Review: VERY Enjoyable Read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 28, 2013
My first Mike Lee, and I really had a good time with it.The premise of Tinkerbell in Space with a Bad-A** Marine was interesting enough, but the execution was even better. Both the reality of the fairy, her interaction with and impact on people, and the evolution of the plot moved in completely unexpected directions. The first couple of pages, introducing this universe and detailing the statistical reality of card games, I found a little tedious. But then the first surprise hits, and from then on, I was hooked!This is a quick and light read, and for an author that apparently doesn't have that much experience, Lee pulled off a neat trick. This story works very well as a stand alone, even with the superficial covering of certain characters and histories. Yet it also leaves plenty of room for sequels from several fronts: obviously, that of the bad guys, but in addition, we still don't know anything about Blondie's people. I would even like a story about the cop Burley still on the station and his view of the world now. And of course, what happens to Vince and company in the future.I am going to buy the prequel Starfire next. It's bound to have a very different flavor than Fey, more of a straight military sci-fi story, but if I enjoy it even half as much as this one, I will have to check out his other, fantasy series, even though that is not something I would normally read.The Author's Afterword asks to let him know if the reader is interested in a sequel: YES! YES! GIMME MORE!