Review: First book was 5 star...
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 12 17, 2012
When I picked up the first book I so enjoyed the book that I bought #2 before I finished it... I knew the 2nd book would be just as great and I wanted no downtime between the two!! Boy was I WRONG. Here are the following reasons:+++++++++++++++++spoiler alert+++++++++++++++++++++++++1. cookie cutter plot: Nadya gets new assignment. Nadya gets discriminated against. Nadya almost gets killed. Her boss thinks she is the one causing trouble. Nadya gets proof she was victim. Nadya blows ship up, almost dies. Nadya gets assignment on new ship: this plot repeats.2. Her love interest: Really? Is the author trying to appeal to women with this lame bit? She 'loves' him but they never communicate. NEVER. The accidentaly meet every two years, have sex, the end. Just keep it out!!3. I may not be a sci-fi ship expert, but with all these cool gadgets, do you not think that the ship would have shields?? Really? They get blown up with 6 rockets??4. Nadya is the dbbyuk. The devil. The raiders try to kill her on how many ships? And try to kill her on the military planet? Then, at the end, it ends with peace with NO DRAMA, NO ACTION?? Oh, except for Nadya warns her boss to not meet with them: they will kill her.5. When Nadya was between ships (because she was almost killed ofcourse) all her friends where killed. She finds this out on her new assignment and she expresses sadness. Because the Riss are non-violent. Not very realistic.6. All her friends die: Even her home world was attached and everyone died because of the raiders. You don't have to kill everyone she befrieds (except for 2-3). This creates lack of plot developement (hence the reason you are using cookie cutter plot).I Hope this helps someone!!