Review: The Space Adventure Continues -- Again!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 17, 2013
Richard Sanders really hits stride in the third book of this series. Since I read the second and third books the second night, they are a bit commingled (nicely) in my mind.Once again, Sanders is a bit of an acrobatic author -- he introduces a new character, and instinctively we say, this one is so trite, he's never going to pull this off, yet, a few pages later we begin to sense some real depth through not merely description, but through action and dialog. The plot races along a bit freneticly in places, but he gets us through.Our hero, Calvin, develops three potential romantic interests in this book, and Sanders does a pretty good job of keeping us as confused as the young man about where his heart will eventually turn. There are some touching scenes about religion and non-belief, about healing and about drug addiction that give this book more depth than its lighter predecessors, but Sanders keeps us moving forward with this people we are starting to like quite a bit.Once again, I think this would be a fine book for younger readers, in the sense of keeping their interests. I don't know how many of these books there are going to be, but it's nice to see them getting progressively better along the way. Another cliffhanger at the end of this one, but it keeps us anticipating the next one.HIGHLY RECOMMENDEDCharacters - A-Plot - AAtmosphere - B+