in gooey romance.
I'm a big fan of Emily Woo Zeller, but for me the story narration is a bit stilted. That said, the range of fantastic character voices she does here for the dialogue more than make up for that.
Definitely recommend this one, especially for fans of detailed battle scenes.
Thanks to Aethon Books for providing me with a review copy of this book!
I'm a big fan of Emily Woo Zeller, but for me the story narration is a bit stilted. That said, the range of fantastic character voices she does here for the dialogue more than make up for that.
Definitely recommend this one, especially for fans of detailed battle scenes.
Thanks to Aethon Books for providing me with a review copy of this book!
October 22, 2019
“For Our Freedom, And Yours.”
“Sometimes we do what we must, to preserve that which we love most.”
I’m having difficulties writing this review, it has been so intense and brought out so many different kinds of feelings and emotions..overwhelming! I find it impressive, fascinating, exciting, captivating, engrossing, thrilling, emotional, nerve wrecking and heart wrenching..to cite some of the emotions I went through whilst reading. This premise is compelling and engrossing, with a perfect combination of science, high tech, time/space travels, with a touch of Roman gladiator style arenas.
I liked the colourful and exotic variety of beings, besides humans. I already have my favourites! A story told from multiple points of view. A thorough and complex world building Good, mature writing and well-sculpted characters. A brutal, gritty experience, with emotional and deeply ingrained feelings of solitude and companionship. I would love to see the author delve deeper into the strange worlds with their access controlled by the Gatekeepers, and see how the series develops. Impatient to read Breakthrough #2!
“Sometimes we do what we must, to preserve that which we love most.”
I’m having difficulties writing this review, it has been so intense and brought out so many different kinds of feelings and emotions..overwhelming! I find it impressive, fascinating, exciting, captivating, engrossing, thrilling, emotional, nerve wrecking and heart wrenching..to cite some of the emotions I went through whilst reading. This premise is compelling and engrossing, with a perfect combination of science, high tech, time/space travels, with a touch of Roman gladiator style arenas.
I liked the colourful and exotic variety of beings, besides humans. I already have my favourites! A story told from multiple points of view. A thorough and complex world building Good, mature writing and well-sculpted characters. A brutal, gritty experience, with emotional and deeply ingrained feelings of solitude and companionship. I would love to see the author delve deeper into the strange worlds with their access controlled by the Gatekeepers, and see how the series develops. Impatient to read Breakthrough #2!
January 5, 2020
Defiance follows the story of the Kramer family in a place known as ‘Junctionworld’. Junctionworld is an interdimensional crossroads, a disk-shaped city where all these distinct realities intersect via ‘Worldgates’, or just Gates, and each Gate is like a Tier system, certain Gates hold more prestige than others.
Each of the Gates is run by Gatekeepers and GateLords (Each of the 8 Gates has a GateLord, and they follow a code, to the letter, which is the only reason that Junctionworld has survived so long).
The Gatekeepers and GateLords use armoured beings, called Nines, enforce the rule of law of Junctionworld. As entertainment, so that all the different beings of the place have something to do, and to allow for the GateLords to keep control of everybody, both through the fighting, and financially, through contracts and betting, there are Gladiatorial style matches held regularly in each of the Gate Realms, in which BattleMechs fight it out. These matches are also taxed and levied, so that Mech pilots and their teams work in near slavery under contracts to the various Gatekeepers and Lords. There is forever a constant power struggle as Pilots try to earn enough to free themselves, others try to become rich, and the Gatekeepers and GateLords play everyone off against each other to maintain control. Only one such Pilot has ever won his Freedom, a Pilot known as Solomon Kramer.
At the start of the story, we are taken to a match between Solomon’s son, Jered Kramer, and another Pilot, Masamune Kyuzo. Jered has taken his fathers BattleMech, which has a built in Combat AI to assist the Pilot, called Judah, and is going to fight with it. Each Mech is fitted with a various Combat AI, ranging from something that can start the Mech and do a few basic things, to something like the superior AI that Judah is, that can not only start the Mech, but can take over in Autonomous mode if the pilot was to pass out, and fight for them, in a very convincing way.
Kramer’s family are watching Jered’s fight, he has been tied to a debt for gambling, and must work it off in the fighting arena.
However, something goes horribly wrong, and Jered’s Mech is sabotaged, and as everyone looks on, he is killed, powerless to do anything as he is trapped in his Mech that has been switched over into some automode, and someone else is controlling it, so that he will lose badly. Not even Judah can save him.
Watching the match is Jessica Kramer, his younger sister.
She runs from the family home, only to find out later that both her parents died as well that afternoon, and she is now alone.
The story then travels several years forward, and finds Jessica in piloting a BattleMech she has cobbled together.
Jessica has become a rather bitter and resentful young woman, angry at her lot in life, and wondering how it all turned out like this.
However, after meeting up with the Family’s old Crew Chief, Prath, a 7ft tall ascended Orangutan, she realises not all is lost. She also learns that there is a lot more to Jered’s death than she originally thought, and decides to go digging, only to start uncovering a hornet’s nest that could have lasting repercussions on Junctionworld, as well as multiple Families and other Major Players in Junctionworld.
This is a fascinating book, it is part full-on action, with intense battle scenes as Huge BattleMech’s rip into each other with a range of long and short-range firepower, before closing to Close-Combat Range, and quite literally, tearing into each other with Massive Plasma-Fed Claws, Chainsword’s and Warhammers. The descriptions of the combat in this book are just phenomenal, the Author really gets into describing each shot, each blow, and the effect it has on not just the Mech, but the pilot as well. The Author is obviously a huge fan of BattleMech, and plays or has played the game, and knows the game dynamics incredibly well. When you read a book like this, you want a good story and characters etc, but you really want the Combat to be extraordinary, otherwise the book just doesn’t cut it, and Defiance most certainly has the Combat scenes.
One of the other brilliant aspects of this book is the world building, which is just outstanding. The level of detail is just exceptional, it is so in-depth, each of the major, and minor players has a background, and there is so much additional information as well. It really creates an amazing atmosphere to tell the story.
The character work is also extraordinary, considering the amount of effort that has gone into the world building, and the combat scenes, to then create such amazing characters on top of that, shows some masterful writing skills.
Jessica is brilliant as the bitter young woman, seeking not just vengeance, but also answers for what happened to her Family. Prath, the Ascended ‘Ape’, is hilarious as her sidekick, but is also incredibly pragmatic in how he deals with Jessica, it was really great character writing, as it showed how he fit in with his ‘Ascended’ character, but also how she fit in with a part of his Family, something that Orangutan’s have as a trait.
There are so many brilliant characters in this book, I could write a small novella on all of them. One of the others that really stands out though, is the Headhunter. Without giving anything away, his character is by far, one of the best in the book, and one of the best characters I have come across in a while in Sci-Fi stories, he was just brilliant.
The other notable set of characters, was the collection of aliens that did the work on her Mech, the lot of them are just hilarious, and will leave you crying at some of the stuff that happens in the shop.
It doesn’t matter what you like to read, this has something for everyone, with amazing BattleMech fights, an exceptional character driven story that is full of political intrigue, that is a full on thriller as well, and will have you guessing until the end. This is a book that is not to be missed. I have already pre-ordered the sequel
Each of the Gates is run by Gatekeepers and GateLords (Each of the 8 Gates has a GateLord, and they follow a code, to the letter, which is the only reason that Junctionworld has survived so long).
The Gatekeepers and GateLords use armoured beings, called Nines, enforce the rule of law of Junctionworld. As entertainment, so that all the different beings of the place have something to do, and to allow for the GateLords to keep control of everybody, both through the fighting, and financially, through contracts and betting, there are Gladiatorial style matches held regularly in each of the Gate Realms, in which BattleMechs fight it out. These matches are also taxed and levied, so that Mech pilots and their teams work in near slavery under contracts to the various Gatekeepers and Lords. There is forever a constant power struggle as Pilots try to earn enough to free themselves, others try to become rich, and the Gatekeepers and GateLords play everyone off against each other to maintain control. Only one such Pilot has ever won his Freedom, a Pilot known as Solomon Kramer.
At the start of the story, we are taken to a match between Solomon’s son, Jered Kramer, and another Pilot, Masamune Kyuzo. Jered has taken his fathers BattleMech, which has a built in Combat AI to assist the Pilot, called Judah, and is going to fight with it. Each Mech is fitted with a various Combat AI, ranging from something that can start the Mech and do a few basic things, to something like the superior AI that Judah is, that can not only start the Mech, but can take over in Autonomous mode if the pilot was to pass out, and fight for them, in a very convincing way.
Kramer’s family are watching Jered’s fight, he has been tied to a debt for gambling, and must work it off in the fighting arena.
However, something goes horribly wrong, and Jered’s Mech is sabotaged, and as everyone looks on, he is killed, powerless to do anything as he is trapped in his Mech that has been switched over into some automode, and someone else is controlling it, so that he will lose badly. Not even Judah can save him.
Watching the match is Jessica Kramer, his younger sister.
She runs from the family home, only to find out later that both her parents died as well that afternoon, and she is now alone.
The story then travels several years forward, and finds Jessica in piloting a BattleMech she has cobbled together.
Jessica has become a rather bitter and resentful young woman, angry at her lot in life, and wondering how it all turned out like this.
However, after meeting up with the Family’s old Crew Chief, Prath, a 7ft tall ascended Orangutan, she realises not all is lost. She also learns that there is a lot more to Jered’s death than she originally thought, and decides to go digging, only to start uncovering a hornet’s nest that could have lasting repercussions on Junctionworld, as well as multiple Families and other Major Players in Junctionworld.
This is a fascinating book, it is part full-on action, with intense battle scenes as Huge BattleMech’s rip into each other with a range of long and short-range firepower, before closing to Close-Combat Range, and quite literally, tearing into each other with Massive Plasma-Fed Claws, Chainsword’s and Warhammers. The descriptions of the combat in this book are just phenomenal, the Author really gets into describing each shot, each blow, and the effect it has on not just the Mech, but the pilot as well. The Author is obviously a huge fan of BattleMech, and plays or has played the game, and knows the game dynamics incredibly well. When you read a book like this, you want a good story and characters etc, but you really want the Combat to be extraordinary, otherwise the book just doesn’t cut it, and Defiance most certainly has the Combat scenes.
One of the other brilliant aspects of this book is the world building, which is just outstanding. The level of detail is just exceptional, it is so in-depth, each of the major, and minor players has a background, and there is so much additional information as well. It really creates an amazing atmosphere to tell the story.
The character work is also extraordinary, considering the amount of effort that has gone into the world building, and the combat scenes, to then create such amazing characters on top of that, shows some masterful writing skills.
Jessica is brilliant as the bitter young woman, seeking not just vengeance, but also answers for what happened to her Family. Prath, the Ascended ‘Ape’, is hilarious as her sidekick, but is also incredibly pragmatic in how he deals with Jessica, it was really great character writing, as it showed how he fit in with his ‘Ascended’ character, but also how she fit in with a part of his Family, something that Orangutan’s have as a trait.
There are so many brilliant characters in this book, I could write a small novella on all of them. One of the others that really stands out though, is the Headhunter. Without giving anything away, his character is by far, one of the best in the book, and one of the best characters I have come across in a while in Sci-Fi stories, he was just brilliant.
The other notable set of characters, was the collection of aliens that did the work on her Mech, the lot of them are just hilarious, and will leave you crying at some of the stuff that happens in the shop.
It doesn’t matter what you like to read, this has something for everyone, with amazing BattleMech fights, an exceptional character driven story that is full of political intrigue, that is a full on thriller as well, and will have you guessing until the end. This is a book that is not to be missed. I have already pre-ordered the sequel
August 20, 2020
A pocket universe populated by legalistic overlords who steal fighters out of time to fight gladiator stye in Mechs in a struggle to reach the ever elusive goal of escaping debt - and servitude. While there are plenty of very well written fights, this story isn't just about the arena.
It is the story of the man who beat the system, and a slave who escaped. It is about a slightly rebellious young woman coming of age in the shadow of her famous, or rather infamous family name. A woman who is powerful not because of how she fights, but because of the decisions she makes. It is the story of a highly diverse society of aliens and cyborgs working together and fighting each other, often pressured by forces outside their control. It is the story of family, true friendship, and betrayal. It is the story of Gatekeepers whose rigid adherence to a Code that forms the backbone of their society just might be a double edged sword.
The first book in a series, this book introduced a complex world populated with a large cast of memorable, dynamic characters. It contained a full story arc, no cliff hanger - but feels like the introduction to a grand saga.
It is the story of the man who beat the system, and a slave who escaped. It is about a slightly rebellious young woman coming of age in the shadow of her famous, or rather infamous family name. A woman who is powerful not because of how she fights, but because of the decisions she makes. It is the story of a highly diverse society of aliens and cyborgs working together and fighting each other, often pressured by forces outside their control. It is the story of family, true friendship, and betrayal. It is the story of Gatekeepers whose rigid adherence to a Code that forms the backbone of their society just might be a double edged sword.
The first book in a series, this book introduced a complex world populated with a large cast of memorable, dynamic characters. It contained a full story arc, no cliff hanger - but feels like the introduction to a grand saga.
October 16, 2019
Wonderful Writing
I wasn't too sure how this would work out as simliar ideas have been done in the past before, but i enjoyed this a lot as the overall story and characters were well structured and balanced with the action and suspense. The world created works and after the ending is something worth persuing.
I wasn't too sure how this would work out as simliar ideas have been done in the past before, but i enjoyed this a lot as the overall story and characters were well structured and balanced with the action and suspense. The world created works and after the ending is something worth persuing.
October 19, 2019
A corker
The transformation from rash petulant young survivor to determined fighter for a worthwhile cause in this first outing promises an awesome sequel. Looking forward.
Inside: I hope by book two Red can get a built-in reactor; the two could then dent some serious carapace!
The transformation from rash petulant young survivor to determined fighter for a worthwhile cause in this first outing promises an awesome sequel. Looking forward.
Inside: I hope by book two Red can get a built-in reactor; the two could then dent some serious carapace!
October 23, 2019
Audible
Interesting world created by Ross. Good combination of war and arena battles. Can't wait to see where the rest of the books in the series take us.
Interesting world created by Ross. Good combination of war and arena battles. Can't wait to see where the rest of the books in the series take us.
November 10, 2019
Ross kicks off a fun story with a cool setting and themes, and some incredible mech combat. Jessica is a flawed underdog of a main character, cocky and abraisive in many ways, but the reader can’t help loving her guts and pluck. I was rooting for her all the way, both that she’d achieve victory over her opponents and herself.
The plot is a classic once and Bear pulls it off to perfection: two fighters being moved like chess pieces by the arrogant SOBs in control of their lives, with Jessica undergoing some interesting trials and side-quests as the big match looms closer, and we get a knock-down drag-out mech might to end all mech fights.
My only issue is I’d wish for more of a definitive ending, and I don’t know what the next installment holds, now that the formula for the first book has been used. I hope to be pleasantly surprised.
And on a side-note, the audible book is perfect and certainly recommended.
The plot is a classic once and Bear pulls it off to perfection: two fighters being moved like chess pieces by the arrogant SOBs in control of their lives, with Jessica undergoing some interesting trials and side-quests as the big match looms closer, and we get a knock-down drag-out mech might to end all mech fights.
My only issue is I’d wish for more of a definitive ending, and I don’t know what the next installment holds, now that the formula for the first book has been used. I hope to be pleasantly surprised.
And on a side-note, the audible book is perfect and certainly recommended.
December 4, 2019
In the main, I enjoyed this book will enough but didn't love it. I liked the world itself, and the storyline. The plot worked. It was interesting. But characterisation seemed a bit caricatured - the exaggeratedly childish sullenness of Mech Pilot Jessica Kramer grated, the bullying antagonism sand simplistic adherence to the Old Code of the gatelords was clichéd, as was Prath's mix of parental affection and condescending telling off. I did really like Vervor and the staff in his shop, though, and the renegade Gatekeeper. Some of the whys behind the whats were not well explained, and it read not as page turner for me, I read a little at a time on this one.
January 18, 2020
Excellent start to the Junctionworld series.
A basic synopsis is that aliens referred to as Gate Lords have conquered a pocket dimension and traveled to different times and alien worlds capturing people to fight in their Mech Gladiator Tournaments.
The story mostly follows the lives of the Kramer family and in particular Jessica.
I really enjoyed this book and am anxious for the second one to come out.
A basic synopsis is that aliens referred to as Gate Lords have conquered a pocket dimension and traveled to different times and alien worlds capturing people to fight in their Mech Gladiator Tournaments.
The story mostly follows the lives of the Kramer family and in particular Jessica.
I really enjoyed this book and am anxious for the second one to come out.
February 8, 2020
An excellent introduction to a new world
I thoroughly enjoyed the journey this book takes you on. Bear managed to introduce an entirely new world without having it be confusing or taking too long to get your bearings. The character development in Jessica is great to see as she grows and learns from her experiences. And even moreso, I'm looking forward to the next book in the series to find out more about this world and the places and species in it.
I thoroughly enjoyed the journey this book takes you on. Bear managed to introduce an entirely new world without having it be confusing or taking too long to get your bearings. The character development in Jessica is great to see as she grows and learns from her experiences. And even moreso, I'm looking forward to the next book in the series to find out more about this world and the places and species in it.
November 9, 2019
Characters,action and humor too!
Jessica Kramer is a troubled young woman who is devastated by the death of her brother at the hands of the aliens who control her universe. She amazing! Her adventures as the pilot of a war mech in an arena for the enjoyment of the alien overseers is incredible. Couldn't put it down. The author has created an amazing universe! Read it!
Jessica Kramer is a troubled young woman who is devastated by the death of her brother at the hands of the aliens who control her universe. She amazing! Her adventures as the pilot of a war mech in an arena for the enjoyment of the alien overseers is incredible. Couldn't put it down. The author has created an amazing universe! Read it!
November 18, 2019
Not to bad at all
Not to bad at all. My first book of his I have read and I enjoyed it. The lead character is a little I refined to start but as you read you find out why and start to root for her. It's a book that at times you struggle to get a grip on the story yet for the other 90% you can't put the book down. Read and hopefully enjoy
Not to bad at all. My first book of his I have read and I enjoyed it. The lead character is a little I refined to start but as you read you find out why and start to root for her. It's a book that at times you struggle to get a grip on the story yet for the other 90% you can't put the book down. Read and hopefully enjoy
December 29, 2019
Junction world what a messed up place enjoyed reading!
Enjoyed reading and will get the next instalment to see what happens Amazon prime, kindle unlimited, book bub, book rebel and good reads challenge member love them all
Check out this story for your self I am off to Amazon to get the next one for my kindle
Enjoyed reading and will get the next instalment to see what happens Amazon prime, kindle unlimited, book bub, book rebel and good reads challenge member love them all
Check out this story for your self I am off to Amazon to get the next one for my kindle
March 22, 2022
I never heard of this author before, but I picked this audiobook up when i saw Emily Woo Zeller narrates it. I played one of the mechwarrior games a long time ago, but I've never read a story about mechs before.
I'm not super fond of the main character Jessica Kramer. She's a rebellious drunk who insults her friends who try to help her. There's a fairly sizeable cast, and I like the secondary characters more. Her giant Orangutan friend always judges her for her alcohol abuse, so she has to get more clever to hide the booze. Note: the head hunter didn't earn the nickname from recruiting people, (although he kind of is a recruiter). He's always excited to battle and comes back with a bag full of heads as trophies.
On the downside of having a lot of character, we switch perspectives a lot, sometimes multiple times in the same chapter. Unfortunately, I struggle a bit when there are a lot of new names/species I'm not familiar with, especially when authors refer to one character by different names / titles. eg the myocean verver is sometimes referred to as the myocean and other times verver. I ended up writing out a character list so it would be easier for me to keep track. It made the fight scenes a bit confusing for me, so I end up listening to them multiple times to figure out what's going on. For example the fight scene in ch 23 switches between the referring to the mech vs referring to the pilot so I got mixed up trying to follow who was where. This is just a me thing though, and I'm sure most people don't have a problem with it. Especially if you read the printed book since it's easier to follow names/descriptions. I'm sure the author described the different species and listed which characters have tentacles and whatnot, but a lot of that goes over my head.
I like how the story is told in linear order, and there's no romance (whoo!). Someone else has a great background of the story which is a good starting point, so I'll link it here. Basically Jessica is a mech-pilot gladiator and the gate lords plan to destroy her.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I'm not super fond of the main character Jessica Kramer. She's a rebellious drunk who insults her friends who try to help her. There's a fairly sizeable cast, and I like the secondary characters more. Her giant Orangutan friend always judges her for her alcohol abuse, so she has to get more clever to hide the booze. Note: the head hunter didn't earn the nickname from recruiting people, (although he kind of is a recruiter). He's always excited to battle and comes back with a bag full of heads as trophies.
On the downside of having a lot of character, we switch perspectives a lot, sometimes multiple times in the same chapter. Unfortunately, I struggle a bit when there are a lot of new names/species I'm not familiar with, especially when authors refer to one character by different names / titles. eg the myocean verver is sometimes referred to as the myocean and other times verver. I ended up writing out a character list so it would be easier for me to keep track. It made the fight scenes a bit confusing for me, so I end up listening to them multiple times to figure out what's going on. For example the fight scene in ch 23 switches between the referring to the mech vs referring to the pilot so I got mixed up trying to follow who was where. This is just a me thing though, and I'm sure most people don't have a problem with it. Especially if you read the printed book since it's easier to follow names/descriptions. I'm sure the author described the different species and listed which characters have tentacles and whatnot, but a lot of that goes over my head.
I like how the story is told in linear order, and there's no romance (whoo!). Someone else has a great background of the story which is a good starting point, so I'll link it here. Basically Jessica is a mech-pilot gladiator and the gate lords plan to destroy her.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
January 5, 2021
I had a bit of a hard time with this book, though it was, admittedly, the first mech-battle-style book I've read. I appreciated that it wasn't all non-stop mech-fights; the story itself is very good, in my opinion, and very compelling. All of the characters in the book are colourful and well-thought-out...
...except the main protagonist. I tried, but for the first 3/4 of the book, I just didn't like her. The auxiliary / secondary characters are where the book really shines, and IMHO, they carried the story.
...except the main protagonist. I tried, but for the first 3/4 of the book, I just didn't like her. The auxiliary / secondary characters are where the book really shines, and IMHO, they carried the story.
October 14, 2020
I'm so happy
When you read a book that you know the author of, you get a little nervous how bad it could be. This was far from disappointing. Jessica Kramer ( of the fourth gate Kramers) reminds me of my very mouthy teenage daughter. She's got her weak spots but was raised to be more, and stronger than others while doing it. She's understandable and complex.
Well done! I'm a new fan! But a long time friend.
When you read a book that you know the author of, you get a little nervous how bad it could be. This was far from disappointing. Jessica Kramer ( of the fourth gate Kramers) reminds me of my very mouthy teenage daughter. She's got her weak spots but was raised to be more, and stronger than others while doing it. She's understandable and complex.
Well done! I'm a new fan! But a long time friend.
November 9, 2019
Good start to a series..
I enjoyed this book enough to complete reading it over the cour6of approx 36 hrs (might have taken 8-10 straight thru). I r
I enjoyed this book enough to complete reading it over the cour6of approx 36 hrs (might have taken 8-10 straight thru). I r
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