Review: Creative, descriptive - a fun read
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 27, 2014
It's official: I love sky pirates now.This was a great book in the way the reader seems to fall right in the middle of the characters' lives without unnecessary back story slowing it down.  I can't even pick a favorite character.  Ruby's an obvious favorite, but Francis' personal journey unfolded naturally and made him into a character I really liked.  Rhod Stein doesn't "become" the perfect villain - he's despicable and tyrannical the whole way through.  He definitely believes he's the hero, not the villain, and this gives all of his actions great purpose.The amount of danger and injury Nicholas J. Ambrose puts his characters through is unbelievable, realistic, and really boosts the stakes.  I didn't mind any of the everyday conversation scenes because the action and mystery provided an undercurrent of watching and waiting to all those parts of the story.I'm definitely hooked enough to want book 2.