Review: A mix of themes
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 1, 2014
I received this book free to read and review.This was an interesting book; at times I was not sure what type of book it was intended to be as it seemed to be a mix of science fiction, romance with some comic overtones. I particularly liked the interplay between Alexi a Russian commando and Jayde, wait for it, a “Female Afro-American first lieutenant and aqua-horticulturist”.  I liked the way that although there was no language barrier there was certainly a barrier to understanding the meaning in context of some of them, very amusing.The story is good and has a number of new ideas with aliens both on the human’s side and one definitely not.  Again I liked how the aliens were portrayed the “good” alien being particularly well done with a variation of the language confusion.  Once the aliens appear the story picks up the pace and the excitement increased however once all the drama has ended and the pace slows down and a more romantic phase starts I felt it started to drag a bit.There are however a couple of things that spoilt the story for me one was chapter 1 as this gave the game away from the start and although not the ending it meant that when the aliens appeared later in the book I knew they were coming and quite a bit about them. I would have left out chapter 1.The thing that I disliked most was the attempt to write and portray a French accent although this would have worked well in an audio book it did not come off for me in printed text and merely served to slow the pace of the story. “I zaw zee Zeecret Zervice vizk jou und Alexi avay. Vhere eelze could jou be ozer zan zee Vite ‘ouse?”.  Fair enough in short passages like this but in a complete paragraph too much for me.In summary I liked the story and it is well worth reading. Unlike most books these days although it ends in a manner that could be continued the author has stated that it is a complete story and any sequel is up to the reader’s imagination.I would like to read more by this author.