Review: A Trainwreck with no real science
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 8, 2014
Casey: Extremely- Empathetic to the point that she accepts Kel' "vulgur" language towards her. He really likes the b word and w word. I particularly have no issues with these words, at least in regards to this story. It's obvious Kel speaks in that manner as a way to push others away, although it's clear these habits have become hard to break. Anyway, back to Casey. That woman sees beneath facacdes on a grand level. She saw through Kel almost immediately,  which is pretty amazing and requires training and experience. I wish I learned more of Casey's last though. We got little snatches like how she used to be addict and what not but not enough. This story was definitely overwhelmed by Kel.Oddly I like Kel and his states. His aggressive, clingy, confused and sweet states. Somehow, he remained charming within all these states.That being said. The issues I had with this story revolved around the science. There is no science.It was sort of set up to be sci-fi but didn't follow through. There is no concrete background. The background is never introduced, just sort of sprung on readers and to top it off there are details that leave no clear understanding of the science introduced , even though it dominates the pace and development of the story.You as a reader are going to feel like you just took a ride on a rollercoaster and someone sat you down in Advanced Science class with a movie set to play with a cast of unknowns who somehow weild enough power to mess with people's genes and lose track of their ongoing experiemnts.This story was bannanas, but I liked Casey and Kel. They were perfect in a totally dysfunctional functional way. I was thrown with the introduction of Robbie(Peanut- Kel' son) and his mother. It just made the sci-fi in the story even more convuluted(if that's even possible with this story).I like the light touches of bsdm, and the sex, although random and inappropriate given the times it occured in the story.Plenty of plot holes, twisted but somehow likeable character's, and a trainwreck series of events with choppy pacing. Overall it was slighty better than average but still fell short in many aspects.