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Title has been changed from RUN RIOT to MELTDOWN. When a person with radiation powers arises, it may turn a major US city into ground zero.
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Robert J. Crane
175 books1,169 followersRobert J. Crane was born and raised on Florida's Space Coast before moving to the upper midwest in search of cooler climates and more palatable beer. He graduated from the University of Central Florida with a degree in English Creative Writing. He worked for a year as a substitute teacher and worked in the financial services field for seven years while writing in his spare time.
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September 10, 2020
I am a fan, however...
I am just really tired of the deal Siena has been going through. This whole state of Minnesota hating her is just tiresome. Harry leaving her, and her having no friends, again getting old. Siena almost dying instead of using her powers, which is the premise of the whole series, tiresome. Her choosing to stay in Minnesota, tiresome. Her addictions, tiresome. If she is going to continue as a character that really gives no care what others think of her then let her be that girl! Allow her to go to Texas and be with the only people who love her, for once, let Siena have a break because otherwise it's just getting to be that sad movie Groundhogs Day all over again!
I am just really tired of the deal Siena has been going through. This whole state of Minnesota hating her is just tiresome. Harry leaving her, and her having no friends, again getting old. Siena almost dying instead of using her powers, which is the premise of the whole series, tiresome. Her choosing to stay in Minnesota, tiresome. Her addictions, tiresome. If she is going to continue as a character that really gives no care what others think of her then let her be that girl! Allow her to go to Texas and be with the only people who love her, for once, let Siena have a break because otherwise it's just getting to be that sad movie Groundhogs Day all over again!
November 24, 2020
Usually I devour these books. This one is an exception and unusually I'm doing a review whilst still reading it. I just cannot get into it! I'm so fed up with Sienna going on constant benders and feeling sorry for herself, I'm looking for anti-depressants. And this Minnesota thing is soooo wearing! Just LEAVE Sienna and stuff them! I'm also wondering just what the hell Reed is up to. Everyone has their Company credit card (as in SIENNA'S company) and salaries whilst she's skint!. The Anna Vargas thing is also getting on my wick. How the hell can SHE get a restraining order against Sienna, yet turn up wherever Sienna happens to be working. And Sienna has to up and leave crime scenes because of her? Just not right!
I'm starting to think that RJC is scraping the bottom of the barrel but I truly, truly hope I'm wrong (like I was with CONTROL. I was BIG time wrong and don't mind admitting it). Please RJC, get our Sienna out of the bottle and back doing what she does best - kicking BAD ASS. Oh - and give her time with her loved ones too, like Lethe and Persephone (and possibly have them doing some ass-kicking too?).
I'm starting to think that RJC is scraping the bottom of the barrel but I truly, truly hope I'm wrong (like I was with CONTROL. I was BIG time wrong and don't mind admitting it). Please RJC, get our Sienna out of the bottle and back doing what she does best - kicking BAD ASS. Oh - and give her time with her loved ones too, like Lethe and Persephone (and possibly have them doing some ass-kicking too?).
September 3, 2020
Amazung
Amazing yet again. I would love to see Sienna spend more time with lethe and Persephone and some of the other ancients in one of the next books
Amazing yet again. I would love to see Sienna spend more time with lethe and Persephone and some of the other ancients in one of the next books
December 18, 2020
Unlike other readers, I found this book interesting and a quick read. Sienna always has problems and this is just one more valley. I admit it is about time for her to have a few highs, and I hope that she comes out of her self-destructive behaviors in the next book.
September 3, 2020
Well named title. Is it Sienna or the city? Our resident bad ass heroine has decided to time off to have a poor me Pity Party. Too bad the world has other requirements for her time. The one person who’s call Sienna will answer is from President Gondry who informs her that she is needed in Los Angeles – immediately. Thus, begins her latest adventure to save the world or America one more time from a new metahuman threat. I love Sienna’s new government minder from NEST - a TALL person with a sense of humor. Thrown in the plot is Mr. Tac, another mysterious antagonist trying to kill Sienna without saying why. Mr. Crane of course leaves us in suspense as usual with a TEASER.
Having grown up in LA, the local flavor was a wonderful memory refresher going from Inglewood to West Los Angeles and the LA River. WHAT A GREAT RIDE.
Having grown up in LA, the local flavor was a wonderful memory refresher going from Inglewood to West Los Angeles and the LA River. WHAT A GREAT RIDE.
September 3, 2020
Sienna's downward spiral.... more like plummet
First, I love Sienna and her character growth. Sienna is on a fast track to rock bottom. Her drinking is a near constant thing. In ways this is worse than when she ran up against Rose. The issues she is having right now makes her more human and less meta. With that said, it is so hard to see Sienna in this state. She is less confident in the abilities she does have, and is still in the mode where she doesn't want to depend on her family and friends. She is going to need the their to get thru the downward plummet to rock bottom she is intent on speeding towards. Oh, by the way, she still has to stop the bad guy. A meta with radiation powers! At a time when she needs to be at the top of her game, Sienna is at the bottom of a bottle of whiskey.
First, I love Sienna and her character growth. Sienna is on a fast track to rock bottom. Her drinking is a near constant thing. In ways this is worse than when she ran up against Rose. The issues she is having right now makes her more human and less meta. With that said, it is so hard to see Sienna in this state. She is less confident in the abilities she does have, and is still in the mode where she doesn't want to depend on her family and friends. She is going to need the their to get thru the downward plummet to rock bottom she is intent on speeding towards. Oh, by the way, she still has to stop the bad guy. A meta with radiation powers! At a time when she needs to be at the top of her game, Sienna is at the bottom of a bottle of whiskey.
September 2, 2020
This events covered in this book have been a long time coming.
It does not make for easy reading. It isn't supposed to.
Any sympathy you may have for Sienna kind of falls away as she works hard to systematically alienate everyone.
The bad guy is almost an aside to Sienna's issues (though the final battle is particularly fierce).
Is this rock bottom? Who knows. But it will be hard to defeat enemies old and new, if she is still battling herself and her friends.
I voluntarily reviewed an advanced reader copy of this book.
It does not make for easy reading. It isn't supposed to.
Any sympathy you may have for Sienna kind of falls away as she works hard to systematically alienate everyone.
The bad guy is almost an aside to Sienna's issues (though the final battle is particularly fierce).
Is this rock bottom? Who knows. But it will be hard to defeat enemies old and new, if she is still battling herself and her friends.
I voluntarily reviewed an advanced reader copy of this book.
September 1, 2020
Another gripping story
I love this whole series. I was hoping this would have more to it, but I enjoyed it all the same. It is so good to see the different point of view and read the twists and find little bits of info that being some light into new characters and issues. I hope Sienna can have some happy soon though. It really stinks seeing her constantly down. She needs a bit of hope to.
I love this whole series. I was hoping this would have more to it, but I enjoyed it all the same. It is so good to see the different point of view and read the twists and find little bits of info that being some light into new characters and issues. I hope Sienna can have some happy soon though. It really stinks seeing her constantly down. She needs a bit of hope to.
November 7, 2021
Another great story. I do hate that siennna cannot seem to ever catch a break. There is way too much going against her and I was exhausted feeling bad for her to the that it distracted me from
Another great story. I do hate that siennna cannot seem to ever catch a break. There is way too much going against her and I was exhausted feeling bad for her to the that it distracted me from the story
Another great story. I do hate that siennna cannot seem to ever catch a break. There is way too much going against her and I was exhausted feeling bad for her to the that it distracted me from the story
August 30, 2020
Holy Hanna Montana!
Woah! Amazing. Sienna is growing more everyday and more trouble alway brewing. Thank you for such a fantabulous story. The characters were great and bringing back old ones....love it! I hope one day Sienna can be at peace with herself but still wanna kick butt. Just don't make it anytime soon, I am hooked!
Woah! Amazing. Sienna is growing more everyday and more trouble alway brewing. Thank you for such a fantabulous story. The characters were great and bringing back old ones....love it! I hope one day Sienna can be at peace with herself but still wanna kick butt. Just don't make it anytime soon, I am hooked!
September 5, 2020
Thank you
I thought you were done with Sienna after trudging through the 'slay queen' books. I nearly stopped reading the rest. I'm glad i didn't. You have brought her back from the brink, for me. I do feel for Sienna, she never has any luck, somehow don't think that's going to change anytime soon for her though. Thanks again for another great read.
I thought you were done with Sienna after trudging through the 'slay queen' books. I nearly stopped reading the rest. I'm glad i didn't. You have brought her back from the brink, for me. I do feel for Sienna, she never has any luck, somehow don't think that's going to change anytime soon for her though. Thanks again for another great read.
September 6, 2020
Wow
Absolutely fantastic book, I can’t get enough of this series and just when you think there’s nothing left to surprise you then boom another twist in the plot. This book shows a different side to Sienna one that’s been lurking under there for some time. Can’t wait to read the next book. Great read and as usual exceptionally written.
Absolutely fantastic book, I can’t get enough of this series and just when you think there’s nothing left to surprise you then boom another twist in the plot. This book shows a different side to Sienna one that’s been lurking under there for some time. Can’t wait to read the next book. Great read and as usual exceptionally written.
September 19, 2020
Buckle in for a bumpy ride
Wow. Always up for more in the life of Sienna. This episode of her life was incredibly painful to "live" through. The struggles, the small successes and introspection were real. The ups & downs of our journey with her are personal, invested. Thanks again for the story, RJC. Looking forward always to more & a new villain.
Wow. Always up for more in the life of Sienna. This episode of her life was incredibly painful to "live" through. The struggles, the small successes and introspection were real. The ups & downs of our journey with her are personal, invested. Thanks again for the story, RJC. Looking forward always to more & a new villain.
October 21, 2020
Just finished book 41, I am as enthralled now as I was after book one.
Fantastic, action packed, funny and incredibly sad at times. Our heroin goes to great lengths to save the world, using her special powers. But she has an extremely human side with all the insecurities we all have. Meta humans is the name for her kind. She displays more of the human side in this book.
Fantastic, action packed, funny and incredibly sad at times. Our heroin goes to great lengths to save the world, using her special powers. But she has an extremely human side with all the insecurities we all have. Meta humans is the name for her kind. She displays more of the human side in this book.
November 19, 2020
Sienna goes to LA on a job where Drusilla has become radioactive. The mayor gives her grief on how to handle it "without destruction" & Anna Vargas is busy stirring trouble trying to get more fame for herself. Meanwhile, another foe is trying to kill Sienna on the side. It's a good read, but also hard witnessing all of the drinking and spiraling down.
May 18, 2023
Ya never know what to expect from Robert J Crane … how can this author keep readers interested & engaged in a series that is now 54 books long!?! Well … write like Robert J Crane; throw salacious curveballs, tantalizing twists, & promising teasers!! Can’t start the next book soon enough! Well done good sir!
March 8, 2024
Sienna is sad
Not real happy with the turn of events that leave Sienna hopelessly depressed and self-destructive. Premise of the Meta Druissila was great but was overshadowed by Sienna's behaviors. I feel so sad for her. I hope she is able to have some happiness soon. I totally understand why she has fallen so low. I just hope she doesn't stay there.
Not real happy with the turn of events that leave Sienna hopelessly depressed and self-destructive. Premise of the Meta Druissila was great but was overshadowed by Sienna's behaviors. I feel so sad for her. I hope she is able to have some happiness soon. I totally understand why she has fallen so low. I just hope she doesn't stay there.
August 31, 2020
I really didn't enjoy reading this. Sienna's descent into addition and self-pity and external anger was simply not fun to read.
I've enjoyed the previous in and out of the box, but this was just too depressing.
I've enjoyed the previous in and out of the box, but this was just too depressing.
September 6, 2020
Another brilliant episode in Sienna Nealons life.
Non-stop action, as we see new "villains" and our hero on the slippery path to self destruction. A story of unintended violence, and the obstruction of those you are trying to help. It's hard being a super hero!
Non-stop action, as we see new "villains" and our hero on the slippery path to self destruction. A story of unintended violence, and the obstruction of those you are trying to help. It's hard being a super hero!
September 10, 2020
Oh Sienna....
This book was edgy and gripping, it kept me on the edge of my seat. In this book, Sienna is lonely and is feeling sorry for herself. We followed Sienna’s very public meltdowns and her struggles with alcohol. I can’t wait to see where she goes from here.
This book was edgy and gripping, it kept me on the edge of my seat. In this book, Sienna is lonely and is feeling sorry for herself. We followed Sienna’s very public meltdowns and her struggles with alcohol. I can’t wait to see where she goes from here.
December 13, 2020
Meltdown
This book spent a lot of time ranting and raging that I felt was excessive. If I hadn't read previous books in this series, I definitely would not have understood most of this book.
This book spent a lot of time ranting and raging that I felt was excessive. If I hadn't read previous books in this series, I definitely would not have understood most of this book.
March 30, 2021
Sad story
Having been raised by an alcoholic it made me sad to read of her struggles. It’s real for people and I commend anyone who’s stayed sober in spite of the temptations. But this story had a sad note to it. However it was great just like all the others.
Having been raised by an alcoholic it made me sad to read of her struggles. It’s real for people and I commend anyone who’s stayed sober in spite of the temptations. But this story had a sad note to it. However it was great just like all the others.
October 16, 2023
Not my favorite by far
This is the first book of the series that I struggled to get through. I understand that it just shows Siennas humanity and flaws, but this one makes her just down right unlikable. On to the next!
This is the first book of the series that I struggled to get through. I understand that it just shows Siennas humanity and flaws, but this one makes her just down right unlikable. On to the next!
December 19, 2023
So much Injustice and Fighting
I know this is fiction but it is also bordering on fantasy. The judicial system is frustrating and the whole thing is fighting. I watch an animated series on Netflix with my grandson and it is all fighting. I hope she has a happy ending.
I know this is fiction but it is also bordering on fantasy. The judicial system is frustrating and the whole thing is fighting. I watch an animated series on Netflix with my grandson and it is all fighting. I hope she has a happy ending.
September 9, 2020
Solid story movement
This book really moved along more bits and pieces of Sienna's ongoing story line. Looking forward to hearing an explanation for Harry's actions (or inactions).
This book really moved along more bits and pieces of Sienna's ongoing story line. Looking forward to hearing an explanation for Harry's actions (or inactions).
September 10, 2020
Absolutely love this series.
Love this metahuman series. I have stayed loyal through each book. Thanks for the great character in Sienna. She is a hero ghru and thru.
Love this metahuman series. I have stayed loyal through each book. Thanks for the great character in Sienna. She is a hero ghru and thru.
September 15, 2020
Always great
Robert Crane is one of my favorite authors I think I have all his books. Always good stories keeps you hooked
Robert Crane is one of my favorite authors I think I have all his books. Always good stories keeps you hooked
September 16, 2020
Loved the book a lot! Wished Sienna wasnt drinking again tho. And cant wait to see what is up with Harry!!
September 29, 2020
Oh Boy
I hope Sienna gets it together, it's hard reading about her making such poor decisions. She keeps making it worst.
I hope Sienna gets it together, it's hard reading about her making such poor decisions. She keeps making it worst.
October 3, 2020
Sienna did it again
I absolutely love these books!! Sienna adventures are always thrilling and keep you on the edge of your seat. Im looking forward to the next installment.
I absolutely love these books!! Sienna adventures are always thrilling and keep you on the edge of your seat. Im looking forward to the next installment.
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